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Installing new OS
Posted on 12/13/16 at 12:50 am
Posted on 12/13/16 at 12:50 am
Bought a new hard drive and SSD for my PC. When I bought the PC it came with a windows 7 OS disk. My first attempt resulted in an error,
I'm guessing my DvD reader is the problem but it was working just fine last night. Anyone experience this problem before? Looking for some help.
quote:I didn't see an error code whenever it popped up. My only thought was that the OS disk had some problem. After waiting a day I decided to try it again and see if my luck would turn around. I booted up the PC but forgot to put in the disk so i got the typical "insert bootable bullshite and press any key to continue". I put in the disc and boot it up again and this is what I see.
Windows cannot install the required files
I'm guessing my DvD reader is the problem but it was working just fine last night. Anyone experience this problem before? Looking for some help.
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Posted on 12/13/16 at 7:34 am to Bootyrich
Most likely you need to partition and format the drive during the installation. The new disk probably has a utility partition that is not bootable and is interfering during the install.
I would delete all partitions then let Windows install create the partitions it needs.
I would delete all partitions then let Windows install create the partitions it needs.
Posted on 12/13/16 at 12:53 pm to Bootyrich
When walking through the installation and you get to the screen asking which drive you want to install Windows on, select the largest one. Before continuing click the "Drive options" link and make sure to format the drive. That should take care of your issue.
Posted on 12/13/16 at 1:02 pm to Bard
and i would install windows 10.
you can fire up a USB image on a stick with both 32/64 bit Win10 options in about 15 minutes:
It doesnt get any easier.
boot to bios (usually hit f2 or f10 during startup) and make sure "usb drives" are selected first in the boot options.
if you have problems you can hit control-f10 and get a DOS prompt and type:
> diskpart
then 'list disks'
and select the one you want to make ready 'select disk 0' usually.
then 'clean'
i just list the drives, then pull out the usb stick and say 'clean all' to properly format the drive(s), remove partitions and map out any potential bad sectors.
windows 10 couldn't be any easier to install.
if your computer came with win7 or 10, the product key is probably burned into the motherboard firmware already so you won't need a new activation key.
you can fire up a USB image on a stick with both 32/64 bit Win10 options in about 15 minutes:
It doesnt get any easier.
boot to bios (usually hit f2 or f10 during startup) and make sure "usb drives" are selected first in the boot options.
if you have problems you can hit control-f10 and get a DOS prompt and type:
> diskpart
then 'list disks'
and select the one you want to make ready 'select disk 0' usually.
then 'clean'
i just list the drives, then pull out the usb stick and say 'clean all' to properly format the drive(s), remove partitions and map out any potential bad sectors.
windows 10 couldn't be any easier to install.
if your computer came with win7 or 10, the product key is probably burned into the motherboard firmware already so you won't need a new activation key.
This post was edited on 12/13/16 at 1:03 pm
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