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‎09-30-2016 10:11 PM - edited ‎09-30-2016 10:14 PM

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Product: HP Pavilion 15-r002tu
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit)

I'm trying to install Windows 7 x64 on my Pavilion 15 laptop. Setup boots fine from my USB but it asks me for a CD/DVD driver that isn't available off the installation medium. If I click Cancel, it won't let me continue on with setup without the driver. Here is my CD/DVD drive model from Device Manager:

 

  • HP DVDRAM GU90N SCSI CDROM Device

Is there an .inf file that I can download and use during the setup so that the installation wizard can install the driver? Thanks.

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‎10-01-2016 06:53 AM

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Hi:

 

Make sure you go into the BIOS and enable legacy mode, which disables secure boot.  W7 cannot install or run with secure boot enabled.

 

I can't find any specs on your notebook on the support page.  If it has a USB2 port, make sure you are booting from that.

 

What it really needs is the USB3 drivers when you are trying to boot from a usb 3 port.

 

If your notebook only has USB3 ports, run this utility (there is a readme file with instructions on the link).

 

The utility has to be run on a PC with W8.1 or W10.

 

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/25476/Windows-7-USB-3-0-Creator-Utility

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‎10-01-2016 06:53 AM

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Hi:

 

Make sure you go into the BIOS and enable legacy mode, which disables secure boot.  W7 cannot install or run with secure boot enabled.

 

I can't find any specs on your notebook on the support page.  If it has a USB2 port, make sure you are booting from that.

 

What it really needs is the USB3 drivers when you are trying to boot from a usb 3 port.

 

If your notebook only has USB3 ports, run this utility (there is a readme file with instructions on the link).

 

The utility has to be run on a PC with W8.1 or W10.

 

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/25476/Windows-7-USB-3-0-Creator-Utility

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