Windows 7 32-bit to Windows 7 64-bit

[gregrocker]

Are you getting the prompt to Press Any Key to Boot DVD? What exactly happens then?

 

[XR4TI]

No I'm not getting that. It sounds like its trying and then just boots to installed version of OS. Could it be my DVD drive? I have a second one. I could unplug the main on and put the second one in its place right?

 

[gregrocker]

Good idea, since the DVD is retail and likely good.

 

[XR4TI]

Is the iso something I could try too or no?

 

[XR4TI]

I switched them and now nothing for optical drive shows up in BIOS. do i need to do something?

 

[gregrocker]

Make sure both cables are connected securely to OD, mobo and power supply.

Is this retail Win7 DVD which you've used to install before?

Do you have a 4gb flash stick to try next?

 

[XR4TI]

i do have a 4gb usb
i haven't used the dvd before just the 32bit version

This is what i was going to do next. starting now

How To make Bootable USB

 

[XR4TI]

How To Create Bootable Windows 7, Vista, or XP USB Flash/Pen Drive Quickly

Windows 7 64-bit is installing as we speak!!!!!

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Good to see you found the issue and thanks for the update.

 

[XR4TI]

So was it the disk or the the CD-Rom drive? Not sure but I got it so thats all that matters

 

[gregrocker]

So was it the disk or the the CD-Rom drive? Not sure but I got it so thats all that matters

You need to be able to boot the Win7 DVD to make repairs if Win7 won't start.

Have you booted a CD/DVD before? Do you know how to set it in BIOS so that it prompts you to Press Any Key to Boot DVD? Are you getting that prompt? If not set it correctly: How to Boot your Computer from a Bootable CD or DVD

If you get the prompt to Press Any Key and DVD won't boot, then try another bootable CD/DVD to see if it will boot and run. If so, then replace the DVD. You can try extracting the ISO file using imgBurn, then burn another DVD at 4x speed with verify. If you used this image to write flash stick, it should burn another DVD okay.

 

[XR4TI]

I have never had a problem booting from cd. Not sure why it wouldnt work with this particular disc. BIOS is setup to boot from cd drive first and I can hear it try and start to read the disk but then it just would load to my previous installation. So I would never get to that prompt to "press any key".

OK, once I get it setup I will try and burn another DVD for future use. Can I burn a DVD from the flash stick?

Will I be able to repair anything from the 32-bit DVD (which works fine) or is that apples and oranges?

 

[gregrocker]

Do you have a CD/DVD combo drive because a CD drive will not boot or run a DVD.

If not you'll have to use another machine to write extracted ISO to flash stick, which once bootable can also be used for repairs until you get a DVD or combo drive.

32bit cannot be used to repair 64 bit.

 

[XR4TI]

It's a cd/dvd drive. Bios only sees the optaric(master) drive and not the toshiba(slave). I tried swapping the 2 and BIOS still sees the optaric only. Then if I just plug in the toshiba, BIOS doesn't see a drive at all. If I replace this drive how will I tell BIOS to make it the master. Or am I over thinking this?

 

[gregrocker]

That Gateway ships with SATA HD's so there should be no jumpers to set.

If you're using IDE OD and/or HD's:

Make sure jumpers are set correctly and IDE ribbon cables and PSU cables are attached firmly and not faulty.

Try setting Optiarc as slave.

Google the OD/HD brand + set jumpers to learn exactly how it's done:
http://sdd.toshiba.com/main.aspx?Path=/8182000001f2000000010000659c000005e3
http://sdd.toshiba.com/main.aspx?Pa...tings/CurrentModelHardDiskDriveJumperSettings

 

[XR4TI]

Thanks. I'll look into it.