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. > >
OK. The folks finally decided to come home. I checked the BIOS and it was set to AHCI mode, mobo is not RAID capable. I changed it to IDE. It still wouldn't boot so I just reinstalled it again, just in case. It installed fine, rebooted and did all its setup crap just fine and when I left, it was downloading 94 fixer uppers. So, if someone runs into that error, check the drive mode settings and switch it. Now watch him want me to install Linux next week and get rid of winders. lol 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"
