Windows 7 won't read

[AndrewCjDuong]

Right now, I am currently running 32bit Windows Vista Home Premium. My computer is an AMD Phenom X2 Quad-Core 9550 and I have 6gb of memory and it originally came with 64bit Windows Vista Home Premium. Unfortunately my hard drive had to be replaced and FutureShop decided to install 32bit. So yes my computer does support 64bit. When I pop in the DVD, it says: The version of this file is not compatible with your version of Windows blah blah blah. Ok, thats fine. I'll do a clean install.

So I try and reboot my system. I set the bios so that my DVD drive is first (SATA DVD drive) and it doesn't detect the Windows 7 disk and doesn't say to press to continue or something. I tried the disk on my Asus laptop and it detected fine and said press to continue or whatever, but my laptop isn't 64bit compatible so I didn't install it. After trying this, I figured it could be the DVD. So I burn another copy but slower (4x) and still no go. I put in my old windows XP disk into my computer and it detects it but then I try putting in the windows 7 disk and it doesn't. Please someone help, I've tried using an old IDE DVD drive that I had and still nothing. Disconnected all the USB ports. Even tried running the windows 7 disk while the hard drive was disconnected. Still doesn't detect it. My computer is HP.

 

[RSS787]

I have the same problem......
Dont read the disc and dont show the "Press to continue... etc etc...

 

[AndrewCjDuong]

What can I do? anyone know? I've already backed up my stuff so I can just delete everything. It doesn't really matter to me.

 

[DocBrown]

Try some of our SevenForums reading material for a few minutes

http://www.sevenforums.com/installa...-use-help-installation-issues.html#post300660



http://www.sevenforums.com/installa...e-list-installing-windows-7-a.html#post305793

 

[AndrewCjDuong]

I'm reading it and I don't see how to fix this. Sorry if I'm really bugging anyone but I've been trying to work this out for almost 3 hours already.

 

[Dave76]

What can I do? anyone know? I've already backed up my stuff so I can just delete everything. It doesn't really matter to me.

Welcome to Seven Forums.

From what I can gather, you downloaded an ISO for Win7.

What version is it?

How did you burn it to DVD?
Which burning program?
At what speed?
Did you copy the ISO or 'Burn an ISO'?

Check this tutorial how to Burn Disc Image - ISO or IMG file .

Or try to use this tutorial: USB Windows 7 Installation Key Drive - Create

As DocBrown says, check the Questions to use for help with Installation Issues and Tutorial quick reference list for Installing Windows 7 sticky threads for tutorials and info to give us that will tell what you have done so far.

Both of the above tutorials are in the links that DocBrown gave you.

If you can give us more information, we can try to help.

 

[AndrewCjDuong]

I burned 2 DVD's. The first DVD I used Nero burning at 8x. The second disc I burned using Imgburn or something like that at a speed of 4x. I Burned as an ISO. Like I said, its readable on my laptop but for some reason, it won't read on my HP desktop.

 

[Dave76]

I burned 2 DVD's. The first DVD I used Nero burning at 8x. The second disc I burned using Imgburn or something like that at a speed of 4x. I Burned as an ISO. Like I said, its readable on my laptop but for some reason, it won't read on my HP desktop.

Set your BIOS to boot from CD/DVD.

Or, press 'ESC' at the window when your computer first starts. It will say something like 'Boot Options'.

 

[AndrewCjDuong]

I burned 2 DVD's. The first DVD I used Nero burning at 8x. The second disc I burned using Imgburn or something like that at a speed of 4x. I Burned as an ISO. Like I said, its readable on my laptop but for some reason, it won't read on my HP desktop.

Set your BIOS to boot from CD/DVD.

Or, press 'ESC' at the window when your computer first starts. It will say something like 'Boot Options'.

I set the dvd drive as 1st prioirty, 2nd is floppy, 3rd is hdd, 4th is network. When I select Esx key and select my DVD drive to boot nothing happens. It just goes to Vista. I think I'm just going to give up and pay someone to do this. I'm sick of how hard it is to install the "simplest windows ever"

 

[Dave76]

Did you see the first screen with the key to strike for BIOS and another key for Boot Options?

ESC is the usual key for HP but yours may be different.

You need to press the key repeatedly for it work on most computers.

It could be a hardware problem.

Try the USB memory key method, if you have a 4GB key. Does BIOS have an option to boot from USB?

Win7 installation is not the problem you are having now, it's an existing hardware issue or maybe software.

 

[DocBrown]

I think you are missing some of the important small details we are asking ?

Have you tried only 2gb of ram ? , etc.

 

[DocBrown]

Sometimes F5, or F8, Or F11, or F12 keys to get a boot menu

 

[Tews]

Did you burn the ISO as a disc image, or a data disc...it needs to be burned as a disc image to be bootable..

 

[AndrewCjDuong]

Yup, removed memory, disconnected the hard drive. Made sure I was using no USB ports. I just formatted my hard drive but that doesn't seem to work either. I ran the HP diagnostic test and everything passed. Tried these discs on my laptop as well as another desktop HP computer I have and it works fine. Not sure what else I could do. I even through on my brand new 1TB hard drive that I just bought and still nothing. http://www.sevenforums.com/31234-visual-c-2005-2008-other.html

 

[AndrewCjDuong]

Did you burn the ISO as a disc image, or a data disc...it needs to be burned as a disc image to be bootable..

I'm pretty sure it's bootable as I said before, I was able to boot it up on my Asus laptop thats running Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit. Exact same as what was running on my computer

 

[RSS787]

Hello, I have the same problem.. i download the win 7 home premium for student $30 ..... the upgrade dont' work and i make the iso with oscdimg and i burn it at 4x.... when i restart I select boot to dvd but the screen stay en black with a _ " like loading but dont start the win 7... i test with 2 diferent pc and a virtual machine .. What i can do ??? thanks..

 

[Adrian]

Boot Disk

Good morning Andrew, I'm going to chime in on this w/"Tews"
The issue is that your system will not recognise the optical storage drive?
The optical storage drive contains a version of Windows 7 "Student d/l?"
Off the top of my very small brain several conditions have changed since you are migrating away from vista:

• You have changed hard drives
• Changed from X64 to X86 Vista
• And last you changed bios settings prior to installing OS 7

There are a couple of work arounds for the issue.
First, do you have access to your hard drive, I remember you posted that you formatted your hard drive? If the answer was yes, are you able to partition the HD? IF the answer is yes, take the .iso extract the iso to the partition and execute the installer from within the partition.
If your system is not recognising the optical drive then you must bypass this install option and use a 4 gig flash drive.
Take the flash key and make it bootable, extract the iso image onto the bootable flash key and insert the key into your USB port and start the system.

Regards,
Adrian

 

[Adrian]

Hello, I have the same problem.. i download the win 7 home premium for student $30 ..... the upgrade dont' work and i make the iso with oscdimg and i burn it at 4x.... when i restart I select boot to dvd but the screen stay en black with a _ " like loading but dont start the win 7... i test with 2 diferent pc and a virtual machine .. What i can do ??? thanks..

Please fill out your system specifications completely so that forum members can be of further service.

Regards,
Adrian

 

[AndrewCjDuong]

I've brought it to my local computer to try and see if they can install it and still not reading the disk. They've tried using Windows XP 64bit and it booted fine along with Windows Vista 64bit. But Windows 7 wouldn't boot.

 

[AndrewCjDuong]

Alright, so after spending a couple of hours here. We finally figured it out. For some odd reason, DVD rom was not able to read the disk and nor did my other rom drive. We took another dvd rom and hooked it up using USB and had a seperate power source and it worked. I guess HP put a lock on the motherboard or something because connecting it straight through using SATA wouldn't work.

Thanks for your help.