no installation method works?!

[skyedemon]

So when I try to install windows 7 from a burnt dvd i get an error that there are files missing, yet using the same DVD I was able to successfully install it on my laptop. (Side note, installing vista or xp works fine using my dvd drive)

A while ago I simply did an upgrade from vista to windows 7 and it worked fine, but I heard its far better to do a clean install. I tried using my portable harddrive and setting it up to boot from it (like using a usb stick) and when i start up the computer it just has a blinking line at the top left corner and thats it - using the same portable harddrive setup I again successfully installed it on my laptop.

I even tried doing a clean installation of vista then doing an upgrade to windows 7 and now it doesn't seem to want to work either (same files missing message)

System is:
P5B Deluxe, core 2 duo E8500, ATI 4890, 4gb crucial ballistX ram

thanks in advance for any help!!

 

[Orbital Shark]

Hi skyedemon, welcome to the forums.

Firstly, have you set the BIOS to boot from the USB drive? The default is CD/DVD then HD.

   Note

Some BIOS systems don't allow the booting of certain USB hardware

Also, the missing files...would they be CD/DVD driver files? If so you need to disable IDE emulation for SATA within the BIOS as this has been known to cause installation issue in Vista & Seven, i know you said it installed in Vista but it might just work.

Hope this helps




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[skyedemon]

guess I forgot to mention but yeah I changed the boot priority to the usb drive.

I'm not sure what you mean by IDE emulation, but in the bios theres a setting for SATA configuration that I currently have set to "compatible", other choices are "enhanced" and "disabled"

 

[Orbital Shark]

Try 'disabled' or 'enhanced' and see if that has any effect.

 

[skyedemon]

I set it to enhanced, booted from the dvd but is extremely slow; i've heard a lot of people have that answer but google searches don't yield good answers?

 

[Orbital Shark]

Best bet is to try disabled

Although, if the DVD is running slow you may still be able to install. Might take a while though...

 

[skyedemon]

with disabled, i couldn't even boot the dvd, just asked to enter bootable media. its 3am here so i probably shouldn't attempt a long install now haha

 

[Orbital Shark]

That might be best, you can reset the setting on the BIOS after you've finished the install anyway

Out of curiosity, what BIOS do you have? Name/Version

 

[skyedemon]

p5b deluxe bios version 1238, newest one asus has released

 

[Orbital Shark]

Sorry, been sorting other issues

What settings do you have available to you under this setting (while enabled)?

 

[Antman]

It appears that the DVD drive is not reading the DVD correctly. This is not uncommon.

The clue here is: "So when I try to install windows 7 from a burnt dvd i get an error that there are files missing, yet using the same DVD I was able to successfully install it on my laptop"

If you booted from the DVD, all BIOS settings were fine when you started out.

Replace the DVD drive on the target machine. The laptop DVD drive is a known working drive - use it.

If you are not comfortable with disassembling your laptop, buy a new DVD drive (rated to read your DVD type). You can return the drive for a refund if you are sufficiently sinister.

 

[Guy Scharf]

What model DVD drive do you have, and what controller is it connected to if it is a SATA drive?

 

[skyedemon]

writemaster, i think thats samsung? don't know model exactly, its getting old though and it doesn't have litescribe. It's plugged directly into the motherboard sata ports

 

[Guy Scharf]

That's interesting, because your configuration is similar to mine, and I mostly can't run the install either. I did get it to run once, but the installed version of Windows 7 can't find the cdrom device.

In my case, I have a Samsung SATA DVD connected to the JMB363 controller on the motherboard. So far, I've tried updating the DVD firmware and that hasn't helped. The next two tests I plan to try are to flash the BIOS to get the most recent JMB363 firmware and to try recabling the computer to connect the DVD to one of the ICH7R (or TX4302) ports instead of the JMB363 port.

I've seen suggestions to replace the drive. For anyone who has done this, I'd like to know if replacing a SATA DVD drive with another SATA drive, using the same controller, has been successful. If successful, what model drive did you install?

 

[Zidane24]

It appears that the DVD drive is not reading the DVD correctly. This is not uncommon.

The clue here is: "So when I try to install windows 7 from a burnt dvd i get an error that there are files missing, yet using the same DVD I was able to successfully install it on my laptop"

If you booted from the DVD, all BIOS settings were fine when you started out.

Replace the DVD drive on the target machine. The laptop DVD drive is a known working drive - use it.

If you are not comfortable with disassembling your laptop, buy a new DVD drive (rated to read your DVD type). You can return the drive for a refund if you are sufficiently sinister.

I am not entirely innocent with that last statement...Wal-Mart has been suckered quite a bit with that from me

 

[Dinesh]

You can also install Windows 7 using a USB stick.

 

[skyedemon]

I think that's the same as using a portable harddrive? cause i've already tried that. I upgraded from vista to windows 7 and seems to run fine now, the vista i had was only on for a few days so it wasn't bogged down or anything

 

[Antman]

I upgraded from vista to windows 7 and seems to run fine now...

So, I take it - the task is accomplished and the "problem" remains unsolved. Two point conversion is good!

I am not entirely innocent with that last statement...

Did you put the old gear in the return box? Sinestra Maximus.

 

[dnr]

I am getting the message during install of W7 RTM about a missing CD/DVD driver. I have not had this problem on previous W7 installs. I am on a Dell Inspirion 5100. BIOS has no settings for the CD/DVD drive. Starting the install from within the current W7 installation seems to be my only option.

 

[Antman]

...Starting the install from within the current W7 installation seems to be my only option...

Or you could create a bootable thumb drive.

* I just read the f manual. USB not an option.