I'm trying to install Windows 7 x64 on a new budget computer from a USB thumb drive that I've successfully used on older systems before. The motherboard is an Asus Prime A320K-M, specced to be compatible with Win7 x64 with 2nd Gen Ryzen CPUs. The CPU is a Ryzen 5 3400G, so that should be OK.
The problem is that I keep getting the well known message "A required CD/DVD drive device driver is missing......" The solutions usually given for this include
I'm trying to install the OS on a WD Blue 1TB HDD. I know an SSD will be much faster but there are reasons for using an HDD now, so please let's not go into that unless it's likely to be the root cause of the problem.
Is there anything else I can try?
The problem is that I keep getting the well known message "A required CD/DVD drive device driver is missing......" The solutions usually given for this include
- to change the USB port. Tried this, including USB 2.0 ports.
- to change SATA mode from AHCI to IDE. But the BIOS setting offers only AHCI or RAID. No IDE.
I'm trying to install the OS on a WD Blue 1TB HDD. I know an SSD will be much faster but there are reasons for using an HDD now, so please let's not go into that unless it's likely to be the root cause of the problem.
Is there anything else I can try?