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![]() Click here to Register a free account now or read our Welcome Guide to learn how to use this site. Second Hard Drive Dell Xps 8300 Power Plus Windows 7Hello everyone, just recently the hard drive from my Dell XPS 8300 failed so I went and got a brand new sata hard drive plus windows 7 OEM. After replacing the hard drive and putting the windows cd in the driver, I booted up my computer and waitted for the install to go through. However depressingly to find out, my windows popped up an error. Heres the things that Ive tried: Switching cddvd to boot 1 Hard-reset the cmos by removing battery Switched both sata ports of the DVD drive and hard drive to different ports. The only things connected is my keyboard, monitor, and power supply. Im pretty sure the dvd drive is working since installation bar stopped around 15 of it. ![]() If theres anyone here who could help me out I would greatly appreciate it. Also I have an old tower that has a dvd drive, if I try and install windows 7 using that computer, will the windows 7 still be usable on my newer tower. This would only work if the computer hardware was identical in every way. I believe at first I had the 0x7b one, not sure when it changed(maybe after resetting the cmos) The error I recieve now is 0xc00000e9, which I looked up and found that its probably a hardware error somewhere. The old dvd drive uses pata cables, which my current pc does not support. Second Hard Drive Dell Xps 8300 Power Download Imgburn AndDownload Imgburn and during the install be sure to opt out of any optional programs it offers. Where is shows Freedos in the dropdown box select image file. Click the folder icon and browse to the iso file you created. Press Start. Backup any data on the flash drive as it will be formatted. Attach the USB flash drive and then use the boot menu to select it. Ill have to find a way to get rufus and img burn, my old computer has a broken ethernet port. I used to have a usb internet adapter but its been at least two years since Ive used it, and Im not sure where its at.
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