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Yet More cd/dvd driver missing (post-RFM)
Ok so I think I have a new one. I downloaded a copy of Windows 7 and obtained a key through the MSDNA program that my uni subscribes to. This is a completely legitimate operation that (from what I can see) is putting out the release version of window 7 a bit early. When installing I don't get any "This is beta software, it may break" style messages and while I can't find the version string, I'm thinking that it is what is going to go out to the public.
Through the MSDNA program a downloader gets the iso, and then verifies the CRC so there is no chance of a download error.
So I try to install and every time get "A required CD/DVD drive device driver is missing. (etc)".
Here is what I have tried, roughly in order.
- Official sata, then raid, then ide drivers from motherboard manufacturer (via flash drive).
- Using IDE cd drive (liteon) instead of sata cd drive (liteon)
- Using a usb-based cd drive (optiarec) on different usb ports with various states of other drives plugged in / not plugged in.
- Using a flash drive to install by copying files from iso. (worked fine. Same cd error message
- Tried this with various states of including and removing cd drives because I though if installer could not see any drive it may cry.
- Tried along with above drivers.
- Tried along with all previous vista installed drivers from drivestore folder and around. (took bloody ages)
- Tried with other non-official drivers
- Tried a few cd, ahci, etc drivers from vista.
- Tried various states of using previous versions (7100 and 7048) drivers.
- Went back to the sata drive, then the IDE drive with various different bios settings.
- Tried sata drive on different chipset (I have two different sata controllers on the board). Unfortunately could not turn main sata controller off because I need it for my hdd.
- Tried various drivers and driver packs semi-official, then anything I could find on rapidshare etc. These included large nforce packs.
- Tried removing all the sata hdds except the ones I need.
- Burnt a 7100 dvd which seemed to work fine. Tried cd swapping at various stages of install (i'm getting desperate here).
- Tried changing boot order as per windows kb
[edit] Also: (gah it deleted my edit)
- I am running a M2N32-sli deluxe board. It's an epic board with vast amounts of feature but I can't set ahci / ide (etc) mode on it.
- I don't have the official driver cd for this board any more, but I've tried all the official drivers and they don't work.
- I'm trying to install onto raided raptors, So I can't install on a different system and move the drives (I could but it would be messy and I'm not quite that desperate yet).
I think thats it I have read every forum thread tried everything I possibly can. The stupid thing Is that in searching for a driver I can look in my large (1tb) volumes, the flash drive, and cd drives and even my raided raptor drives. Everything works fine but because of this (I'm beginning to believe bugged) screen I can't go any further.
To try next:
- Different methods of flash installation (bartpe instead of straight copy)
- Bios updates for motherboard / drives (pretty sure running close to top version though).
- Other ... dirty ... tricks.
I'm supposed to be getting this version as the pre-cutting edge wave of folks who are going to say yer go get this it's awesome and people believe me because I do everything with computers. If I can't get past things like this then lamen folk sure as hell aren't going to be able to.
Last edited by kimbecause; 07 Oct 2009 at 03:28. Reason: More information
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