When you say, you have to boot to the dvd, how do you do this? I have a new Windows 7 Ultimate dvd, I shut down my computer and turn it on with the dvd in the player and the computer is suppose to recognize it and boot from there but it is not recognizing it and starting the Install. How do I boot directly to the dvd?
When you say, you have to boot to the dvd, how do you do this? I have a new Windows 7 Ultimate dvd, I shut down my computer and turn it on with the dvd in the player and the computer is suppose to recognize it and boot from there but it is not recognizing it and starting the Install. How do I boot directly to the dvd?
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If you have and F12 key option, you might be able to select the DVD to boot from there.
If not, you need to have the DVD set to first boot in the bios. If a bootable DVD is in the drive, it should recognize it and give you a message that if you want to boot the DVD, hit a key. If you burned the DVD yourself, it must be burned as an image and not just a data disc.
After you hit a key, it should boot and start the install.
If this sequence is occurring and you still cannot boot from the DVD, you may have either a bad DVD drive, or a bad DVD.
If not, you need to have the DVD set to first boot in the bios. If a bootable DVD is in the drive, it should recognize it and give you a message that if you want to boot the DVD, hit a key. If you burned the DVD yourself, it must be burned as an image and not just a data disc.
After you hit a key, it should boot and start the install.
If this sequence is occurring and you still cannot boot from the DVD, you may have either a bad DVD drive, or a bad DVD.
Ok, I burned the disc myself, so I probably burned it as a data disc. How do I burn it as an image?
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1. Make sure that you have a bootable image of 7, .iso or .img
2. Use the freeware ImgBurn from The Official ImgBurn Website :
Click on "Write image file to disk" - make sure you have a blank DVD+-R/RW in the drive.
3. For best result, do not perform any other operations during the burn. Once your bootable DVD is ready, ensure the DVD device boot priority in your bios setup.
Please let us know if you need more help.
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Hello all. I replaced the ide dvd burner with a newer one and it sees the disc just fine, booted, installed and is working great.
For whatever reason, the drive didn't like the 64bit edition disc.
talk about a frustrating frustrating problem though.
thanks everybody who offered ideas =)
best regards
For whatever reason, the drive didn't like the 64bit edition disc.
talk about a frustrating frustrating problem though.
thanks everybody who offered ideas =)
best regards
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