1st Build - Major help needed

It is best to have AHCI for SSD's. You can change from IDE to AHCI after installation of Windows by referring to this Microsoft website.
Error message occurs after you change the SATA mode of the boot drive
There is a Mr Fixit file that you can download & run from within Windows. Read all the directions & follow them exactly. I have used it & I found it worked perfectly

ChrisPbass said:

Sorry, I was not clear.

I am trying to install windows and after I go to CMD to align the SSD I cannot get back 'A required Cd/DVD driver is required'.

Sorry I had the wrong impression. It looks like you will have to invest in another DVD unit. When you have installed it check your BIOS settings to see that it is recognised & set as the first boot option. Also check that your SSD is recognised & is the only hard drive installed at this time.
Reset the SATA from IDE to AHCI save all the settings & exit. Install the Windows 7 installation disc & shut down the computer. Then restart & it should commence the installation. When installing, Windows will recognise the SSD & set the alignment correctly.
Hope this helps.

The error often means a bad installer. Start over with the installer provided for your licensed version in Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7 burned to DVD or flash stick using the tool in Step 2. Everything compiled there will also help you get and keep a perfect install, even for retail.

ChrisPbass said:

I'm using my friends USB DVD.

That message "a required CD/DVD device driver is missing" can occur in a system with a UEFI Bios and you are trying to boot from an unsupported device for the boot mode you are in.

To boot from a USB device I have found that the device must be plugged into a USB 2 port. If I try and plug a USB installation stick into a USB 3 port I get that message. The reason is that my system board has a separate Asmedia USB3 controller and that controller is not native to the UEFI/BIOS. It only works in Windows using the ASmedia Drivers. To boot in UEFI you must use the native USB ports.
So try the install with the USB DVD in a USB 2 port.

Also, reset your Optimized Defaults in UEFI/BIOS before starting a new attempt. Leave everything at defaults except the SATA mode. If you need to, change that to AHCI.
But if you have a newer system with UEFI BIOS then the mode should be AHCI by default.
EDIT: Your board has IDE as Default. You have to change it to AHCI for SSD.

ChrisPbass said:

Boot is USB DVD then SSD (not uefi). I do not see any place to see the boot to legacy only but in the boot order the SSD and DVD are not UEFI.

A UEFI will boot a UEFI install media natively. There is no need to make any changes to the UEFI settings to do so. The system is either UEFI or it is not. The install media is either UEFI or it is not.

ChrisPbass said:

Do I need to extract the AHCI drivers to a USB and try that?

No. All drivers needed are in Windows 7.

ChrisPbass said:

EDIT: I did not think about changing the BIOS to AHCI until I started to install windows. So the clean/partition thing was done while the BIOS was set to IDE for the SSD. I don't know if that makes a difference or not.

No difference. It is only important to make the settings change before installing Windows 7.

ChrisPbass said:

I'm 99% sure my SATA DVD is fried. The giga BIOS and this BIOS will not boot to it.

Do you have a Live CD? You can download a UBUNTU iso file and burn it to a CD and then try and boot UBUNTU to see if the DVD is working. If you disconnect the SSD and all other hard drives it will make the test more definitive.