No bootable DVD drive to install Win 7 upgrade with?

K

KG

If I'm correct after perusing various MS knowledge base and forum articles our system, a home
built Win XP home, 2 Gb Abit NF7-2, 2.3 AMD, 2 hdd, CD & non-bootable DVD drive, does not need to
boot the Windows 7 Home Upgrade DVD to do clean install of Win 7. If I boot XP, insert Win 7
Upgrade DVD in the DVD drive and select install it will do a clean install of Win 7 on the same HD
that had Win xp on it, correct? Then I could just transfer the image to a new HD after formatting
it using Win 7, correct? Thanks much for any help you may provide.
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Conor

If I'm correct after perusing various MS knowledge base and forum articles our system, a home
built Win XP home, 2 Gb Abit NF7-2, 2.3 AMD, 2 hdd, CD & non-bootable DVD drive, does not need to
boot the Windows 7 Home Upgrade DVD to do clean install of Win 7. If I boot XP, insert Win 7
Upgrade DVD in the DVD drive and select install it will do a clean install of Win 7 on the same HD
that had Win xp on it, correct? Then I could just transfer the image to a new HD after formatting
it using Win 7, correct? Thanks much for any help you may provide.
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Your DVD drive is bootable. The Abit NF7 supports booting from optical
drives. Set the BIOS options correctly,
 
K

KG

Your DVD drive is bootable. The Abit NF7 supports booting from optical
drives. Set the BIOS options correctly,

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Conor

I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally.


I'll be dammed your right, The BIOS only says CDROM, nothing about DVD but if I set the BIOS to
boot CDROM it boots Win 7 install DVD fine. Thank much, I should have had more faith in ABIT.
Thanks again and have a good one.


If I'm correct after perusing various MS knowledge base and forum articles our system, a home
built Win XP home, 2 Gb Abit NF7-2, 2.3 AMD, 2 hdd, CD & non-bootable DVD drive, does not need to
boot the Windows 7 Home Upgrade DVD to do clean install of Win 7. If I boot XP, insert Win 7
Upgrade DVD in the DVD drive and select install it will do a clean install of Win 7 on the same HD
that had Win xp on it, correct? Then I could just transfer the image to a new HD after formatting
it using Win 7, correct? Thanks much for any help you may provide.
*****************
Thank You (e-mail address removed)
SNIP

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Thank You (e-mail address removed)


To reply to this email please remove the AT
after the kgs in the reply to address as shown above.

Never ever underestimate the incompetent.
 

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