Windows 7 Pro Dvd's Not Booting

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TheDixieFlatline

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OK, so preliminary explanation. I recently built a computer for my parents and everything's going good until I try to install Windows 7 on it. I use my Windows 7 Home Premium CD and a Product Key that my father acquired from his work. What I discover after going through the whole installation is that the key he got is for Windows 7 Professional. So, now I have Home Premium installed on the hard drive but no product key for it. I try to get around this by downloading a Windows 7 Professional ISO that Microsoft released and burning it to a Dvd. However, when I put it in the computer it goes straight to the Windows 7 Home Premium product key request page. I realize that the hard drive is booting before the dvd so I disable the hard drive. However, now nothing boots because for some reason the Dvd I burned either doesn't work or isn't boot-able. Anyone know of a work around or a way to verify the functionality of the CD? It is willing to run me through the installation process on my own computer but refuses to do so from a boot-up on my parents.
 
johnb35

johnb35

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A few things.

Is the cdrom drive in the computer able to read DVD's? If so, its possible the dvd eye/laser is bad and you need to replace the drive.

Do you have the cdrom as first boot device?

How did you burn the ISO?
 
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TheDixieFlatline

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It's the same Cdrom drive as the one I burned the dvd on so I assume they are compatible. I set it as the first boot device after I disabled the hard drive in the boot sequence. I burned the ISO with the built in burning software on Windows 7, with Astroburn Lite, and will be trying PowerISO next.
 
johnb35

johnb35

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Try another bootable dvd in the system to see if it boots, if not, then assume you have a faulty drive.
 
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TheDixieFlatline

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I got it to work. The Dvd's I burned were the problem. I burned another CD with a different program and made sure to edit the ei.cfg file so that it was running Windows 7 Professional. Not sure how it happened but it worked this time after 4 wasted dvd's. Thanks anyway for the timely suggestions.
 
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