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When installing Windows 7, CDBOOT error 5 appears: Cannot boot from CD; why?

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I am installing Windows 7 on an old machine. I can not even get it to boot. I get this error message: PC is functional, at the moment it runs Windows XP. DVD drive is functional, and while XP is booted, it can read Windows 7 installation DVD and run installation. Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor Beta did …

Error Output

CDBOOT: Cannot boot from CD - Code: 5
Boot Failure from Previous Device..
Boot Failure from Previous Device..
Broadcom UNDI, PXE-2.1 (build 082) v1.0…

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Fix for: When installing Windows 7, CDBOOT error 5 appears: Cannot boot from CD; why?

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This site has a good tutorial on how to burn a bootable DVD that doesn't have this issue: http://www.unawave.de/windows-7-tipps/code5-error.html?lang=EN During the boot from the Windows 7 installation DVD on some PCs the error message "Error Code 5 …

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