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cd/dvd drivers missing when installing windows 7

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scubasteve123

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hello i have a acer aspire 5750 and it crapped out on me. i am trying to re-install windows 7 but i come into it asking me for cd/dvd driver device drivers. i do not know how to get past this so i can install windows. i also do not have a hdd or a usb flash drive. but i do have a sd card. thank you
 
An optical drive should need no device driver. Win7 has that built in. What are you installing Win7 to if you don't have a HDD?
 
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