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Recent content by wombat

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    unable to boot win 7 in bios via usb drive

    Yes I do and hope to get the USB drive back tomorrow from a friend,
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    unable to boot win 7 in bios via usb drive

    Thanks Peter and Rustys. Im having a challenge with windows installer USB on Chromebook but Im working on it,
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    unable to boot win 7 in bios via usb drive

    I do have internet access but cant download windows media creation tool on my chromebook.
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    unable to boot win 7 in bios via usb drive

    Sorry I installed one new SSD and a used 1 TB drive. i did not touch memory.
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    unable to boot win 7 in bios via usb drive

    i installed a new hard drive in it.
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    unable to boot win 7 in bios via usb drive

    I saw the desktop for sale on craigslist from a private party. Since it was having some issue which was attributed to a power issue the wife of the owner gave it to me. The power pack was bad so I replaced it. Yes when the power is on the screen appears but goes into the bios system. They...
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    unable to boot win 7 in bios via usb drive

    Rustys, Well I just checked the power cable for the Blue ray. Guess what it was disconnected.! It was behind another cable so hard to see, o thanks for tip. The manual pin hole method does not open the blue ray tray, The button on the tray when depressed will cause the computer to pause...
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    unable to boot win 7 in bios via usb drive

    Peteroz thanks so much for your detailed information. I follow most of it except where to find the driverset. Apparently i can download from Microsoft directly, correct? Thank you. PS Yes I have a Win 7 product key
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    unable to boot win 7 in bios via usb drive

    No but I will disconnect and reconnect it,
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    unable to boot win 7 in bios via usb drive

    Thank you Rustys I will give it a shot.
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    unable to boot win 7 in bios via usb drive

    Rustys: I have tried installing Win 7 only to the "new to me" desktktop pc via the usb as the blue ray drive will not open. What have you tried? I thought I needed to go with win 7 first. To be honest I did not think about installing Win 10 or 11 directly. My plan was to upgrade to...
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    unable to boot win 7 in bios via usb drive

    I dragged and dropped the files from Win 7 disc to my usb. The result matches the attachment in the above reply from Peteroz's post.
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    unable to boot win 7 in bios via usb drive

    Hello. This is a follow up to my post on Nov. 5. Big thanks to Bruce and Peteroz for their comments. It took longer than expected to get access to Window's Media creation tool and life's hurdles delayed my reply on that thread before it closed. I was successful copying the Win 7 program disc...
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    unable to boot win 7 in bios via usb drive

    SInce my original computer has win 7, I can not download WMCT. I thought the local library would let me download the software but no luck. I looked at Rufus and could not figure out how to download it. Two days ago I looked at and sent an email to poweriso for help. No reply yet. I...
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    unable to boot win 7 in bios via usb drive

    PS I did not use the Windows media creation tool to download the WIn 7 disc to my usb. I will try that if my old computer allows it due to space and age.