Newly Formatted C, This installation disc isn't compatible No Boot!

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  1. Kaktussoft
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    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
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    "press any key to boot from Cd DVD drive........"
    =>so it's booting from dvd fine. Wait 20 seconds... what happens.

    Boot again from dvd. "press any key to boot from Cd DVD drive........"
    press a key within 5 seconds. Does the message disappear faster then before?

    Just to check that machine detected the key press
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  3. AddRAM
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    Windows 10 Pro x64
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    He went to sleep
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  4. Trapper
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    Windows 7 Professional 64bit
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       New #13

    Thanks for the help and suggestions, I am pleased to say that my brothers PC is now being installed with Win 7.

    I "cleaned all" using your tutorial and reformatted the disk but did this on my old XP machine in case something went wrong, luckily it didn't!

    Regards
    Alan.
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  6. Brink
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    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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    Great news Alan. Glad we could help. :)
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