Hello, I have an Asus K55VD laptop with a brand new HDD. I want to install Windows 7. I enabled the "Launch CSM" option in the BIOS. I also turned off Security Boot in BIOS Security section. I try to boot off a USB flash drive with Windows 7 setup files. I can launch the Windows 7 installer, but at one point it complains that it needs a DVD driver. I am not using the DVD drive, so I wonder why. I don't have that driver anyway. If I try to browse in the file browser that is available, my new HDD is not detected. Not even the USB flash drive I'm booting from, which is weird. The HDD is detected in the BIOS, though. I have tried switching the SATA options from IDE to AHCI back and forth, with no improvement. Also, the laptop boots successfully from a USB flash drive, but not from an SD card. How could I install Windows 7 on this laptop? Thanks.
Can't install Windows 7 on an Asus K55VD
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I used Win2Flash, a utility to copy properly a Windows installation DVD to an installation media, e.g. a USB flash drive, a separate HDD, an SD card, etc...
I just tried something else here: I removed the HDD from the laptop, copied the install files to it. I fitted it back, and booted off of it. The installation started right away, but when choosing the HDD to install to, there was a problem because it wouldn't install on itself (same media), even if it is on a separate partition of the same HDD...
I would if you can somehow copy the dvd files to the hdd then create an ISO out of the files.
Then use something like Rufus
Or if you brought windows 7, as long as you have a key, you can get an ISO here,
Make sure if you get the ISO, it's the same version you've got. Or it wont activate after you install it
Use Rufus (when you use Rufus, make sure the drive is the flash drive).
Change Partition scheme to UEFI if the system supports it. Then add the ISO. Wait for it to finish. Then go into the BIOS change it to the flash drive. Boot from it
It should work. So I would enable UEFI (if the system supports it and AHCI in the BIOS first). And disable secureboot
Then use something like Rufus
Or if you brought windows 7, as long as you have a key, you can get an ISO here,
Make sure if you get the ISO, it's the same version you've got. Or it wont activate after you install it
Use Rufus (when you use Rufus, make sure the drive is the flash drive).
Change Partition scheme to UEFI if the system supports it. Then add the ISO. Wait for it to finish. Then go into the BIOS change it to the flash drive. Boot from it
It should work. So I would enable UEFI (if the system supports it and AHCI in the BIOS first). And disable secureboot
It worked! Thank you Paul 
I actually didn't notice that the side USB port was blue (I didn't pay attention). So, I plugged my USB SD card adapter to the opposite USB socket (the only black one, USB 2.0). In the BIOS, I set Advanced > SATA configuration to AHCI, Boot > Launch CSM > Enabled, Boot > Boot option priorities > (appropriate order), Security > Secure boot control > Disabled. I also updated the Flash from 4.6 to 4.11. I restarted and installed Windows 7 from my micro SD card seemlessly. I used a generic SD card adapter, as the SD card reader of the laptop is not a bootable device. So, my mistake was using a USB3 port. Should have paid closer attention on my end! Thanks again
I actually didn't notice that the side USB port was blue (I didn't pay attention). So, I plugged my USB SD card adapter to the opposite USB socket (the only black one, USB 2.0). In the BIOS, I set Advanced > SATA configuration to AHCI, Boot > Launch CSM > Enabled, Boot > Boot option priorities > (appropriate order), Security > Secure boot control > Disabled. I also updated the Flash from 4.6 to 4.11. I restarted and installed Windows 7 from my micro SD card seemlessly. I used a generic SD card adapter, as the SD card reader of the laptop is not a bootable device. So, my mistake was using a USB3 port. Should have paid closer attention on my end! Thanks again
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