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It came with win 8.1 but want 7 instead on it. I am using a Liteon ebau108 external drive to load it but after initially loading via Windows install it stops and asks for cd/dvd Rom driver. The Liteon web site says it shouldn’t need one as its plug n play. Please helps Tech guys.

That's a good idea thanks. I will need to get a larger usb as all mine are only 2 or 4 GB. I have an old 7 disk that's got a large suite programs attached to load, so will need it. If it works I will let you know thanks. (If not I'll be back following a Sage's above :-)

Thanks for your replies webworkigs btw. When you say list it, I assume you mean in the bios? Yes it is listed there. The windows 7 is not OEM but it has worked before for me as the original Sony had a very broken Vista on it. So I was able to list the dvd as first not drive start up with it in...

Yes to both of those queries webworkings. I have another working dvd drive and tried that and save result. My bios even allows to enable an external drive and I've tried that with the same result. I can hear, in all the examples above, the drive spinning and it's light flash. But then it just...

I have an old Sony Vaio vgn-n38e laptop that had a faulty hard drive. I swapped it out for another drive i formatted on a mates laptop, using an external caddy. When I put the windows 7 disk in and change the boot procedure to read off dvd first nothing happens. I hear the drive attempt to read...