HELP??? CAN IT BE DONE?

[Buddyb]

Yes. I got that far last night but what confused me was at the screen as where to load the OS there was no HD listed to load onto. Something about "load drivers" I think they are telling me that I need to load some sort of Hard Drive Drivers 1st cause it does not see any Hard Drive. Am I correct with that?

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Is the HDD detected by/in the PC BIOS?

 

[gregrocker]

thanks for all your help guys but i am just gonna chuck this thing in the garbage can. I am clueless what you all ar talking about. Say bye bye xps

This is why the blue links are there for you to click on - so you can see the steps in pictures.

If you have questions about any specific steps, why don't you reply with them instead of surrendering before you ask a single question back?

If you are smart enough to find and sign up for the Forums we assume you are willing and able to follow illustrated steps, or ask as many questions as needed to do them.

In this thread, Dell is taking a possibly unwarranted hit because you don't want to follow simple steps.

 

[Buddyb]

well now it seems that win 7 is loading. I just stopped home for lunch and I now have a Setup is starting screen with a spinning circle. Lets see what happens. I really think this thing is possessed. lol

 

[gregrocker]

Great news.

Follow the steps given here to get a perfect install so you never have to go through this again since you can save a backup image of the finished install to reimage your HD in 20 minutes if ever needed: Reinstalling Windows 7 - Windows 7 Forums

We are standing by if there are any further install problems. We never quit until it is on the HD and working right. Sounds like you don't either.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Yes be sure to keep us informed!

 

[Buddyb]

well I got the OS to load, but now I need to keep the disk in the drive or else it wont start. Keeps telling me "Floppy diskette seek failure Strike the F1 key to continue, F2 to run the setup utility. It also beeps twice before this screen. I went to the boot sequence by hitting F12... System setup and tried to change that to the onboard SATA Hard Drive but there is no number preceding it. I t looks like it does not see the HD. Sound like I am doing something wrong?

I did not register it yet with a product key

also windows update wont work. Error code 80072F8F

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello Buddy.


Don't enter the key yet and please post a snip of disk management for us to see.

   Note

In the Windows start menu right click computer and click manage, in the left pane of the "Computer Management" window that opens click disk management and post a maximized snip of that.

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[Buddyb]

sorry no can do. wont let me. i am on this unit now

give me am e mail. i can do it that way

 

[Buddyb]

ok. my date & time were off. updates are working now

going to check Dell site to see why it wont Boot from the Hard Drive

 

[Buddyb]

well i guess no one can help. still a lot of issues. i quit. thanks to all that tried

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

What issues are you referring to, list them and we'll see if there's any suggestions.

 

[Buddyb]

Thanks for your efforts. This thing has too many to try and list and I don't know where to start. I am just going to ditch this one and get another. Thanks.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

OK if that's what you want to do; if ever we can help, we'll be here.

 

[gregrocker]

Please be patient waiting for help and don't be a quitter because challenges present themselves.

The floppy error means it is interfering with your boot and needs to be removed from the BIOS Boot order. In fact I would physically unplug the drive and remove it wherever it appears in the BIOS.

You want F2 to enter BIOS setup to set your boot order and remove the floppy. Set DVD drive first, then HD.

Once you remove the floppy see if HD will boot without disk. If not, set HD as first to boot and check again. If it still will not boot with DVD in drive, boot into DVD Repair console to Startup Repair - Run 3 Separate Times.

Use the Snipping Tool in Start Menu to make a rectangular snip of your maximized full Disk Mgmt drive map with listings, and post it back.

 

[Layback Bear]

so about 2 months ago I did a stupid thing. I downloaded a crack version of Windows 7 ultimate with a "master" key and it installed great and updated and all that. From OP#1
What am I missing here.

 

[Buddyb]

All is well now. The problem was several issues. Yes the boot was off and we did remove that floppy drive option. Also we did a re-installation of Windows 7 upgrade over top of Windows 7 upgrade (anyone ever hear of that before?) and it took the key numbers. That is the straingest thing I ever heard of when it comes to reloading an OS. All updates came in and the unit is up and runnin. Now the fun part of finding all my disks for some of my devices. Does anyone out ther have the program for a Dell A940 all in one printer? I have the drivers but cant seem to locate the actual software. Thanks and I will keep you all posted and to what else happens here.

 

[DocBrown]

Go to Dell.com website & put in your service tag number & look for downloads for the A940 printer.

 

[gregrocker]

As stated in the tips I gave you for a perfect install http://www.sevenforums.com/installation-setup/151566-reinstalling-windows-7-a.html#post1300819:

The installer is mostly driver-complete, with newer arriving quickly via optional Windows Updates. Just in case, have your Wireless driver on flash stick or CD so you can get online quickly. Then enable hardware driver auto-updating and check for optional Updates.

Any drivers still missing in Device Manager can be found on the Support Downloads webpage for your model computer or device. Driver Install - Device Manager

Follow Doc's advice to get your printer software package off Dell's webpage for that printer. It may work find with just the driver which I would try first. It should be delivered by optional Windows Updates if you have the printer plugged in and turned on and have enabled hardware auto-updating as given above.