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How do I load windows 7 on my netbook from a USB key? Failing on CD/DVD Driver

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Mar 15, 2026643 views
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I'm trying to load windows 7 on my brand new Acer Aspire One netbook. I made my USB key bootable etc. and windows begins to load from it. During the first stage of the install, it stops and says it can't find a required CD/DVD driver, there isn't one on the machine. The bios shows an IDE CD, but i …

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Fix for: How do I load windows 7 on my netbook from a USB key? Failing on CD/DVD Driver

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I'm not sure how you made your USB install, but try WinToFlash. I used it with great results installing windows 7 to my netbook.

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