Missing CD/DVD Drivers...


  1. Fredrol
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    Windows 7
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    Missing CD/DVD Drivers...


    Hey!

    First of all, hope you don't mind me leeching of this forum, I'll try to contribute some in the future...

    I'm trying to install Windows 7 on an old computer. As the title suggests, the install won't start because "a required cd/dvd device driver is missing"

    I've tried all the suggestions in the https://www.sevenforums.com/installat...-problems.html thread, but with no luck.

    The computer I'm trying to install on:

    Asus A8N-SLI Premium
    Two IDE disks (one Maxtor DiamondMax 200gig and another one I don't know the manufacturer of)
    A NEC DVD-RW, also IDE
    and a SATA disk (WD Caviar SE WD2000JD) controlled by SIL3114 bios.

    Ive tried different BIOS settings, disconnecting all the drives, a ton of different drivers (both from nvidia for nforce4 and also for the sil3114) but nothing seems to work.

    I hope you can help me

    Thanks in advance!

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  3. not so gray matter
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    W7 Ult. x64 | OS X
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    You need the drivers for your DVD drive, the one that you're using to run the installation. It seems that Windows 7 doesn't have the proper drivers to read from your DVD drive. You could try installing Windows 7 from a USB Stick in the mean time and then install DVD drivers at a later date.
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  4. theog
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    Are you installing Win 7 to a IDE drive? if yes.

    Try this, remove Sata drive, & controller card.
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  6. Fredrol
    Posts : 8
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    Thank you both for your quick replies!

    Unfortunately, I don't have a large enough USB stick here at the moment, will try it tomorrow if I can't get it to work tonight.

    Disabling the SATA controller didn't work, already tried it.

    Will go hunting drivers for the DVD-RW then...

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  7. theog
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    Not disable the card, remove from rig.

    USB Windows 7 Installation Key Drive - Create
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  8. Fredrol
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    theog said:
    Not disable the card, remove from rig.
    Oh, but its integrated on the mobo.

    But, while looking for drivers for the dvd-rw i got fed up and just replaced the whole drive with the one from this computer (on which I installed Windows 7 just recently without any errors), and yeah, problem solved!

    Thanks for your time and effort!

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  10. theog
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    That is good news, you are welcome.
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