Can't Install Windows 7 on a brand new hp laptop

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ellamit

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Hi, everyone.
I recently bought a HP 250 G4 laptop with FreeDos preinstalled on it. I tried installing Windows 7 from both a bootable USB and DVD with no success. Every time installation stops at "missing drivers error". I tried switching ports, changed BIOS boot sequence,(advanced options in BIOS are locked), formatted drive to NTFS, used legit ISOs from Microsoft website, tried to install drivers from another USB but I just can't seem to get it working.
It's been 3 days already and I'm about to rip my hair out!

If anybody can help me it would be most welcome.

Here are the specs for the laptop:
HP 250 G4 Notebook PC
Processor Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU N3050 @ 1.60GHz
4GB RAM


 
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penguintech
Sorry, the only time I have ever seen CD/DVD Drivers are missing is when I have tried to install from USB 3.0
Once I switched to USB 2.0 it was fine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo7tyFFjSsA&feature=gp-n

In the case you may have only USB 3.0 try the software from Intel that I linked in earlier post.
If you are getting this error when trying to install from the Disk using the laptops CD drive, are you using a Microsoft ISO or an HP OEM Windows 7 Disk?
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wpgwpg

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You didn't say exactly what process you used to attempt installation. If you booted from something using USB 3, that's your problem since the Windows 7 install software has no USB 3 drivers. So you need to use either USB 2 or a built in CD/DVD drive.

Good luck.
 
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ellamit

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I used both USB 2.0 and 3.0, tried installing from CD and DVD, but right after I click "Install now", the message/error appears and says "CD/DVD drivers are missing". I thought it was missing motherboard drivers for the USB ports but when I plug the other USB with the drivers it doesn't even appear and can't access them to install neither the drivers or the OS.
 
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Sorry, the only time I have ever seen CD/DVD Drivers are missing is when I have tried to install from USB 3.0
Once I switched to USB 2.0 it was fine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo7tyFFjSsA&feature=gp-n

In the case you may have only USB 3.0 try the software from Intel that I linked in earlier post.
If you are getting this error when trying to install from the Disk using the laptops CD drive, are you using a Microsoft ISO or an HP OEM Windows 7 Disk?
 
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