I'm trying to install windows7 on a new HDD but my dvd drive wont recognize my brand new win7 disc. It does however read anything else you put in it. Driver is up to date, also will not boot from the dvd drive. it tries, then skips to the HDD. Old HDD still works, fyi. Im trying to replace it before it crashes on me. I have also tried the disc in a different computer and it will load, so the win7 disc is not faulty.
dvd drive does not recogize windows 7 install disc.
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PanicMaster85
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have you tried pluging the sata cable into another input on the motherboard? the input on the motherboard may be faulty. Also try using another Molex SATA power cable for the dvd drive.
if neither of those work it may be time to order a new DVD drive.
if neither of those work it may be time to order a new DVD drive.
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Make sure the optical cd/dvd drive is set as the primary boot drive in the BIOS. If it is already set as primary, you can access the advanced boot options by shutting down, powering back on and pressing F8 repeatedly until the advanced boot menu appears. You should be able to force the optical drive boot using this method.
If you are unable to access the drive, I don't think anything is wrong with your disk, the system is just bypassing the optical drive during the boot process, you may be able to initiate an install from within Windows by inserting the disk after windows has fully loaded.
If you are unable to access the drive, I don't think anything is wrong with your disk, the system is just bypassing the optical drive during the boot process, you may be able to initiate an install from within Windows by inserting the disk after windows has fully loaded.
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If you did not tell the system to use the optical drive as the primary boot drive, then your optical drive is probably fine. If you did force an optical boot using the advanced boot menu, THEN it MIGHT be faulty. There are many notebooks that have issues with the optical drive cable, which is hidden behind the drive housing of the notebook case, breaking over time especially in cold temperature regions where the cable plastic becomes brittle. That's probably not your issue since it reads other media normally when in windows. If it's only during boot it doesn't want to read, it's a setting, not the drive.
Hey man,
I had a similar problem with that. Instead of buying a new dvd drive just get an 8gb flash drive and transfer the files from the disc into the USB. To do this follow these steps.
(make sure your computer is on not off!)
1.Insert USB flash drive.
2.insert win 7 install disc.
3. Once your OS recognizes the disc and a window appears click on the view files option.
4.Highlight all files inside disc and transfer to 8GB flash drive. (Might take a while.)
5.Once complete remove win 7 disc.
6.Turn off computer then turn on.
7.Your computer should boot off of the flash drive if not check the booting order and make sure USB comes before Hard Drive Disk in the order.
I had a similar problem with that. Instead of buying a new dvd drive just get an 8gb flash drive and transfer the files from the disc into the USB. To do this follow these steps.
(make sure your computer is on not off!)
1.Insert USB flash drive.
2.insert win 7 install disc.
3. Once your OS recognizes the disc and a window appears click on the view files option.
4.Highlight all files inside disc and transfer to 8GB flash drive. (Might take a while.)
5.Once complete remove win 7 disc.
6.Turn off computer then turn on.
7.Your computer should boot off of the flash drive if not check the booting order and make sure USB comes before Hard Drive Disk in the order.
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