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HDD won't boot after Windows 7 installation (nothing happens after detection of HDD)

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kanako0727

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I took advantage of the DigitalRiver student option to download the Windows 7 Professional upgrade. Made a bootable DVD. Started the installation. Deleted the current partition, created a new one for Windows 7. Formatted the drive. Began the installation. Everything went fine until the very first restart. Now the system posts, but once it auto-detects the HDD the computer just sits there doing nothing. It's not frozen; numlock and capslock still toggle, and if I hit the button to take me into the BIOS or bootmenu I am notified that either of these things will load.

If I unplug the HDD I have no problems. From what I've managed to Google about my problem, I'm assuming it has something to do with the boot sector of the drive. The problem is that in order to erase the drive and start all over again I have to have it plugged in in the first place, and having it plugged in won't allow me to get past the detection of the drive. I don't have any other hard drives lying around either.

What can I do to fix this problem?
 
Are you able to boot from the DVD still? You could always run the install again and see if it sees your drive.
 
As the problem I'm having occuring during the detection of the devices, I am only able to boot from the DVD if I unplug the HDD. Obviously, when I do this, Windows setup does detect a HDD and can't proceed with the installation.
 
Problem (seems to) be solved.

I disabled auto detection of the HDD in the BIOS, but Windows setup still saw the drive. I deleted the partitions that were previously created, and then turned auto detection in BIOS back on. I'm going to try the installation again.
 
Originally posted by: kanako0727
I took advantage of the DigitalRiver student option to download the Windows 7 Professional upgrade.
...Deleted the current partition, created a new one for Windows 7. Formatted the drive. Began the installation. Everything went fine until the very first restart.

What can I do to fix this problem?
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You have a upgrade disk, not a full install disk. It won't install W7, it will only upgrade certain older versions of Windows to Win 7. Now that you've formatted your HDD, and whatever older version of Windows you had is gone to bit heaven, you're going to have some "difficulties".

There are workarounds that you can find with Google. I'm not sure if they comply with MS's EULA though.

 
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