Mike Edenfield wrote: >> From: Dale [mailto:rdalek1...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 6:39 PM >> >> 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." > > Does this help? > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2466753 > > You may have accidentially set the new drive in the BIOS as RAID: the KB > article has steps to find the error logs and get more details. > > >
Printed that page to try tomorrow. I didn't change anything in the BIOS tho. It saw the drive right off. I even used the same cable and power plug as the old drive so it sees them as C: or whatever. I bet it has something to do with AHCI or IDE settings tho. I hope that is it. After I get the install done, I can then upgrade the drivers and switch it back. Thanks for the help. I got a couple things to try tomorrow. 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"
