Installing Windows 7 / Asrock E4 G3 board

[john10001]

I'm having a little trouble installing Windows 7 to my new system build.

I have the Asrock Extreme 4 Gen 3 board.

Unfortunately this board has none of the old style ATA connectors to connect my DVD-RW to. I guess newer DVD-RW and BD-R etc must all now come with small SATA connectors?

I have added a Belkin ATA133 pci card into the system and connected the ribbon cable/connector to that.

How do I now boot from that to get Windows 7 installed of the disc it is on? I don't seem to see any option in the BIOS for this???

Failing that I have downloaded a copy of DiskPart so I can hopefully copy my Windows 7 disc to a USB flash drive I have.

If I can do this instead, what if anything do I then need to select in BIOS to enable booting from USB instead because I can't seem to see anything for that either?

Cheers,

John

 

[TheJackal]

I find installing Win7 from a usb stick the easiest these days.
On boot up you should be able to press one of the F keys to choose which device to boot from. I have the Extreme3 board and the screen telling you which key it is, doesnt stay up long.

 

[Terrier_Jimlad]

Are you sure the PCI card is bootable? Seriously though, theres no excuse for using an old IDE DVD drive these days, SATA drives can be picked up for as little as £5 brand new. Just get one bought and have done with it.