Solved new windows 7

[daviditfc]

had to put windows 7 32bit back on my daughters dell D420 i downloaded windows 7 32 bit from torrent, comments were good but i don't think it included drivers. so after download was done i burnt onto disc
that went well. booted from cd dvd and windows started to upload files...then it ask me to set up my country
after that i agreed and tick the box then click on start a new windows, got as far as were it wants me to choice my driver but it says theres no driver....and would't let me go any further.....

i have ask my mate to copy me windows 7 32 bit for the dell latitude D420 with drivers..
will this work? please tell me it will ...

thank you for reading

Dave

 

[ignatzatsonic]

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i have ask my mate to copy me windows 7 32 bit for the dell latitude D420 with drivers..
will this work? please tell me it will ...

Not sure what you mean.

Do you mean that you can borrow a friend's Dell-supplied Windows 7 installation disc that came with the friend's own Dell D420, which is the same model as your daughter's machine?

If that's what you mean, I'd guess it might work. Certainly a better chance than something found on a torrent.

Dell may be able to supply a Windows disk for a fee?

 

[daviditfc]

thank you for your answer, fits the bit that im missing, thank you

 

[gregrocker]

Dell is the only brand that will provide Reinstallation DVD which has nothing added, just the OS and a Dell logo. Call their tech support.

YOu seem to be confused about drivers. Win7 is a driver-complete OS unlike XP, so you don't need to provide a bunch of drivers because any that are not in the installer are almost all provided after install by Windows Update.

More tips to get and keep a perfect install here: Clean Reinstall Windows 7

A prompt for drivers during the install normally means the installer is bad. Try a new ISO burned to disk using ImgBurn at 4x speed.

 

[groze]

@daviditfc

One driver I would get and put on a usb drive, is the Ethernet 32 bit driver. I happen to have a dell install 64 bit re-installation disk and I also have the 32 bit digital river iso burned to cd. I am not sure I have the 32 bit iso image of windows 7. I was also told by some posters you need to install the chipset drivers first, then you can install the remaining drivers in any order.

If under warranty call their tech support, if not under warranty call their sales line. I would also get a 32 bit driver disk unless you already have one.

 

[daviditfc]

i have done what was said to be done by downloading windows 7 32bit image ISO file and use it to creat a bootable dvd but
i get a far as windows uploading files, then i have to agree and tick, then choose my country then it says theres no system driver. i have took some photos of how far i got to, hope you can see them ok... just try to upload them but got this error
500 - Internal server error.
There is a problem with the resource you are looking for, and it cannot be displayed.

 

[daviditfc]

i now uploaded them 1 at a time

 

[gregrocker]

Is the hard drive detected in BIOS setup?

The error almost always means a bad installer, since the only driver which pertains here is the SATA controller driver and Win7 has them all.

However you can go to your PC or mobo's Support Downloads website to locate the 32 bit SATA controller driver to try to upload it to be sure. I had time to do this for you just now but you didn't even provide your model number so there's no way to do it.

Where did you download the ISO from? Link? How did you burn the DVD?

Do you have an EFI BIOS? This is critical. Reboot into BIOS setup to search for settings for CSM, UEFI, EFI, Compatibility Mode, and Secure Boot. When you booted disk was there a choice for EFI DVD drive?

 

[ThrashZone]

The only time I've had that issue is if the hard drive was not marked as active :/

 

[daviditfc]

yes got them from the links you gave me, yes i had a choice to boot from cddvd
i give in now, not getting no were with it, i like to thank you all for your help and support.

 

[groze]

Thrashzone is 100% correct, I had that done as well, tell I used diskpart to change or activate the partition windows is going to be installed on. Then, I had to restart the installation.

I am not very good at explaining, someone needs to tell him how to activate the partition using diskpart.

 

[daviditfc]

not going to believe this but i was looking at the photos i put up and were there was nothing should be your harddrive that comes up, so i took the battery off this laptop and to my supprise i seen the smallest hard drive with the ribbon off, so i put the ribbon back on and put the battery back together and it fired up, starting windows, i feel so stupid now.....thank you all for your help

 

[ThrashZone]

Ha that will make the drive active
Don't feel too bad it can happen to anyone it was good to double check installation
Cheers.