Install Wndows 7 Without An Optical Drive On A Brand New Computer?
May 22, 2010
My mother wants to buy a small laptop (13.3'' toshiba t130D). When I went to the store to buy it, the salesman told me that I need to pay 85$ to get windows 7 installed on it since it has NO OPTICAL DRIVE. It seems like a rip-off... I was wondering... because I have no exterior dvd drive, is there ANY way else that I could use to install Windows 7 on that laptop since it is brand new. Can I use a USB key? Or that is only possible when a computer already has an OS installed on it? Is having an exterior drive the only possible way to install this?
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Jan 14, 2013
I have ordered the parts for a new computer which I am going to build, however the Windows 7 I have is a disc and I have not ordered an optical drive. Do I need to now buy one or is there a way around this?
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Feb 15, 2013
I did some work on my system yesterday and I removed my DVD/RW drive along with some cable management. Now that you can buy alot of software online and install it without the need for an optical drive, is one even needed anymore?
I have an external DVD/RW (USB2) that I occasionally use with my netbook. Can I use that to install Windows and other software that I still have a disk for (3 or 4 programs)? I'll also use it to burn ISO's (Linux) should I need to.
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Nov 18, 2011
im off to my first computer build and i've got basically everything except for an optical drive, i saw this video about using a flash drive to boot win 7, im a little cautious in doing this cuz the vid is already 2 years old, im wondering if its still possible? I dunno if i can post the link of the vid here so you guys can put some input if that way of booting win 7 still works or if theres another way to do it, i do have the windows7 os but am still waiting for my optical drive wich would arrive next week, and im really excited to boot my pc that ive already installed everything else and am just waiting for that optical drive
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what do i need to upgrade to be able to play dvd's on my notebook that has windows 7 starter
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Oct 8, 2011
Vista (32&64bit) & XP installs just fine & works great. Windows 7 starts install at the end of the install (when shows welcome screen for the first time), it restarts & after that it shows press any key to boot from CD or DVD...... and it's staying at that screen (I should be getting starting windows screen). When i eject the Win 7 DVD, it boots & shows black screen. I've changed boot device from CD/DVD to HDD, still doesn't work.
I have Intel core 2 quad 2.33 ghz, Intel DG41TY motherboard, 4gb ddr2 ram, nvidia geforce 9500gt (1gb), 1TB seagate HDD
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Feb 3, 2013
I currently do not have any internal optical drive, but I do have a USB optical drive instead. Would it be possible to boot up Windows 7 from the external drive in the UEFI Bios? This is for a new computer without a formatted hard drive, if it helps.
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Dec 27, 2011
would like to install Windows 7 home edition on my wifes Acer notebook, running xp at present.there is no optical drive. can I use my HP laptop'if so
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Oct 29, 2011
I'm doing a new OS install, using my the same Windows 7 64 install disk as before. I do have new drives, but they are just newer versions of my old drives (which died) - and they are pretty standard HP slim drives.
For some reason, the OS install will not complete. It's saying that an optical drive driver is missing, and wants me to install it manually.
these drives did NOT come with any driver cd, nor is there a driver available on the HP support site. They must be plug&play.
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Feb 1, 2013
I recently bought a DIY computer package from Tigerdirect. I put all the parts together, making sure to handle the parts correctly. Once everything was hooked-up, hardware-wise, I tried to install Windows 7 off of a friend's USB drive. It almost worked, but it requested that I insert a disk into the drive, which I couldn't do.I bought a brand new Windows 7 OEM version. Computer still won't boot-up, even though BIOS screen shows that the optical drive is connected. After checking the boot order sequence several times, I figured that the driver must have something wrong with it, so I bought a cheap DVDROM. Both optical drives are made by LG (not sure if relevant) but neither work. In fact, neither one would even spin-up the disk. Message on screen reads: 'Reboot and Select proper boot device, or insert boot media into boot device and press any key.'
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Almost new Inspiron 5720- Home Premium. i7 quad.
After installing three or four updates yesterday my laptop now clicks the optical drive a couple of times as I start any video or music file on the hard drive. Not a fatal flaw, but, very irritating just the same. Did a system restore to the morning before the updates- same behavior remains. Installed updates again, removed them one at a time, same thing. Restored to over a week ago, same behavior! What is up with this clicking. The files start and play immediately, no problem there, I'd just like the optical drive to mind it's own business. Movie discs play fine, burns stuff fine, just go to your corner and SHUT UP!
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I have an Alienware M14x R1 with a SSD - Crucial M4 in the main spot and the stock HD in the optical drive. I have never had any issues with any of this stuff before this clean install - and I have done clean installs previously. I also used Parted Magic to Secure Erase my SSD and HD before install.I am experiencing some pretty frustrating problems:
1. I have NO INTERNET CONNECTION (everyone keeps telling me to install drivers...how can I do this without internet connection??)
2. Windows is not recognizing my second hard drive in the optical drive even though it did when I was installing and showed it at the section where you can add new partitions etc
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Feb 21, 2012
We recently purchased parts to build 2 completely new PC's for our company. Both PC's have the exact same specs, hardware and software...
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I'm providing the 2 crash dumps from the offending PC. If anyone could help us out in assessing the problem, we'd greatly appreciate it as we have absolutely no clue what's gong on currently.
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Aug 13, 2012
I haven a brand new pc with intel 8 core i7 and 16 gb ram and a asus p8z77-LX motherboard
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I've just bought a new computer and put it all together, installed drivers etc but no sound is working.If I go to Control PanelHardware and Sound it says "no audio devices are installed".However, if I go to Device Manager, under "Sound, video and games controllers" there are 4 instances of "NVIDIA High Definition Audio"Now I guess thie Nvidia drivers might work through the HDMI connection on the GPU, but my soiund setup is with the old audio jacks that plug in to the back of the motherboard.I tried uninstalling the nvidia audio drivers in device manager but when I rebooted they just installed themselves automatically!
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Mar 21, 2012
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Nov 25, 2011
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Feb 2, 2012
I had bought new HP envy 14, NOW I AM GETTING HARD DRIVE FAILURE MESSAGES, Here is the story
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Jan 12, 2009
It seems as though my two optical dvd-rom & dvd-ram drives are working only intermittently, since loading windows 7 64 ultimate from vista 64 ultimate.
While there are many drivers that I have saved as downloads plus those that can be found online there are drivers that are only available via disk, so having the optical drives consistently function properly is of the utmost importance.
Anyone with any suggestions are solutions please let us all know your thoughts.
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Jun 23, 2011
I have a Toshiba Satellite Laptop which is running Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit.I don't know how long it has been since the DVD drive stop functioning. Whenever I insert a factory DVD,CD, or even custom/ blanks my drive does not recognize the inserted device. For some reason, which I cant understand, the drive itself clocks, but the OS isn't recognizing anything. When I checked the drivers, it said they were up to date.
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Jan 8, 2012
My cd/dvd/bluray read/write drive on my laptop suddenly disappeared. All "my Computer" shows is my C: drive, whereas I used to have a D: drive. I was uninstalling a few programs before it happened, one of which was Daemon ProTools, which I suspect to be the culprit.
I read that the program TestDisk might be able to help. I ran it but only my hard drive shows up in the program too. When I insert a disk, I can hear the drive reading it, so I know it didn't become disconnected.
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Jan 14, 2011
I presently have a 6 year old Dell X300 running XP, it has been a good machine but is getting 'tired' and I am looking at getting something new. The type of machines I am looking at like a HP Pavilion dm1 or a Lenovo Thinkpad X100/ 120 (new) running windows 7 of course. They do not come up a optical drive.So my question is what happens in the case of a HD failure?With the X300 I have reloaded windows on to the new HD using the CD drive and recovery disks provided.But in 2011 what is the way of being prepared for a HD failure with machines that have no optical drive and no windows 7 supplied reinstallation cds/dvds?Is there way of doing it thru a USB flask drive? is that the answer?
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Sep 16, 2012
I just bought a new desktop PC ASUS CM6870 and already I got a problem with windows 7; my optical drive do not play dvd , blu-ray or cd or rw etc... it only play one cd once , after that nothing! I try to find the problm, I watch the motherboard and click CD-ROM Drive properties, on the device status you can read: " Windows cannot start this hardware devicecause its configuration information (in the registry) is incomplete or damaged. (code 19)and an otherplace I can't remeber where they write " ATAPI BD E DHI2E3SH ATA device has a driver problem " spend 1200$ and only 3 days of use
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Jan 10, 2012
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Intel Core i7 2700K CPU - 3.5GHz
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16GB DDR3-1600MHz RAM
1TB SATA3 7200RPM Hard Disk
BluRay Combo Drive(LG)
2 x ATI HD6970 2GB PCI-e in Crossfire configuration
Antec Nine Hundred Gaming Case
Thermaltake Tough Power XT 875W PSU
Now it comes time to install windows 7 professional, so I purchase a copy of the OEM version (because I'm stingy). When I put the DVD in the drive it boots straight away and it comes up with a black screen that says "Windows is loading files........." . The bar on the screen loads and then it says "Starting Windows", after that a blue screen with some leaves and what looks like a very small bird appears in what I am assuming is meant to be the start of the windows 7 professional setup screen, however nothing comes up and after a while (5 minutes or so) my computer restarts and it's groundhog day (has been doing it for the last 3 hours).
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Dec 9, 2012
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