PC won't let me install Windows 7 :(

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  1. Posts : 16
    Windows 7 x64
    Thread Starter
       #11

    Jonathan_King said:
    I wonder if this is a bad DVD drive. Do you have any other drives you can try out?
    Yeah, I have one from an old laptop I could try.

    I'll give it a go when this memory test has completed.
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  2. Posts : 16
    Windows 7 x64
    Thread Starter
       #12

    OMD Windows is installing after changing the disc drive over, this is weird as his friend installed linux using the same disc drive just last week :S
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  3. Posts : 13,354
    Windows 7 Professional x64
       #13

    As optical drives are mechanical hardware, they are prone to failure without warning.

    Fortunately DVD drives are cheap. Here's a good one for a great price: Newegg.com - LITE-ON Black 18X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM SATA DVD-ROM Drive Model iHDS118-04 - CD / DVD Drives
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  4. Posts : 16
    Windows 7 x64
    Thread Starter
       #14

    Jonathan_King said:
    As optical drives are mechanical hardware, they are prone to failure without warning.

    Fortunately DVD drives are cheap. Here's a good one for a great price: Newegg.com - LITE-ON Black 18X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM SATA DVD-ROM Drive Model iHDS118-04 - CD / DVD Drives
    I didn't need to buy a new one had an old laptop in bits so I just took it out of there
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  5. Posts : 16
    Windows 7 x64
    Thread Starter
       #15

    Another thing, my laptops disc drive keeps disappearing. Could this be a faulty drive too?
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  6. Posts : 13,354
    Windows 7 Professional x64
       #16

    Where does it disappear from? How do you get it back?
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  7. Posts : 16
    Windows 7 x64
    Thread Starter
       #17

    Jonathan_King said:
    Where does it disappear from? How do you get it back?
    It'll just disappear from my computer and won't work. I have to restart.
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  8. Posts : 13,354
    Windows 7 Professional x64
       #18

    Is the drive visible in Device Manager or Disk Management during that time?
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