MAXIMUS FORMULA AND BOOT FROM DVD

delpy8 · 23 Oct 2010 at 19:44

Hi Forum,

Trying to reinstall windows 7 onto my intel 80gb ssd but cannot get windows to boot from disc,

I had originally changed to ACHI due to the ssd and changes it back to ide/sat but every time I reboot I cannot get windows to boot from DVD?

Any ideas

Duke · 23 Oct 2010 at 19:46

I take it the CDROM is above the HD in the boot priority order within the BIOS?

delpy8 · 23 Oct 2010 at 19:47

Duke said:
I take it the CDROM is above the HD in the boot priority order within the BIOS?

Yes I have my dvd rom as first option

metalmackey · 23 Oct 2010 at 21:24

I had this issue in AHCI mode. Had to put it back to IDE mode for the windows 7 disk to boot. I changed it back after the installers first reboot and installed fine. Dunno why it doesn't boot from the DVD drive in AHCI mode though.

Duke · 23 Oct 2010 at 23:11

delpy8 said:
Yes I have my dvd rom as first option

Is the disk working in another system? Could be a problem with the disk.

delpy8 · 24 Oct 2010 at 06:09

metalmackey said:
I had this issue in AHCI mode. Had to put it back to IDE mode for the windows 7 disk to boot. I changed it back after the installers first reboot and installed fine. Dunno why it doesn't boot from the DVD drive in AHCI mode though.

After a few re boots and tinkering got it to boot,

This has never happened before when using ACHI then changing back to IDE,

Thanks all