- Nov 21, 2013
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Hi all. I have recently bought an HP Envy 13-d040wm notebook laptop which came with Windows 10 installed. I am trying to install Windows 7 Pro 64-bit but can't seem to get past the error message about there not being any driver for the cd/dvd rom drive. There is no internal optical drive on this notebook, so I tried with an external DVD-ROM drive via USB using a Microsoft Install disc that is in really good condition.
I do have a second computer available and multiple flash drives if you all can suggest anything that I could try. There are quite a few things I already tried.
1. I made sure to go into the BIOS and look for any option to turn off USB 3.0 or put that on Auto, but I did not seem to see anything related to that anywhere. (I am not sure if this even has USB 3.0).
2. I tried switching the external DVD drive around multiple times to all of the USB ports and restarting the installation several times which did not help.
3. I also tried downloading ACHI files from Intel and was able to browse and select during the installation, but that did not help either.
4. I attempted creating a custom ISO file by getting rid of the file bootmgr.efi which supposedly would bypass that message during installation with that new ISO file.
5. I read something that you can use a program to create a virtual drive and put the ISO file on the virtual drive to install it that way? I would need more directions on this method though.
Thank you for your suggestions. I would never have thought Windows 7 would be this difficult to install, but with Microsoft taking away the version which supports OEM key's, it has been difficult to even find an ISO file online. Thankfully I have the disks or at least 1 Microsoft installation disk in good shape. Have a good night.
I do have a second computer available and multiple flash drives if you all can suggest anything that I could try. There are quite a few things I already tried.
1. I made sure to go into the BIOS and look for any option to turn off USB 3.0 or put that on Auto, but I did not seem to see anything related to that anywhere. (I am not sure if this even has USB 3.0).
2. I tried switching the external DVD drive around multiple times to all of the USB ports and restarting the installation several times which did not help.
3. I also tried downloading ACHI files from Intel and was able to browse and select during the installation, but that did not help either.
4. I attempted creating a custom ISO file by getting rid of the file bootmgr.efi which supposedly would bypass that message during installation with that new ISO file.
5. I read something that you can use a program to create a virtual drive and put the ISO file on the virtual drive to install it that way? I would need more directions on this method though.
Thank you for your suggestions. I would never have thought Windows 7 would be this difficult to install, but with Microsoft taking away the version which supports OEM key's, it has been difficult to even find an ISO file online. Thankfully I have the disks or at least 1 Microsoft installation disk in good shape. Have a good night.
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