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    Can't boot from DVD or USB drive to install W7

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Moocowz, Nov 8, 2009.

  1. Moocowz

    Moocowz Notebook Guru

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    So I took advantage of the $30 digital download of Windows 7 for students and since I'm going from vista 32 to W7 x64 I needed to download and burn the ISO.

    I used the Software provided by microsoft to burn both a bootable DVD and bootable USB drive.

    When I restart, F5 to get to the windows boot menu, only Windows vista is listed, no bootable media.

    I changed the boot priority in the bios to DVD first, then removable media first and no luck.

    I have an ASUS M51sn-X2

    I'd really like to be able install W7, any advice out there?
     
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    So I figured out how to install W7. I guess the bootable DVD just wasn't working. I had to go into the BIOS, select boot HDD first, then go to my Hard disk options and make my USB drive my bootable HDD. From there I was able to run the Windows installer but since the install process restarts, I have to go back into the BIOS after the 1st restart and change the HDD settings back to normal.... whew how annoying
     
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