- Feb 25, 2014
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Alright, I have scoured the internet and have found many half answers, but no where could I find exactly what I am looking for.
Here is my problem:
Installing Windows 7.
I have done everything I can and now I am desperate.
Here is what is happening:
First, this is a netbook with no optical drive. I also do not have an external optical drive as to put the installation disk in. Therefore, I did this. I tried a few different programs on creating ISO image files as well as copying it straight from the DVD to the Flash Drive I bought. Now, this is where it gets complicated. I got a 4G USB Flash Drive, using the ISO image I created and the Windows 7 tool that copies, formats and preps the Flash Drive, I made the Flash Drive a bootable Windows 7 Drive. I tested it, and it works for my PC, but my problem is installing it onto an HP ProBook 5330m netbook. I tested it using different parts, tests and tools. The laptop does work. The RAM is good, the motherboard, the fan, the wireless network card. All of it is fine and good to go. I build, operate and fix PCs/Laptops for a side job to earn money. I know what I am doing.
When I start up the laptop, it begins to boot from the flash drive and then it gets weird. I click "Install Now" and it goes to the next screen. I accept the terms and start a custom install because the hard disk was "scrubbed" and is completely empty. No partition exists. The hard disk worked before and is detected by the BIOS. However after hitting the custom install, it asks where would I like to install windows and I get there error message stating that "No drives were found. Click Load Driver to provide a mass storage driver for installation". I click Drive options with an "(advanced)" next to it and it shows the options, but because nothing is selected, none of them work. Yes, the drive list is empty.
Here is where it gets worse, I try to install it multiple times in two different locations. First, the main location, the internal hard disk. I click Load Driver and it says;
"To install the device driver needed to access your hard drive, insert the installation media containing the driver files, and then click OK.
Note: The installation media can be a floppy disk, CD, DVD, or USB flash drive" Well, since I don't own this netbook, I of course don't have the disk/driver for the hard disk. I do however have another flash drive. I can't seem to find the driver. That is my first problem. The hard disk is a Seagate Momentus Thin which has the part number ST9500423AS and I did look it up. I couldn't locate the driver anywhere. I tried doing stuff with the options for the firmware, but to no avail. I therefore started on my 32G flash drive to see if that worked. Windows recognizes both the hard disk and the 32G flash drive, but won't let me format either of them. I tried turning the flash drive into an NTFS drive and it still didn't want to format it.
I looked through so many things it isn't funny. The error I get for the hard disk basically says to make sure it is connected properly and to make sure it isn't locked in "read only" mode. I did both and everything was green in that department. The 32G on the other hand, just says that it can't format because it is an improper disk.
Now, after all I have tried, can anyone help me?
Here is my problem:
Installing Windows 7.
I have done everything I can and now I am desperate.
Here is what is happening:
First, this is a netbook with no optical drive. I also do not have an external optical drive as to put the installation disk in. Therefore, I did this. I tried a few different programs on creating ISO image files as well as copying it straight from the DVD to the Flash Drive I bought. Now, this is where it gets complicated. I got a 4G USB Flash Drive, using the ISO image I created and the Windows 7 tool that copies, formats and preps the Flash Drive, I made the Flash Drive a bootable Windows 7 Drive. I tested it, and it works for my PC, but my problem is installing it onto an HP ProBook 5330m netbook. I tested it using different parts, tests and tools. The laptop does work. The RAM is good, the motherboard, the fan, the wireless network card. All of it is fine and good to go. I build, operate and fix PCs/Laptops for a side job to earn money. I know what I am doing.
When I start up the laptop, it begins to boot from the flash drive and then it gets weird. I click "Install Now" and it goes to the next screen. I accept the terms and start a custom install because the hard disk was "scrubbed" and is completely empty. No partition exists. The hard disk worked before and is detected by the BIOS. However after hitting the custom install, it asks where would I like to install windows and I get there error message stating that "No drives were found. Click Load Driver to provide a mass storage driver for installation". I click Drive options with an "(advanced)" next to it and it shows the options, but because nothing is selected, none of them work. Yes, the drive list is empty.
Here is where it gets worse, I try to install it multiple times in two different locations. First, the main location, the internal hard disk. I click Load Driver and it says;
"To install the device driver needed to access your hard drive, insert the installation media containing the driver files, and then click OK.
Note: The installation media can be a floppy disk, CD, DVD, or USB flash drive" Well, since I don't own this netbook, I of course don't have the disk/driver for the hard disk. I do however have another flash drive. I can't seem to find the driver. That is my first problem. The hard disk is a Seagate Momentus Thin which has the part number ST9500423AS and I did look it up. I couldn't locate the driver anywhere. I tried doing stuff with the options for the firmware, but to no avail. I therefore started on my 32G flash drive to see if that worked. Windows recognizes both the hard disk and the 32G flash drive, but won't let me format either of them. I tried turning the flash drive into an NTFS drive and it still didn't want to format it.
I looked through so many things it isn't funny. The error I get for the hard disk basically says to make sure it is connected properly and to make sure it isn't locked in "read only" mode. I did both and everything was green in that department. The 32G on the other hand, just says that it can't format because it is an improper disk.
Now, after all I have tried, can anyone help me?
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