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"A required CD/DVD drive device driver is missing"
I am getting the "A required CD/DVD drive device driver is missing" messageafter setup has started and run for about 5 minutes. I've noticed that my installer is also running very slowly and hangs for nearly 10 minutes at the blue background before launching the 'Language' screen. Every step is similarly slow, until I reach the brick wall that is the above error message. Thank you in advance for any help tossed my way...
After working on this for two days, I'm desparate for a fix. All I want to do is a clean install of 7. I don't care about saving any data, and I planned on reformatting anyway. However, I can't reformat until the Windows 7 installer decides to cooperate. Thus far, I've seen a lot of people with the same problem I have and no solid way to get around it. I'm not even sure if anyone knows the exact problem. Some believe it's got something to do with SATA compatibility, and others are saying that the ISO may be corrupt, and yet more people are trying to find exactly which driver the installer wants. I'm at wits end, please help me.
Specs are as follows:
Model N68PV-GS
- Media Type: ISO downloaded from Digital River (~3GB)
- Upgrade or Custom Install: Upgrading from Windows XP 32x to Windows 7 Home 64x via Boot DVD
- Chipset and make and model of machine:
North Bridge NVIDIA GeForce 7050 PV Revision A2
South Bridge NVIDIA nForce 630a Revision A2
CPU AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+
Cpu Socket Socket AM2 (940)
LG DVD Model HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH22LS30 (SATA)
SEAGATE ST3320613AS 320GB HDD (SATA)
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I've tried re-burning at 4x with 3 different disks and the results have been the same. At the moment, I'm re-downloading the ISO and am going to go buy new DVD+R disks (because someone said that had some small chance of helping). Anything that anyone can contribute to a solution would be great! I'm sick of running XP and not being able to take advantage of DirectX10...anyway Merry Christmas! Microsoft might deserve coal for this one!