Ok here is the scoop: I currently have a laptop running Win 7 x64 and I also have a desktop. This desktop, has a blank HDD.
This desktop also has no optical CD/DVD drive installed currently. This means then that I must use a pendrive formatted to FAT (NOT FAT32 or NTSC) because this build is quite old but still has good hardware. I downloaded the official x64 Win7 Ultimate.iso file from microsoft. I now have two problems: 1)Windows 7 USB DVD Download Tool says that the OFFICIAL.iso file is invalid and wont let me create a bootable usb stick. This I resolved by doing it manually using the program PowerISO to extract the files to the FAT formatted usb drive 2)It works.
Well sort of, I get to the 'Install Now' screen and click that. Setup begins. The first screen i am faced with says that it is missing CD/DVD drivers with the error message 'A required CD/DVD drive device driver is missing. If you have a driver floppy disk, CD, DVD, or USB flash drive, please insert it now. My question is WHAT DRIVERS?!, there is no CD/DVD drive and the setup wont let me past until I pick one.
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For #2 I've read a couple threads and they said to switch from SATA to AHCI. Unfortunately i am unable to do this because my BIOS is Phoenic -AwardBIOS. Can somebody please tell me what i need to do because I am completely stumped. EDIT: FYI the HDD is very old but still in working order. There should be no problem regarding Win7 for native sata mode if your HDD is SATA.
If it's PATA then you should change option to NATIVE SATA DISABLED. (it's right there in PHOENIX) Since this next step won't harm you try to use that pendrive on your laptop. If it gets you to install options then your hardware on PC is problem, otherwise it's pendrive. I would like to point you to one program called WinToFlash which works perfect.
All you need to do is to mount that ISO with deamon or simillar tool and point USB drive for bootable build. If everything fails, try to reseat or/and use only one stick of RAM for installation, this may cause some problems for older machines. There should be no problem regarding Win7 for native sata mode if your HDD is SATA. If it's PATA then you should change option to NATIVE SATA DISABLED. (it's right there in PHOENIX) Since this next step won't harm you try to use that pendrive on your laptop. If it gets you to install options then your hardware on PC is problem, otherwise it's pendrive.