Not able to boot from Win CD

[_eb_]

Hello,

I recently replaced the motherboard of my PC. The new board is a ATX Motherboard SATA III 3.0 USB3.0 Ports LGA2011/ I7 DIMM DDR3 128G Memory X6Q3 (https://www.ebay.ca/itm/ATX-Motherboard-SATA-III-3-0-USB3-0-Ports-LGA2011-I7-DIMM-DDR3-128G-Memory-X6Q3/382470283558?hash=item590d016126:g:a20AAOSwkcFbBWEM). I have 32GB of memory, an i7 2011 intel processor, a 2 TB HD, a GeForce 960, an optical mouse and keyboard (USB). All of the components correctly recognized in the BIOS.

I am trying to install Windows 7 from cd without success. I am wondering if someone might have some suggestions. I have a formatted HD and a blue ray cd unit connected. In the Asmedia SATA controller window (before BIOS) says:

SATA PM 0 Port 0 ST2000DM001-1CH63 SATA 3
SATA PM 0 Port 0 ASUS BC-12B1ST a SATA 1

In the BIOS, I have selected IDE mode for the SATA ports (HD and CD, which are connected to black, not gray connectors).

The BIOS the motherboard comes with is American Megatrends Version 2.17.1246
BIOS date: 06/28/2017 14:19:20 Ver:X79

In the BIOS, I selected the boot order as CD first, then HD. I can see that the CD (OEM Win 7) gets read (it is spinning and the read LED comes on), however, nothing happens. Then tries to boot from the formatted HD and I get:

BOOTMGR is missing
Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart

Any ideas why I am not able to boot from the Win CD to start the installation? Any suggestions is more than welcome.

Many many thanks in advance!

 

[photonboy]

If you have the option of AHCI mode try that. It's hard to remember details about BIOS in that era and there's no board name to check a manual.

I'd first start by creating a MEMTEST86 boot disk though to validate the DDR3 memory: www.memtest86.com

Run until one pass has 100% completed without errors (or you get errors).

If the USB stick for Memtest86 works then you can create a W7 Install disc instead (can discuss that if need be).

 

[niki.heaney109]

Have you tried to removed the hd from the boot order?
Maybe the cd isnt being read quickly enough, so it skips to the hd?

If cd is the only bootable drive, it may spend longer reading the disc?

Just a thought.

 

[_eb_]

Have you tried to removed the hd from the boot order?
Maybe the cd isnt being read quickly enough, so it skips to the hd?

If cd is the only bootable drive, it may spend longer reading the disc?

Just a thought.

Thank you for your suggestions. I tried to boot from CD both with the installation disc and with the bootable memtest86 disc disabling the HD boot option and I get the message:

Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press any key.

Any other ideas?

 

[niki.heaney109]

I have a suggestion, well kinda.
If the cd/dvd isnt being read, can you not download the windows 7.iso file from here https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows7
Then create a bootable usb and install it that way?


Amendment, just noticed that something like this has been suggested... gah :-/ ill keep thinking.

 

[cin19]

In the Asmedia SATA controller window (before BIOS) says:

If you connect the CD drive into the asmedia sata port, then you should move it to the intel sata port, because they ( the asmedia stat ports) don't have the driver so that you can't boot the win7 CD disc from them. After done the window installation, and install the asmedia sata driver, then you can use them with CD drive only, if you want.

 

[_eb_]

I have a suggestion, well kinda.
If the cd/dvd isnt being read, can you not download the windows 7.iso file from here https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows7
Then create a bootable usb and install it that way?


Amendment, just noticed that something like this has been suggested... gah :-/ ill keep thinking.

yes, I tried that as well. I was able to boot and start the installation that way but it crashes with a blue screen every time...

 

[_eb_]

cin19, thanks for the suggestion. How do i move the cd to the intel sata port? I only see black and gray sata ports which I thought were sata3 and sata1 ports.

thanks!

 

[cin19]

black and gray sata ports

Because I can't find the manual so that I don't know which is which.

I was able to boot and start the installation that way but it crashes with a blue screen every time...

You got the OEM version win7, if you already use it in other PC, you will have problem to install it again. Or may just use only one stick RAM, because if the RAM has problem, that may causes the BSOD ( Blue Screen of Death).

 

[_eb_]

thanks cin19 again. Yes, it seems that the RAM has many errors, so that might be the cause of the BSOD. I don't think that installing an already installed OEM Win cd might be the problem, the blue screens happened way before having to type my OEM key.

What I did though, was to make an iso image bootable USB from my OEM Win disc. I have also tried to make an iso image from the microsoft webpage but for Win7 that is a nightmare, the website is 99.99% faulty ( I guess that is their their way to push for a Win update...). Could that be also a problem? The installation fails at different points, sometimes when copying files (at diff %s) or sometimes after passing the copying...

 

[cin19]

If you used this: windows 7 usb/cd download tool https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/windows-usb-dvd-download-tool It was fine for me, but I don't use it recently.

The installation fails at different points, sometimes when copying files (at diff %s) or sometimes after passing the copying...

That should be the problem, either the USB or the OS. Try other USB or other PC or laptop to make the bootable USB again.

 

[_eb_]

If you used this: windows 7 usb/cd download tool https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/windows-usb-dvd-download-tool It was fine for me, but I don't use it recently.

The installation fails at different points, sometimes when copying files (at diff %s) or sometimes after passing the copying...

That should be the problem, either the USB or the OS. Try other USB or other PC or laptop to make the bootable USB again.

Thanks for the suggestion again. I tested the ram and found one dimm that had errors. I removed it and the usb windows installation keeps crashing.

Any ideas why the the cd-rom unit doesn’t work? i replaced the unit with another one that was working on another computer and i only get the message: reboot and select a proper boot device.

thanks!

 

[cin19]

1) Is that OEM CD(DVD) from Dell, or HP?

2) Do you had the DVD or CD (OEM win7) ? If it is the CD, it should be the recovery disk only.

 

[_eb_]

Finally, I was able to install Windows from a USB iso image from my CD OEM Win. The blue screens were finally gone when I replaced the memory. Thanks for all your suggestions and your time guys.

CD media unit not working is still a mystery. I updated the drivers/firmware from the ASUS website and same thing. Not even a blank disc is read.

 

[photonboy]

Finally, I was able to install Windows from a USB iso image from my CD OEM Win. The blue screens were finally gone when I replaced the memory. Thanks for all your suggestions and your time guys.

CD media unit not working is still a mystery. I updated the drivers/firmware from the ASUS website and same thing. Not even a blank disc is read.

Glad you got as far as you did... possibly the CD/DVD drive unit is defective but you'd need to test on another PC.

I suggest you retest later with MEMTEST86 since you had errors then they went away. Perhaps it was a physical problem with how you SEATED the memory stick but I'd double check later then again if you get unexplained errors down the road (bad memory can cause corrupted data that leads to very confusing troubleshooting).