[Solved] I'm in a real fix Reinstalling Win7

I recently bough a new motherboard and CPU along with 4GB of memory to upgrade my system. Moving from Intel to AMD, my new processor is an Athlon II X3 @ 3.2; The mobo is a Biostar A880G+ and the memory is DDR3 at 1333.

The new mobo Windows 7 didn't like at all. It refused to boot, probably because it couldn't find the HDD controller (I'm not sure exactly how that all works, but I do know installing a new mobo is a dodgy affair as far as drivers go).

Therefore, I resolved to backup my data, wipe my secondary drive, and overwrite the system drive as I reinstalled Win7 from the DVD. It would naturally get all the correct drivers and/or allow me to install them manually.

The problem is: When I try to boot from the Win7 disc, I get a "Code 5: cannot boot from CD." What's going on here? I am almost 100% certain it is not a fault with the DVD burn. I checked other places and it appears the problem could lie with AMD, or with bad drivers, or bad BIOS.

I have a 4GB flash drive as well as another computer with a DVD burner in the house. Should I try to boot from a thumb drive? Install a different OS and install Win7 from there?

Please help me!

Completely understandable.

I appreciate your response, but I think I've solved this on my own. I used WinToFlash to put the files on a thumb drive and booted OK from that.