UDF File System

[Debley]

Hi, im trying to do a repair install of windows 7 home premium from the original disk that i have 64 bit but all i get is a readme.txt file with;

This disc contains a "UDF" file system and requires an operating system
that supports the ISO-13346 "UDF" file system specification.

inside it, this is the same disc i used to install windows 7 on this computer and its really frustrating any help would be very apreciated
thanks

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello Debley.



First things first; is the method in this tutorial at the link below what you are trying to do?


How to Do a Repair Install to Fix Windows 7

 

[Techjunkiewest]

Bare Foot Kid,

I see that Debley never responded to your question. I have the same question she had and I will answer "yes", that is the link to the Repair Install that I would like follow.

Thanks,

 

[kegobeer]

Did you download your DVD image from Microsoft? If so, did you burn it to a DVD or did you just copy it over and have one single file on the DVD with an .iso extension?

 

[Techjunkiewest]

Hey kegobeer - thanks for responding.

If you look at the link above "How to do a Repair Install...", my situation is covered by step 5:

"5. Repair Windows 7 SP1 installation using "retail" Windows 7 without SP1 installation media"

My situation is exactly like Debley's - a retail Windows 7 DVD with the same Readme.txt file referring to UDP. Step 5 makes no reference to UDP.

Looking forward to hearing from you. Thanks.

 

[kegobeer]

Have you installed Windows from this retail disc in the past? When this error happens, it usually points to a bad disc.

 

[Techjunkiewest]

Yes. One time. Just like Debley.

The disk looks great.

 

[kegobeer]

Have you previously installed it on this system? If not, the DVD drive may have an issue. In that case, I'd swap it with another DVD drive to see if that fixes the problem. You might also look to see if there is a firmware update for your DVD drive.

 

[Techjunkiewest]

The DVD works well. I just installed four new programs using that DVD drive.

The drive does "see" the folder and the readme.txt contents. The readme.txt can be read and provides the caveat about the UDP format.

 

[kegobeer]

The DVD works well. I just installed four new programs using that DVD drive.

The drive does "see" the folder and the readme.txt contents. The readme.txt can be read and provides the caveat about the UDP format.

Yes, but you can't install Windows, so installing other applications doesn't prove the drive works. If you can't install Windows using that DVD on that computer, then either the drive is defective in some way or the disc is defective in some way. If you do a little googling, you'll find a few posts on the 'net where a disc worked on one computer but not another, and it turned out the disc had a problem.

Try another DVD drive. If that doesn't fix the problem, then there's something else going on. Check for a BIOS update and a DVD drive firmware update.

Chances are you can contact Microsoft and tell them your problem, and they'll send you another disc. If your disc came from an OEM (HP, Dell, etc), then you'll have to contact the OEM for a replacement disc.

 

[Techjunkiewest]

I can boot from the Windows 7 Retail Installation disk and do a new bare metal install or Repair. That tells me that the disk is good as well as the drive.

But I cannot see the setup.exe file from within Windows because it is in the UDF file format.

 

[Corazon]

Let's go for the obvious here. I think everything is fine with both your drive and your disc.

It seems your Windows system is missing its UDF driver or unable to use it, for whatever reason. That's why it can only read the bit on the disc which informs you that, well, you need an OS capable of reading the UDF filesystem (where all the actual setup files really live).

So the question is - did you install any CD/DVD burning suites like Roxio or Nero that install their own UDF filesystem driver? Or any so-called packet writing software? (This is software that lets you read/write to a CD/DVD as if it were just a big floppy disk; quite popular with rewritable discs.)

I have a hunch that this created some sort of conflict, disabling the system's UDF capability.

 

[Techjunkiewest]

Does native Windows 7 really have a UDF file system driver? Perhaps you're on to something here. While I don't recall installing any CD/DVD burning software, I'm going to do something really radical to test out your theory. I'm going to take an Acronis image of my system and then completely wipe out that installation by doing a bare metal, fresh installation of Window 7. As you know, being a Windows 7 geek yourself, installing a new copy of Windows is not that time consuming, it's all the customized settings - email addresses, Outlook rules, etc, etc - that really take up the time. With a virgin copy of Window 7, I should be able to start the install disk within Windows and setup should start up. If I get the same thing that I'm getting now, then I will have eliminated your theory.

I'll try it out and get back to you.

Thanks for your creativity in search for a solution.

 

[Corazon]

I just hope I put you on the right track. Anyway, let me know how it turns out, that's an interesting plan.

 

[kegobeer]

Does native Windows 7 really have a UDF file system driver? Perhaps you're on to something here. While I don't recall installing any CD/DVD burning software, I'm going to do something really radical to test out your theory. I'm going to take an Acronis image of my system and then completely wipe out that installation by doing a bare metal, fresh installation of Window 7. As you know, being a Windows 7 geek yourself, installing a new copy of Windows is not that time consuming, it's all the customized settings - email addresses, Outlook rules, etc, etc - that really take up the time. With a virgin copy of Window 7, I should be able to start the install disk within Windows and setup should start up. If I get the same thing that I'm getting now, then I will have eliminated your theory.

I'll try it out and get back to you.

Thanks for your creativity in search for a solution.

Yes, Windows 7 comes with burning software. You can send files to the DVD/CD and write them. The underlying software is by Roxio.

If Windows required you to buy a commercial burning software package in order to do an inplace upgrade, holy hell would be waged by the masses.

 

[beeej]

I am having a similar problem, but under a completely different circumstance.

I am doing a fresh install of Win7 on my son's PC. The DVD player does not read the upgrade disk.

So, I installed his old copy of WinXP first, thinking I was doing an 'upgrade' and maybe that was why I got the same message that Debley got. No luck. Then I installed SP3. No reading of the DVD. Then I tried other data DVD's. No problem! My PC reads the Win7 Upgrade disk, but not my son's.

This is a fresh XP install on a reformated hard disk. Nothing else is installed.

I'd love to hear what Techjunkiewest found. I'm thinking that the XP doesn't have a native UDF file system driver. If I could fix that, maybe other's could do the same, even if they have a Win7 problem.

Thanks.

 

[AlexReborn]

Debley

i think ur disk is from msdn right ? just burn the iso or u might try to load it first without burning using any freeware like magic disk

 

[gregrocker]

Confirm the ISO or download another (freely available on the web) and burn to DVD using Windows 7 USB-DVD Download Tool or ImgBurn.

It isn't necessary to install XP or Vista to use Win7 Upgrade version. If there is no OS on the HD during Win7 Upgrade install, leave key blank until after install then do the quick registry workaround given here to activate Win7 on a new or cleaned HD: Clean Install with a Upgrade Windows 7 Version

 

[Crackerdan1972]

the clear and simple solution is here at this link to re-install native udf drivers that are replaced by 3rd party software as previously mentioned i.e. Nero. Roxio is the underlying native image burning software Windows 7 uses(As previously mentioned) and so this is the fix that will solve the problem. I personally had this exact issue downloading a pre release client of Windows 8 and the exact message Quoted in a text file was all that was visible until I re-installed this driver. Now it boots right from disc. Hope this helps. Adaptec UDF Reader Driver - CNET Download.com