Paul Hartman wrote: > On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 5:39 PM, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Howdy, >> >> I got a neighbour that has a computer issue. First, the hard drive went >> out. We ordered a new one and installed it. Then he realized he didn't >> have the restore discs. We ordered those from Gateway. I went up today >> and tried to install winders 7 on the new drive. I put the system disc >> in and it booted. Then it asked for the recovery disc #1. It copied >> that over then asked for disc 2. After a bit it wanted the Language >> disc. Then it said to reboot and it spit out the DVD. >> >> When it reboots from the hard drive, it comes up and says it is setting >> up the hardware and it seems to finish it. Then a window pops up and >> says this: >> >> "Windows Setup could not configure windows to run on this computers >> hardware." > > Be sure the BIOS is set to AHCI mode and not RAID/IDE/Legacy mode, if > possible. If AHCI is not a choice, but choices are nonetheless > available, try changing it to whatever the alternative setting is. The > idea being that the driver it's trying to use is not working, so maybe > the other driver will work long enough to boot and install updates, at > which point you can change the setting back to what it was and give > that a shot. > > Does the new HDD have 4k sectors? I think Windows 7 can't be installed > on those without supplying an updated disk controller driver during > installation. > >
Your reply made me think of something. I had a XP reinstall once that required a number from MS because of the new mobo and hard drive. They said it recognized the change in the serial numbers. When I ran into that before tho, it installed fine but gave 30 days to put in the number. Does winders 7 have something similar? I'll check into your idea tomorrow tho. I hadn't even thought about that. I got the closest drive to it that I could find but I'm sure there is a difference. Thanks much for the idea. Still open to more ideas tho. Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words! Miss the compile output? Hint: EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--quiet-build=n"
