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CD Drive not recognized reinstalling windows - Latitude E7250
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I'm trying to reinstall windows 7 64bit off the Dell CD. I have an external DVD drive plugged in as this laptop doesn't come with a drive.
I get part way through and it asks for drivers for the CD/DVD drive - but there are none..
After 12 hours of googling I've found Windows 7 installation media does not have support for USB3 ports - this laptop only ahs USB3.. How the *** do I get around this?
"Windows 7 install media doesn’t have native support for USB3.0"
I've downloaded the Dell 7250 CAB and extracted it to the C Drive of the laptop I'm trying to re-install to, and when it scans for suitable drivers, it doesn't find anything compatible to allow the DVD drive to be seen.
What do I do? How do I get the laptop to recognize the external drive?
Thanks
ieee488
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December 20th, 2017 18:00
www.intel.com/.../mini-pcs.html
captainsausage
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December 20th, 2017 19:00
This worked.
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December 20th, 2017 21:00
codeabitwiser.com/.../
captainsausage
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December 20th, 2017 21:00
After rebooting - I cannot access USB ports to install drivers
Device manager needing about 20 drivers - USB is one of them :(