Question There is a "ghost" floppy drive that prevents me from installing Windows 7 ?

[s y e l k a]

I have a PC here that has Windows XP running, and I want to upgrade it to Win7. The only problem is, when I load the installer, it wants to find the floppy disk in partition A:\, and I don't even have a floppy drive to begin with. I tried disabling it from the boot order in the BIOS, the partition A:\ has been removed in XP, as well as I removed the floppy drive from the hardwares list, but it is still the same. What can I do?

 

[SkyNetRising]

when I load the installer, it wants to find the floppy disk in partition A:\

Can you show a screenshot?
(upload to imgur.com and post link)

 

[s y e l k a]

Can you show a screenshot?
(upload to imgur.com and post link)

I actually started installing a Debian and then I will try installing Win7 again. But if the problem is still there I will give screenshot

 

[s y e l k a]

Can you show a screenshot?
(upload to imgur.com and post link)

I actually started installing a Debian and then I will try installing Win7 again. But if the problem is still there I will give screenshot

Can you show a screenshot?
(upload to imgur.com and post link)

The screenshot (

https://imgur.com/a/UDjJ5TE

View: https://imgur.com/a/UDjJ5TE
)

Yes it is in hungarian. In english it means:

The drive isn't ready

The drive isn't available. Maybe its door is open. Check if there is a disk in A: drive and if the door is closed.

Cancel - Retry - Next

 

[SkyNetRising]

That is not a standard windows 7 installation message.
You have some weird windows 7 install media.

 

[s y e l k a]

That is not a standard windows 7 installation message.
You have some weird windows 7 install media.

Uhm okay. I'll try with another from a different source

 

[s y e l k a]

Can you show a screenshot?
(upload to imgur.com and post link)

I actually started installing a Debian and then I will try installing Win7 again. But if the problem is still there I will give screenshot

Can you show a screenshot?
(upload to imgur.com and post link)

The screenshot (

https://imgur.com/a/UDjJ5TE

View: https://imgur.com/a/UDjJ5TE
)

Yes it is in hungarian. In english it means:

The drive isn't ready
The drive isn't available. Maybe its door is open. Check if there is a disk in A: drive and if the door is closed.
Cancel - Retry - Next

That is not a standard windows 7 installation message.
You have some weird windows 7 install media.

I downloaded an official iso and all the same

 

[SkyNetRising]

Yes it is in hungarian. In english it means:

The drive isn't ready
The drive isn't available. Maybe its door is open. Check if there is a disk in A: drive and if the door is closed.
Cancel - Retry - Next

How do you get that error message?
On what do you click before that?

 

[s y e l k a]

How do you get that error message?
On what do you click before that?

Nothing, I just booted.

 

[SkyNetRising]

What happens, if you click next?

 

[s y e l k a]

What happens, if you click next?

All four buttons cycles this exact error, and at some point I get that blue wallpaper, but still with the error.

 

[SkyNetRising]

Then get a different installation. Try english version.

 

[s y e l k a]

Then get a different installation. Try english version.

The official iso was en-us iso

 

[SkyNetRising]

How do you get hungarian messages, if you booted from english win7 installation?

 

[s y e l k a]

How do you get hungarian messages, if you booted from english win7 installation?

I used the hungarian first and then in the english iso I got this same message just in english

 

[ex_bubblehead]

I don't see anywhere that you've told the BIOS that no floppy is installed. Same place you define what other drives are present.

 

[s y e l k a]

I don't see anywhere that you've told the BIOS that no floppy is installed. Same place you define what other drives are present.

Ah, I forgor. Sorry. I only found the HDD and the CD-reader as devices that could be disabled (and they are actually present in my PC). Under boot priority, there IS a so called '1st floppy reader'. It seems like I can disable it from boot order, then save settings and reboot, but when selecting boot device, it just always appears back, right at the top no matter which place I give it to. Then back to BIOS settings and it is there disabled, just as I left it.

 

[ex_bubblehead]

What motherboard, what BIOS. Post screenshots. You most definitely have not disabled the floppy.