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    Windows 7 RC will not install/boot

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by melorock, Aug 16, 2009.

  1. melorock

    melorock Notebook Enthusiast

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    I downloaded 2 different downloads, and burned on two different DVDs. I get a screen that says "loading files" (first screen) and they both freeze at the EXACT same spot .

    I had vista earlier, then got windows 7 RC so it has worked fine before. I wiped my HDD with killdisk (to get rid of hidden vista files) and had a boot-up windows 7 disk, which worked fine in my test beforehand, but fails now. So I have NO OS, NOTHING. I am on Linux puppy just to have something and post on here,

    In my house, my laptop is the only computer with a DVD burner. Formating with a flash drive is difficult because the rest of the computers have XP and I can't disk part them (XP doesn't recognize flash drives in command prompt) Way too advanced for me. So I downloaded windows 7, put it on a flash drive, then put it on my laptop (that has Linux puppy) and burned it onto a DVD again. Same result.

    PLEASE any help is much appreciated. I tried everything I can think of that I am able to do.

    Am I burning the DVD right, as in ALL the files get there? How do I know?

    Something wrong with my computer? I don't think so, otherwise Linux Puppy works, and the DVDs did burn...

    I've tried pressing F1 and F10 (really all the F's), during boot-up. Only ctrl+alt+delete (restart) responds it seems. How do I access the BIOS?

    My VAIO SR Series
    VGN-SR430J/B
    Intel Core 2 Duo P8700 2.53G
    13.3" WXGA
    4GB DDR2
    320GB HDD
    Dual Layer DVD Burner
    ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570
    512MB computer:


    August 20th is coming up fast. I'm going to go ahead and re-download windows 7 on another computer. Please any help is sorely needed. If there's any more info you guys need, please let me know.
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  2. Garmin

    Garmin Notebook Evangelist

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    Hmm, interesting, i didnt have a problem and i done it at least 4-5 times. Are you installing window 7 7100?
     
  3. melorock

    melorock Notebook Enthusiast

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    I think that I am burning the dvd improperly. I've read a little more into and that's a common problem. Get ALL the files. I think somehow I missing some.

    I installed puppy linux and I'll try to connect from the internet from there and install virtual clone drive and then download windows 7. Let me try that.

    EDIT: It didn't work
     
  4. melorock

    melorock Notebook Enthusiast

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    For all VGN-SR owners, how do you access the BIOS? I tried F10, F1, all the F's. Help is much appreciated
     
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    ajreynol Notebook Virtuoso

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    something's probably up with your burner
     
  6. melorock

    melorock Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks for the help, I solved it.

    I tried the 32bit and burned at the lowest speed possible and it did it. It's too simple sometimes.