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I recently 'built' a computer by scrambling together parts from various PCs. Up until now, I've been running Ubuntu 14.04 on it, but now I decided to get Windows 7 aswell.
The computer has three HDDs:
- HDD1 - 250Gb: Ubuntu 14.04
- HDD2 - 500Gb: blank -> trying to install Windows 7 here
- HDD3 - 250Gb: blank
So I bought Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit OEM, disconnected all HDDs but 2 and booted with the disk inserted. This is what I see:
1.
2.
Select CD-ROM boot type: _
I select 1 and the installaton process starts fine (copying windows files, expanding, ...). Then it says it nedds to reboot in order to complete the installation, and when it does, I get the above menu again.
- If I select 1, it begins the installation process anew!
If I select 2, it tells me
Non-System disk or disk error.
Replace and press any key when ready
If I simply hit enter it goes through and says 'completing installation'. Then at one point, the screen just goes black and says 'no signal' even though the computer is still on. It then reboots automatically, the screen comes on, shows me that menu again, I select 2, the Windows loading logo comes on and then the screen goes off again, this time for good. If I then reboot without the CD, same thing happens without the menu.
What is going on?!
I've tried installing on HDD3 instead, same result. I thought I might try updating the BIOS next, but as I don't know how to do that and I heard it might be 'fatal', I figured I'd get some advice first.
This is the hardware:
Intel DP35DP Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 CPU
AMD Radeon HD 4650 GPU
6Gb DDR2 RAM
Sean Bone
Posted 2014-11-06T17:00:44.760
Reputation: 123
The motherboard and CPU were originally together in a Vista 64-bit PC, that's why I'm fairly certain there shouldn't be any problem with seven 64-bit – Sean Bone – 2014-11-06T17:02:16.627
Current BIOS version is
DPP3510J.86A.0326.2007.1206.2556– Sean Bone – 2014-11-06T17:04:39.240Does it have UEFI or BIOS? – Ramhound – 2014-11-06T17:05:52.153
Uh... I'm not sure I know what UEFI is... But if I boot and press
F2it enters BIOS settings and saysBIOS Version DPP3510J.86A.0326.2007.1206.2556, so I guess it must have BIOS, right? – Sean Bone – 2014-11-06T17:08:01.617Sure; Why not. What mode is the SATA controler in? – Ramhound – 2014-11-06T17:09:04.643
IDE, I think - Going in 'Drive configuration' it says 'Configure SATA as...', and it's currently set to IDE - alternatives are RAID and AHCI. – Sean Bone – 2014-11-06T17:11:43.060
You want AHCI mode. If you have to create the MBR partition yourself using diskpart – Ramhound – 2014-11-06T17:18:15.740
Thanks for the help! I'll try that. Sorry if I'm a bit of a newbie, but what is the MBR partition? – Sean Bone – 2014-11-06T17:22:44.700
Do a little research. You have a lot of questions a Google search could answer. – Ramhound – 2014-11-06T17:23:54.087
Yes, sorry, I was being lazy. Anyway, I tried switching to AHCI and nothing changed. Does that mean I should create an MBR partition myself? I didn't actually get an error, the screen just goes offline. – Sean Bone – 2014-11-06T18:17:33.410
Plus, how am I supposed to create that partition without windows already installed? Can I do it from the Windows installer or from linux? – Sean Bone – 2014-11-06T18:28:20.170
WINRE has the tool.
WinREis contained on the installation disk your using. – Ramhound – 2014-11-06T18:55:10.713I tried making a bootable USB, to make sure the DVD drive didn't have anthing to do with it, and the 'Select CD-ROM boot type:' menu went away, but there's still issues.
– Sean Bone – 2014-11-07T21:31:51.557