- Nov 12, 2013
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Hi Guys,
Right I'm having such a headache with my computer at home. I am upgrading from 32bit windows xp to Windows 7 64bit. When I try to run the install from my desktop I get the error message of the disc is not compatible with your version of windows please reboot your pc from CD. So I know I need to do a clean install and I know to do this i need to boot from CD BUT my PC doesn't seem to be able to do this and this is where my problem began!
I disabled all of the bootable devices in the BIOS apart from the DVD drive and it gave me a black screen with a message which said:-
"No suitable bootable devices please insert cd or select suitable device and reboot"
(or something along them lines anyway).
This made me think the disk is faulty, so I loaded up XP, and it seems the disk is fine, it reads as Windows 7 but I just get the error message when I try to load it up. So the disc is fine.
WHAT I'VE TRIED
I have entered the BIOS and tried setting the DVD drive as the primary booting device
I have tried disabling all other booting devices, that didn't work either ( see above )
I have tried selecting the DVD drive as the bootable device too.
I have a MSI Mother board, I have been advised to switch the ribbon cable from the hard drive with the ribbon cable from the DVD drive, also I've seen posts about resetting the CMOS.
If possible I would like to do this without having to play around with the motherboard itself, the last thing I'd want is to blow up my motherboard.
PLEASE HELP!
Right I'm having such a headache with my computer at home. I am upgrading from 32bit windows xp to Windows 7 64bit. When I try to run the install from my desktop I get the error message of the disc is not compatible with your version of windows please reboot your pc from CD. So I know I need to do a clean install and I know to do this i need to boot from CD BUT my PC doesn't seem to be able to do this and this is where my problem began!
I disabled all of the bootable devices in the BIOS apart from the DVD drive and it gave me a black screen with a message which said:-
"No suitable bootable devices please insert cd or select suitable device and reboot"
(or something along them lines anyway).
This made me think the disk is faulty, so I loaded up XP, and it seems the disk is fine, it reads as Windows 7 but I just get the error message when I try to load it up. So the disc is fine.
WHAT I'VE TRIED
I have entered the BIOS and tried setting the DVD drive as the primary booting device
I have tried disabling all other booting devices, that didn't work either ( see above )
I have tried selecting the DVD drive as the bootable device too.
I have a MSI Mother board, I have been advised to switch the ribbon cable from the hard drive with the ribbon cable from the DVD drive, also I've seen posts about resetting the CMOS.
If possible I would like to do this without having to play around with the motherboard itself, the last thing I'd want is to blow up my motherboard.
PLEASE HELP!
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