Win 7 Has Its Quirks

[bapak]

Just solved one problem with installing Win 7 and another one crops up...

Ran Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor with no reported upgrade problems.

Start the Install process and all seem to be going well, then this pops up:

"A required CD/DV device driver is missing. iF YOU HAVE A DRIVER, FLOPPY DISK, cd. dvd or USB, please insert now"

Ok, so I install the said drivers (old one reported as ok)... and start the Install again. Same problem. Tried a number of times, with same result.

So I decided to attach another DVD Player (installed properly)... and same thing happens.

Any clues?

[TheLaughingMan]

You are upgrading instead of a fresh install? If you really dont need to upgrade go save your files you need to keep and do a fresh install. I thought I heard upgrading had some issues.

[bapak]

You are upgrading instead of a fresh install? If you really dont need to upgrade go save your files you need to keep and do a fresh install. I thought I heard upgrading had some issues.

Have genuine Win 7 Ultimate..

Computer had XP Pro installed ...

Tried to install Win 7 with the results as above in my first post.

Formated c: drive and then attempted to install Win 7.. same result.

Seems like a problem for Microsoft..

[welo]

You are upgrading instead of a fresh install? If you really dont need to upgrade go save your files you need to keep and do a fresh install. I thought I heard upgrading had some issues.

Have genuine Win 7 Ultimate..

Computer had XP Pro installed ...

Tried to install Win 7 with the results as above in my first post.

Formated c: drive and then attempted to install Win 7.. same result.

Seems like a problem for Microsoft..

This might be related to the BIOS settings for emulating IDE on SATA controllers. I had weird booting problems on a friend's PC due to the compatibility settings for the IDE/SATA controllers (thread here).

This feature should actually ease the installation of a new OS by allowing the OS to access the drives with standard drivers.

My problem was that actually the PC would not POST anymore after changing this settings (so be warned) and I had to open up the computer and reset the BIOS (obviously a BIOS bug), but during the installation I also noticed that those settings affect the PC's ability to boot from CDROM/DVD.

On the ASUS mainboard this setting was called 'Onboard IDE Operate Mode' and you could choose between 'Compatible' and 'Enhanced'. 'Enhanced' meant non-compatible native mode, meaning the OS would require drivers to access the harddrives. You could then choose whether enhanced (native) mode applied to either SATA or PATA ports or both. Here is a screenshot of the BIOS settings dialog.

Whatever, you might get your PC to boot from the installation DVD by changing those settings.

There is actually a ton of discussions of this problem on the internet.

welo