thread: Windows 7 upgrade issues
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Old 22-10-2009, 1:11 PM   #48
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Re: Windows 7 upgrade issues
OK. I have finally been able to create an ISO and burn it to DVD using the link posted above.

However, I now have an even BIGGER headache !

After the ISO had been compiled I burnt it to a DVD. I then booted from the DV and Hey Presto ! Windows 7 started to install. I got to the Windows which displayed the available hard drives in my system and saw an icon for drivers. Remembering I have a SATA/RAID controller on my motherboard I tried to install the drivers from the floppy disk (same as F6 in Windows XP) but Windows 7 rejected them. I then quit out of the Windows 7 install in an attempt to find out if I neede additional drivers.

I have found out that I do not need additional RAID drivers but now I cannot boot from the Windows 7 DVD that I originaslly burned.!

I therefore burned another one but that doesn't work either. When I try to boot from the DVD it says "Boot From CD" and then goes straight into a normal Windows hard drive boot ! AAAGH !

Can anyone please offer any helpful advice ?
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