When trying to install Vista Home Pro, early in the installation a dialog box
appears stating that a CD/DVD rom driver is missing and that i have to
install it before i can do anything else. It gives me the option to install
the driver by browsing the drives on my computer.

I thought that nearly all DVD rom devices were just universal. The device
seems to be working fine considering that if it wasn't I probably wouldn't be
able to have gotten this far as the only DVD rom drive in my computer is the
one running the vista program install in the first place.

I guess my question is...how can i get around this, is there a place where i
can just find a driver to install by using a flash drive. As i can tell there
is no way to get past this screen without quitting the entire installation.
Any thoughts?

BTW this is a new build I booted directly from the Vista installation disk.
The HDD does have an old XP install on it but i planned on just deleting it
when it gave me the option to do so, but haven't gotten that far yet. Thanks
for any help.

On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:20:21 +0530, jpye11
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>Hey - I have exactly the same problem as you... did you every find a way
>to sort it out??

That person left the room in JANUARY.

>To anyone reading this thread - please could you help me also!

You first. Explain your problem in detail. DETAIL.

Hi,

Have you checked with Dell regarding suitability of this model and Win7?
Frequently, that error is due to a requirement for a specialized driver
proprietary to that system. This can only be supplied by the manufacturer.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

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> I have a laptop Dell Inspiron 1545 and i downloaded windows 7 MSDN
> Academic Alliance, and when i clicked install windows, i got the same
> error message. I read at some forums that changing sata cable, and thing
> like this, but on a laptop its hard to change any cable ). can anyone
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Did you then follow the additional instructions to download Dell's Windows
7 drivers from the Dell Website


http://support.dell.com/support/topi...B282110#Issue3



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> http://support.dell.com/support/topi...2&docid=364750
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> My laptop is Dell Inspiron 1545 and as you can see is compatible.
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