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Cd/dvd driver error installing windows 7 professional 64 bit
Hi all, first post from me.
I have an Acer Aspire laptop, and have spent the weekend getting rid of windows 10, then windows 8, then taking the hdd out to format in my desktop pc.
It currently has a single partition not marked as active, system, logical, or anything at all.
I have the same problem as this earlier thread
Setup error "A Require CD/DVD Device Driver is missing"
And will try tonight the suggestion in there of starting the setup in my desktop pc then transferring it back to the laptop.
As in this thread I have no cd drive, have tried installing from USB flash, USB hdd, even sd card!
I have no idea what mobo is installed. All I know is that there is only 1 sata connection on it for the hdd.
If there was a spare I was going to try installing from a sata cd plugged into it.
I have a possibly stupid idea, which sounds very long winded, if I got a sata cd drive, and plugged this into the mobo, and put a USB hdd caddy holding the laptops hdd into a USB port, would it install to the hdd? Then plug it in replacing the cd drive...
There are probably many reasons why not, including I would have to buy a caddy and sata cd just to try it.
Thanks
Gerry
Last edited by Minstermineman; 01 Feb 2016 at 09:24. Reason: Punctuation