Installing Windows 7 on HP DM1-4400SA (AMD A68M FCH chipset)

[danielson81]

Hi,

 

A school has bought 40 HP DM1-4400SA mini laptops.

 

They come with Win 8 64 Bit installed.

 

However when trying to install Windows 7 32bit or 64bit they keep comgin up with "A CD/DVD Driver file is missing".

 

After a bit of googling it suggests it could be any driver. So on a working one with Win 8 running I guessed it was the AMD Chipset/SATA Controller driver from Device Manager.

 

However I have downloaded the latest drivers from AMD, extracted them, but still no joy.

 

Edit: Chipset is: AMD A68M FCH

 

Anyone have any ideas!

 

Dan

Edited July 29, 2013 by danielson81

[3s-gtech]

Try using the Windows 7 USB DVD download tool and installing 7 from a USB stick - it should bypass the driver issue.

[danielson81]

Thanks, tried that. Going to install Win 8 Pro, then downgrade to Win 7 and see if that works.

[Arthur]

It can also be corrupt install media. e.g. ISO didn't download properly.

 

www.edugeek.net/forums/windows/93321-windows-7-download-legally.html#post814435

[danielson81]

Thanks for all replies. Managed to get it working by:

 

- Installing Windows 8 Pro

- Running Win 7 Pro Setup from within Windows 8

- Turning off UEFI mode and rebooting

- Installing Win 7 as normal!