Thread: Windows 7 install issue

I am attempting to install Windows 7 64-bit on a machine and am receiving the following error message while trying to boot from the installation disc.


Silly Micro$oft, the disc is already in the drive...

It's an AMD64x2 6000+ on an Asus M2NE w/8GB RAM and a 3Ware 9560SE-8LP SATA RAID card. I've tried booting from both an IDE and a SATA DVD drive, but both give the same message. Also gives the same even if I connect one drive to the MB and remove all non-critical add-on cards from the box, including the RAID card.

When I try to boot the DVD in any of my other non-64-bit systems, I receive the expected error regarding a lack of 64-bit CPU support.

Just wondering if anyone had had a similar issue or could offer a potential suggestion. This box has been running a dual-boot with Ubuntu 8.04 and XP smoothly for quite some time, but I figured I'd upgrade both Linux and M$ all at the same time.