Win 7 upgrade iso will not boot

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  1. Posts : 32
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       #11

    theog said:
    Can you open the DVD & check to see you have all files?
    Should look like this:

    Attachment 148895
    Thanks, yes it looks exactly like that, right down to the size of the files.
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  2. Posts : 32
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       #12

    Orbital Shark said:
    I think you will have a lot better luck with the non-sp1 ISO as it seems that there has been an error when it was made
    You would think so, but no. No boot from the non-SP1 ISO either.
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  3. Posts : 32
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       #13

    I'm going to burn something else to boot from as a check... I'll post results here.
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  4. Posts : 11,408
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       #14

    1) Try burning at a very slow speed.
    2) Try booting from the same DVD drive ISO burnt on.
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  5.    #15

    Confirm the ISO HASH against official Win7 HASH: HashTab... is the coolest thing ever!
    Windows 7 RTM SHA-1 hash - checksums

    Confirm ISO says bootable in ImgBurn listings text at left. If ImgBurn at 4x speed with Verify fails, Try burning with the Win7 download tool: Windows 7 USB-DVD Download Tool - Windows 7 Forums

    If DVD's continue to fail to boot, try writing the ISO to flash stick with above tool, or using Ultra ISO trial version.
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  6. Posts : 53
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       #16

    @ Proximon Are you sure the dvd players are in working order ? Maybe the player is having probs because they are on their way out ?? You can always get program to boot from USB and install from there also. It's from Microsuck, ( I mean Microsoft LOL ) itself; it is called : Win Setup From USB. Just search it on MS web site and follow directions.If it says Vista don't worry it work on 7. This is assuming you can boot from USB on these systems. Hope this helps you out, it has me in past w/ bad dvd players and system would not boot from external DVD. I have tried others but this one worked best (yes I know who its from but still.... ) Welcome in advance if work for you,
    Hannibal001
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  7. Posts : 32
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       #17

    Good morning and thank you all for your willingness to help out. I spend a good bit of time over at the Tom's Hardware forums helping folks out troubleshooting and making parts selections, and it's kind of nice to be on the other end for a change.
    I'm currently burning a new disk (non-SP1) at slower speed (x4) with ImgBurn. I had only used ImgBurn on my laptop previously and this time it gave me many more options and a few prompts. I guess my Samsung BD-ROM combo drive is more capable than whatever is in the laptop. Still, I have burned half a dozen Win 7 disks from here so far and none have booted.

    Last night I used the exact same equipment and same method to burn Ubuntu 10.10. This booted with no issues at all. Still, the size of the burn and the speed they have been done at could be factors... most burns were verified of course.

    Well, I'm off to try this latest slower burn.
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  8. Posts : 32
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       #18

    No Joy.

    Here is the data of the latest disk from ImgBurn:
    SAMSUNG DVDWBD SH-B083L SB00 (ATA)
    Current Profile: DVD+R DL

    Disc Information:
    Status: Complete
    State of Last Session: Complete
    Erasable: No
    Sessions: 1
    Sectors: 1,523,248
    Size: 3,119,611,904 bytes
    Time: 338:31:73 (MM:SS:FF)
    Supported Write Speeds: 4x, 6x, 8x

    DVD±R DL Boundary Information:
    L0 Data Zone Capacity: 761,632
    Changeable: No

    TOC Information:
    Session 1... (LBA: 0)
    -> Track 01 (Mode 1, LBA: 0 - 1523247)
    -> LeadOut (LBA: 1523248)

    Disc Control Blocks Information:
    TSSTcorp TS-LB23A

    Physical Format Information (ADIP - L0):
    Disc ID: CMC MAG-D03-64
    Book Type: DVD+R DL
    Part Version: 1
    Disc Size: 120mm
    Maximum Read Rate: Not Specified
    Number of Layers: 2
    Track Path: Opposite Track Path (OTP)
    Linear Density: 0.293 um/bit
    Track Density: 0.74 um/track
    First Physical Sector of Data Area: 196,608
    Last Physical Sector of Data Area: 16,580,607
    Last Physical Sector in Layer 0: 2,283,519

    Physical Format Information (ADIP - L1):
    Disc ID: CMC MAG-D03-64
    Book Type: DVD+R DL
    Part Version: 1
    Disc Size: 120mm
    Maximum Read Rate: Not Specified
    Number of Layers: 2
    Track Path: Opposite Track Path (OTP)
    Linear Density: 0.293 um/bit
    Track Density: 0.74 um/track
    First Physical Sector of Data Area: 196,608
    Last Physical Sector of Data Area: 16,580,607
    Last Physical Sector in Layer 0: 2,283,519

    Physical Format Information (Last Recorded - L0):
    Disc ID: CMC MAG-D03-64
    Book Type: DVD+R DL
    Part Version: 1
    Disc Size: 120mm
    Maximum Read Rate: Not Specified
    Number of Layers: 2
    Track Path: Opposite Track Path (OTP)
    Linear Density: 0.293 um/bit
    Track Density: 0.74 um/track
    First Physical Sector of Data Area: 196,608
    Last Physical Sector of Data Area: 16,580,591
    Last Physical Sector in Layer 0: 958,239

    Physical Format Information (Last Recorded - L1):
    Disc ID: CMC MAG-D03-64
    Book Type: DVD+R DL
    Part Version: 1
    Disc Size: 120mm
    Maximum Read Rate: Not Specified
    Number of Layers: 2
    Track Path: Opposite Track Path (OTP)
    Linear Density: 0.293 um/bit
    Track Density: 0.74 um/track
    First Physical Sector of Data Area: 196,608
    Last Physical Sector of Data Area: 16,580,591
    Last Physical Sector in Layer 0: 958,239

    Layer Information:
    Layer 0 Sectors: 761,632 (50%)
    Layer 1 Sectors: 761,616 (50%)

    Performance (Write Speed):
    Descriptor 1...
    -> B0: 0x00, B1: 0x00, B2: 0x00, B3: 0x00
    -> EL: 1523247 (0x00173E2F)
    -> RS: 16,620 KB/s (12x) - WS: 5,540 KB/s (4x)
    Descriptor 2...
    -> B0: 0x00, B1: 0x00, B2: 0x00, B3: 0x00
    -> EL: 1523247 (0x00173E2F)
    -> RS: 16,620 KB/s (12x) - WS: 8,310 KB/s (6x)
    Descriptor 3...
    -> B0: 0x00, B1: 0x00, B2: 0x00, B3: 0x00
    -> EL: 1523247 (0x00173E2F)
    -> RS: 16,620 KB/s (12x) - WS: 11,080 KB/s (8x)
    -----------------------------------------

    @gregrocker I'm using the upgrade version so none of those checksums match. The SHA-1 taken from the downloaded ISO is : 4201AA47113697688F4DA8E8B151E32F1CF61B36

    I want to thank you for this tool though! I'm just paranoid enough to keep this one around.

    I think my next step is a USB drive. The MSI 880G motherboards have simple little BIOS screens but I did notice an option to "Boot from other device" so I hope that means USB.

    I'm tired of making coasters :)
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  9. Posts : 32
    Windows 7 Premium 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #19

    Tried the MS tool to burn a DVD. Same as before.

    The USB drive successfully booted, however. So, I have a solution but not an answer.

    Thanks to everyone that suggested the USB drive.

    Could it be the HP media? I was trying two different types:
    HP Double Layer 8X DVD+R 8.5GB
    HP 16x DVD-R 4.7GB
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  10.    #20

    Did the bootable USB stick complete the install successfully?

    This would rule out the ISO.

    Where did you get Win7?
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