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    Windows 7 install order M17x and dissapearing dvd drive

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by ebonyknight, Dec 1, 2009.

  1. ebonyknight

    ebonyknight Notebook Enthusiast

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    Just wanted to put this up incase others had the same problems Will and I did. Cheers. Admins, you can sticky this.

    Problem I was having was that when I installed Windows 7, the hard drive wouldn't be found. If you install from a (4GB min) thumb drive, you would get around that problem, but the dvd drive wouldn't operate. After following the install procedure and drivers, the dvd driver loaded. I suspect that after you load the ITE driver (for the bus) windows finds the dvd and installs it's own driver. Ever since following that install procedure, everything works and I have had no issues.

    Original thread here. Maximus gives good instructions for booting win 7 install from a USB.

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=433465
     
    ebonyknight, Dec 1, 2009
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