Difficulty installing operating systems...

drofenaz · Apr 12, 2013

I am having trouble installing operating systems onto my new computer.

I've tried installing Windows 7 64-bit via a flash drive, but was met with an error about it not being able to find CD/DVD drive drivers. I don't have a CD/DVD drive, so I'm not sure why it needs them. I highly doubt that the installation files are corrupt since they came directly from Microsoft (DreamSpark).

After finding out that Windows wouldn't install, I tried to install Xubuntu. No luck. It boots up to a menu where I select "install" and then just sits there with the Xubuntu logo and a progress bar that never stops moving beneath it.

Next OS I tried to install was Linux Mint Xfce. Somehow, it installed just fine. Thinking my system had fixed itself, I tried installing Windows again. No luck. Tried Xubuntu. No luck.

Any ideas?

Hardware:
-ASUS F1A75-V EVO motherboard
-AMD A4-3300 Llano processor
-CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) RAM
-SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 ST250DM001 / HD253GJ hard drive
-RAIDMAX RX-850AE 850W power supply

zooted · Apr 12, 2013

Did you format the drive to fat32?

jackson1420 · Apr 12, 2013

Don't format the drive to Fat32. You are defeating the point of using Windows 7 64 bit.

When you download Windows how are you making it bootable? Is it a .iso file or what?

If it is genuine Windows then use this USB download tool to burn the image to the flash drive.

http://download.cnet.com/Windows-7-USB-DVD-Download-Tool/3000-18513_4-10972600.html

If that does not work then use Unetbootin-Windows. It is a freeware that makes your .iso bootable.

http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/

What SATA modes are available to you and what is it currently set at?

zooted · Apr 12, 2013

I meant the usb stick not the drive you are installing to, I should have clarified.

jackson1420 · Apr 12, 2013

Ah yes the flash drive formatted as Fat32 may help. The tools I suggested will do all that behind the scenes so you won't have to think too hard

zooted · Apr 12, 2013

I like that Unetbootin tool, that could really come in handy.

jackson1420 · Apr 12, 2013

Let us know if any of these worked out.

If the OS still won't install then re-download a copy - it does happen often that files get corrupted while being ripped apart and zipped down the copper lines.

If that still doesn't work then try a different medium such as a different flash drive or a CD/DVD if possible.

drofenaz · Apr 12, 2013

zooted :

I only formatted the USB to FAT32 for the Linux installers. The Windows 7 USB DVD Download Tool formatted it to NTFS before putting the Windows installer on it.

jackson1420 · Apr 12, 2013

Yea different methods both should work.

Any luck?

drofenaz · Apr 12, 2013

jackson1420 :

SATA is currently set to IDE, but it has AHCI and RAID options available.

jackson1420 · Apr 12, 2013

Set it to ACHI and give it a go

jackson1420 · Apr 12, 2013

RAID isn't used in your case

drofenaz · Apr 12, 2013

jackson1420 :

Still doesn't work. I also tried using a Xubuntu 12.10 USB as opposed to the Xubuntu 12.04 I was using earlier. It got past the screen with the logo and loading bar only to freeze on a blank screen.

I used UNETBOOTIN to make the USB.

jackson1420 · Apr 12, 2013

Did you try the Windows 7 USB tool?

Have you tried a different flash drive?

Set it back to IDE and try it with the Windows 7 USB tool I posted earlier

Good luck I am going out for tonight

drofenaz · Apr 13, 2013

jackson1420 :

That's the tool I've been using all along. I haven't tried a different flash drive since I don't have another on hand.

drofenaz · Apr 13, 2013

I solved it! After thousands of tries, I noticed that my flash drive's status light wasn't on as soon as the Windows setup began. My guess was that the Windows setup couldn't interface with my flash drive. I knew since the keyboard worked in the Windows setup that the port right next to it would work. I removed my USB drive from another pair of USB ports and moved it to the pair that the keyboard is in. It worked.

TL;DR: If your flash drive indicator light isn't on once the Windows 7 setup is running, try moving it to another port.

jackson1420 · Apr 13, 2013

So it was the flash drive not playing with motherboard correctly but instead wanted to complicate the issue it sounds like.

I wish I could explain that phenomenon because I don't know why certain USB ports don't work sometimes for certain drives...

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