I've come here to beg for some help from you lovely windows techies.
My issue is that the CD that I bought wont install on the laptop i have (prev win 7 and ubuntu 14.4)
The main details can be found here, if you would be so kind, along with what attempts ive made to rectify this.
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I have since then created a boot dvd using windows 10 media download to see if this has any impact (bearing in mind that the original disc is new, official and undamaged)
Any thoughts are greatly appreciated
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okay my link got taken out so heres a copy/paste job
toshiba x64 (originally win7)
pentium core
6gb ram
720 hdd
need to uninstall ubuntu and install windows 10 (full version, on disc with key)
windows install disk wouldnt run because not free partition.
made gp live disc
run it
created a new partition table
created a new partition - Cleared
checked it
applied all
reboot pc with windows 10 disk in
it sits there in dos after the toshiba splash blinking while it reads the disk, the _ stays solid for about a minute then the drive stops spinning and it just sits there blinking waiting for a reboot.
I Created a new blank partition and rebooted with win10 disc in drive and #1 on boot list (obv.)
Instead of sitting there for hours with no response what I'm presented with now is a message from Realtek and Intel?
{still on Dos}
Dos wrote:Intel UNDI, PXE-2.1 (build 083)
Copyright (c) 97-'00 Intel
This product is covered by patents blah blah
Realtek PCIe FE Family Controller Series v1.25
PXE-E61: Media Test Failure, check cable
PXE-M0F: Exiting PXE ROM
Reboot and select proper boot device
or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key
GPT table istead of Dos yeilds same results
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX count=2048 bs=512
brings back:
2048+0 records in
2048+0 records out
1048576 bytes (1.0mb , 1.0mb) copied, 0.50871 s, 2.1 mb/s
Just created new win10 install disc on different pc no different results, so original disk is fine
Assuming you can boot the Windows 10, when you get to the first splash screen, hit Shift + F10 to open a DOS prompt. Run diskpart.
Then, at the prompt Select disk.
Once you have the disk selected, type clean and hit enter.
This is assuming you have nothing on the disk to be saved. This will remove all partitions on the drive. You can exit and continue with the Windows 10 install.
DiskPart Command-Line Options
Therein lies the problem, on boot the windows 10 disc just whirrs for ages and then laptop gives up and tries to boot via other methods. I was told this was due to the lack of available space (as I currently had ubuntu on there as well)Assuming you can boot the Windows 10,
But after wiping and partitioning the drive theres no change.
That sounds like a bad DVD.Therein lies the problem, on boot the windows 10 disc just whirrs for ages and then laptop gives up and tries to boot via other methods.
Agreed. You never got to the point of the installer checking for free space. If the disc is bad, I'd create a new one, or use a flash drive, which will speed up the process.
the disc has been checked on 2 other pcs and works fine, its an officiaol one that i bought.
Ive also created 2 other boot discs for windows 10, one made with my existing windows 10 pc and the other made on a Linux os, both of those work on the oher pcs too, none of them work in the laptop
Sounds like the disc drive in the laptop might be bad then. Can you try a USB flash drive?
dont have one. am working on it. the thing is that the dvd drive runs everything else alright. the GParted disc loads fine, cant really try anything else without an os.
I'm going to try a GPT partition table next and wipe the beginning space on the drive beforehand.
I really dont think that there is a problem with the hardware, it was working fine just days ago
