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susan2

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    Computer wont read windows 7 disk
    « on: October 31, 2009, 04:43:56 PM »
    I am running vista home premium. I tried upgrading to windows 7 my computer wont read either disk the 32 bit or 64. I have an inspiron 531 its about a year and a half old I have never reformated. I put in a very old disk of office 2000 and it was able to read it. If I reformated would this help resolve this issue

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    Re: Computer wont read windows 7 disk
    « Reply #1 on: October 31, 2009, 04:46:34 PM »
    It needs to be a DVD drive...i suspect you may have only a CD drive.
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      Re: Computer wont read windows 7 disk
      « Reply #2 on: October 31, 2009, 04:49:02 PM »
      No I have a dvd drive

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      Re: Computer wont read windows 7 disk
      « Reply #3 on: October 31, 2009, 04:53:27 PM »
      Brand new Win7 disks ? ?

      Did you try booting to them ? ?
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      Re: Computer wont read windows 7 disk
      « Reply #4 on: October 31, 2009, 04:54:49 PM »
      Have you tried booting to the Windows 7 dvd or are you just trying it from within Windows? If you've only tried one, try the other just to make sure the disc and drive are okay.

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      Re: Computer wont read windows 7 disk
      « Reply #5 on: October 31, 2009, 04:55:11 PM »
      oops :)

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        Re: Computer wont read windows 7 disk
        « Reply #6 on: October 31, 2009, 05:03:49 PM »
        I'll try that thanks i didnt even think of that