Windows 7 cannot boot from cd code 4

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Joined Jan 3, Messages I have a computer that will not boot from the cd drive. I have tried 2 known boot discs and I have also tried 2 different drives and 2 different ribbon cables. BIOS recognizes the drive and if windows is running it can read from the drive just fine. But as I say it will not boot from it. Any thoughts?

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Windows Thunderstruck. Step 2: Press Y on the screen that appears and then press enter , then press 1, then let it create the partition, then once it has finished creating the partition, press y, and then press the esc key. Step 3: Once you restart the vm, type format C: and it will ask you if you want to format the drive. Press Y. Lucky me!!! At least the method I listed above made it possible to get the OS successfully installed on my workstation!

Ok, so I've gone through everything to find a solution. I even re-imaged the ISO with ImgBurn following the instructions , and with the oscdimg tool that's going around. I managed to finally get to a point where it came up with the Code 5 error. Hope this helps Tuesday, September 29, PM. Now just follow instructions : Good luck I love you, I love men! Wednesday, January 20, AM. Just wanted to add what I have found to this discussion. A K7S5A WIM" from the sources folder.

And tried booting from it. ERROR 5! There truly is an incompatibility between more than a few motherboards BIOS issues? I then made the hard drive bootable using another computer which could boot from the DVD same method people use to make their flash drives boot Win7 I then placed that hard drive in the K7S5A and it booted to the Win7 installer!

My next investigation will be to compare the boot loader in the MBR on the hard drive and the boot loader on the DVD to see if they are the same or not. I have a feeling they are different, but I will try and report back. Friday, January 29, AM. Now just follow instructions : Good luck Didn't work for me. Sunday, March 14, PM. Thanks for this one, worked for me too : i installed win 7 over xp originally, and it took about minutes to boot.

Friday, March 19, PM. Monday, April 5, PM. Saludos desde Venezuela y gracias nuevamente. Monday, May 17, PM. Friday, June 25, AM. Tuesday, June 29, PM. Yadav 0. Booting to the Vista DVD worked perfectly fine to get the setup process started. Friday, July 2, PM. Now just follow instructions : Good luck Worked perfectly. Proposed as answer by Andre. Ziegler Monday, December 27, PM.

Thursday, August 19, AM. Weje 0. Now just follow instructions : Good luck Hi, this also did the trick for me. Thanks mReXiTuS!!! Tuesday, January 4, PM. Thursday, January 20, AM.

Now just follow instructions : Good luck Thanks. It Works Fine. Monday, January 31, PM. Friday, March 25, PM. This solution works and is the quickest way to resolve issue. I had the problem booting a Windows 7 ISO in virtual box and this solved it. Many thanks! Thursday, May 5, PM. Wednesday, June 1, AM.