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Trouble installing Windows (CD)

RaresKool
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Hello guys !, I recently wiped my laptop to prepare it for a clean Windows 10 install.
I prepared a CD with Windows 10 on it , but whenever I try to boot from it it tells me "Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key".
Also I tried booting both legacy and UEFI mode. Same issue.

Thanks in advance

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The DVD is not burnt well. Burn another one (it happens to me sometimes, the burner might be dirty).

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5 minutes ago, RaresKool said:

Hello guys !, I recently wiped my laptop to prepare it for a clean Windows 10 install.
I prepared a CD with Windows 10 on it , but whenever I try to boot from it it tells me "Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key".
Also I tried booting both legacy and UEFI mode. Same issue.

Thanks in advance

Just do a USB installation. It's faster and less likely to have problems due to a disk.

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Thank you for the advice. I will try that now.

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1 minute ago, Omon_Ra said:

Just do a USB installation. It's faster and less likely to have problems due to a disk.

The thing is that this laptop does not support USB boot. 

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6 minutes ago, RaresKool said:

Thank you for the advice. I will try that now.

No problem!

 

You still old school with optical media like me? Looks like I'm not alone...

Athlon X2 for only 27.31$   Best part lists at different price points   Windows 1.01 running natively on an Eee PC

My rig:

Spoiler

Celeronator (new main rig)

CPU: Intel Celeron (duh) N2840 2.16GHz Dual Core

RAM: 4GB DDR3 1333MHz

HDD: Seagate 500GB

GPU: Intel HD Graphics 3000 Series

Spoiler

Frankenhertz (ex main rig)

CPU: Intel Atom N2600 1.6GHz Dual Core

RAM: 1GB DDR3-800

HDD: HGST 320GB

GPU: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600

 

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6 minutes ago, RaresKool said:

The thing is that this laptop does not support USB boot. 

Ooo. Bummer. I used to have problems with burning Windows ISO's to disks randomly. Lesser quality DVD-R's and CD-R's tended to be the issue for me.

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Have you tried going into the bios and force booting to your CD?

 

Also, if you have another PC lying around, try to create another Media recovery Tool (Windows recovery disk)

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Alright. I have tried a different CD and I got the same error.
But it looks like it can read things like my GParted Live CD. But the Windows 7 cd that worked fine before does not seem to work anymore.

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I tried the media creation tool, and Magic ISO.

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Update: I have tested the Boot CDs on a different laptop and they all work.
At this point I do not know what to do.

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I have managed to install Windows 10 , using a different laptop. Swapped the hard drives. Installed the OS, and then put the each hard drive where it was belonging.
I guess it is an issue with that laptop or the bios.
Thanks guys !

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