Win7 64 install problem

dokko · 5 Feb 2010 at 14:22

Hi there,

Having a problem installing Win7 on my laptop, basically it is trying to find device drivers and reports back there aren't any.

The Win7 is a download via the Uni, so its genuine, tried burning the image several times but no joy, any ideas?

I've got another version of win7 again through the uni but this time paid for direct to Microsoft, do you think i could use that disc image with the other key i've got?

Cheers.

Both are win 7 54b pro's, though file structure seems different on the discs.

Daegan · 5 Feb 2010 at 14:37

I'd just install off a USB pen (provided you have one) if the DVD drive in the laptop isn't playing nicely - assuming that's what you're referring to by device drivers.

http://store.microsoft.com/Help/ISO-Tool

dokko · 5 Feb 2010 at 14:45

Daegan said:
I'd just install off a USB pen (provided you have one) if the DVD drive in the laptop isn't playing nicely - assuming that's what you're referring to by device drivers.

http://store.microsoft.com/Help/ISO-Tool

Will give it a whirl ta, im guessing off a quick read just copy the iso over?

Edit: Seen now.

The usb tool doesn't recognize my ISO as a valid ISO.

Oh the fun and games continue.

2nd edit: After further reading it only works with ISO's purchased direct form M$ store (probasbly why mine wont read)

Daegan · 5 Feb 2010 at 15:07

Works fine with my ISO downloaded from MSDNAA.

dokko · 5 Feb 2010 at 15:29

Daegan said:
Works fine with my ISO downloaded from MSDNAA.

Mines from the MSDNAA aso (e-academy) but something doesn't match up here.

Think i'll try to DL it again.

Daegan · 5 Feb 2010 at 16:16

The downloader appears to do some validation, so presumably you shouldn't end up with a duff ISO. Saying that it might be worth another download.

In case the problem occurs again you don't need to use that utility to create the bootable USB stick, I'd actually never used it until earlier. Doing it manually with diskpart has always done the job.

From a command prompt run diskpart, then..

list disk (be sure to identify the right one, you don't want to wipe anything important)
select disk #
clean
create partition primary
select partition 1
active
format fs=fat32 quick
assign

Then just copy the contents of the ISO to the USB stick.

dokko · 5 Feb 2010 at 16:33

Well i've DL'd it again and this time the iso converter recognised it. Putting it on to DVD as i type, fingers crossed this works and it was a DL error.

Thanks for your time though.