I need a windows 7 disc. My eMachine came without one.. Getting this error: "There is an error with your installation. Please reinstall the application"

Anonymous
2013-05-05T23:55:55+00:00

I need a win 7 disc. Either full disc or restart disc. I cannot even start my computer. Continually get "Setup is starting services".  another window opes saying "Install Windows - There is an error with your installation. Please reinstall the application". This keeps coming up continually.

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Anonymous
2013-05-13T22:14:07+00:00

Hello Steve,

Assuming that you were able to burn the Windows 7 ISO file to a DVD, that is your "Boot Media".  What may be happening is that your first boot device - the device your computer boots from - is not your DVD drive.

To get around this, reboot your computer and as you do press and hold the F12 key. That will bring up a menu that will allow you to select the DVD burner (player) as your first boot device. Select that, insert your DVD, and press any key to start the installation process.

Let me know if this helps you out.

Regards,

BearPup

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-05-22T05:48:58+00:00

    Hi Again,

    Seeing that I can not find the drivers for the DVD on the Pent 3, I borrowed,

    What I was talking about, was coping the BootMed file to a Flashdrive and try to boot the EL 1360G from that.

    Have A Blessed Night

    Steve

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-05-22T06:55:26+00:00

    Hello Steve,

    You can certainly try to put BootMed on a flash drive (it has to be large enough). The key will be getting the computer to boot from that device. Do you know how to do that? If yes, go ahead and try it. If no, post here and I'll send you instructions.

    BTW you mentioned Valencia; are you in Spain? I'm in Vermont, USA, which could explain our different time zones! Talk with you later (bed time here).

    Regards,

    BearPup

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-05-22T21:23:41+00:00

    I wish I were in Spain. I am in Valencia, California, about 2 miles from 6 Flags Magic Mountain. I do not know how to put the BOOTMed on a flash drive. I will wait for your instructions.

    Have A Blessed Night

    Steve

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-05-22T21:45:25+00:00

    Hello Steve,

    Guess I'm used to people in far-off places - I just finished helping someone in China!

    Anyway, I believe (hope) that you can use Image Burn to burn an image to the flash drive. I'm thinking that because you're using Image Burn, the imaging process is located within the program, and thus all you need to do is select the flash drive as the "target" device (the "source" device is the hard drive partition that BootMed is stored on).

    If you can't burn it to a flash drive, does it give you any other options, like burning an image to your hard drive? 'Cause if you can do that....

    Then you just need to change your Boot order to recognize the flash drive as the first boot device. That you do through the system BIOS, but I'll wait to give you those instructions till after we see if you can burn BootMed to the flash drive.

    Let me know how you fare.

    Regards,

    BearPup

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