Can't instal W7 to SSD

[bunraku]

Hi

My Old HD packed in last night and i have tried to reinstall W7 to a SSD i was using for games only. I am booting from CD and i can get the install about 80% through where it asks me to type PC name etc, but eventually it just goes to black screen saying boot from CD and doesn't seem to want to continue. I thought it might be because of the the SATA connectors so i have even used the same SATA connection the old HD was using to the mobo and the same thing happens.

I have included a screenshot of the 3 HD's i have. The top 1 is the one i want W7 on and it has the highest priority, so i am not sure why it won't contine the install. My Mobo is Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H. Thanks

 

[JackNaylorPE]

I have had trouble with SSDs similar to what you are experiencing. Never did determine the cause but I did find that I was oft able to recover functionality by doing a full format from another PC. I keep one of these handy to make backups which are stored off site but it also comes in very handy for this and other purposes.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=blacX&N=-1&isNodeId=1

Diskpart has saved my tail in other instances

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/e5857014-16ed-4254-9976-0ecff801c6f6/diskpart-syntax-for-ssd?forum=w8itprohardware

 

[bunraku]

Hi


I unplugged al my sata drives and connections and reconnected them. That seemed to help as I actually got to windows and managed to do the first load of updateds. However after restarting it says loading operating system and that's it.

Any ideads?