Stuck installing Windows 7 on a clean hard drive.


  1. klm
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    Stuck installing Windows 7 on a clean hard drive.


    I am very lost, I have a IBM ThinkPad T42 with an older 20Gig hard drive that is blank, no OS on it, nothing at all. I tried to perform a custom clean install of Windows 7 and get to the part where you can format the drive or install drivers. When I select to install the drivers it can never find any.

    What am I doing wrong? I know a little but I guess not enough, do I need to install fro somewhere else? and what drivers is it looking for?
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  3. Brink
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    Hello KLM, and welcome to Seven Forums.

    This is usually to install something like RAID drivers from something like a USB flash key. You might see if just doing a usual clean install will work you instead.

    Hope this helps,
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