Windows 7 installation fails: no cd/dvd driver found

[hroush]

I downloaded windows 7 ( and XP) from MSDN, and neither have worked. For windows 7, I tried changing the settings as the previous poster suggested, but still did not work for me. I am using ubuntu 10.04.

[underdog512]

I a having the same exact issue when trying to install Windows 7 Ultimate on an Ubuntu 11.10 host using VirtualBox 4.1.4. Has anybody found a fix for this?

[Sasquatch]

I a having the same exact issue when trying to install Windows 7 Ultimate on an Ubuntu 11.10 host using VirtualBox 4.1.4. Has anybody found a fix for this?

Did you read this thread? It clearly says to try and download the ISO again. If you don't want to do that, since it is a pretty big file, then check the checksum of the file and compare it with your download source, they should have the checksums noted somewhere.

[DrupalNinja]

Solution: Use Windows Professional 7 (x64) ISO and it will work without a problem. I was having the same issue, and I tried every combination of configuration including changing the IDE and SATA types. Ultimately the problem was I was using Windows 7 Ultimate (x64) ISO. I believe there are requirements of the versions beyond Professional that simply won't work on a VM.

Anyway, this worked for me. Maybe it will work for all of you as well.

Best wishes, Ninja

[Perryg]

Ultimate works just fine. More than likely you had a corrupt ISO.

[herbhoakes]

In the past, I've received the missing cd/dvd driver error message when the ISO or DVD were bad. But I don't think that's the case with Virtualbox.

We're using Virtualbox 3.1.2 as this is what's required to build images for the Zenith SSO environment. I downloaded Windows 7 64 and 32 bit and Windows 2008 R2 ISO's from the Microsoft Volume licensing site. I got the no cd/dvd driver found message on all of the ISO's. I know the ISO images were good as I used them to build systems on a Hyper-V server without issue. I then burned the ISO's to a DVD and used the Pass Through option for the physical DVD drive. Once I did this, I was able to build the systems on Virtualbox without issue. I'm assuming that Microsoft doesn't include the driver for the virtual DVD drive that is part of Virtualbox.

[Perryg]

I'm assuming that Microsoft doesn't include the driver for the virtual DVD drive that is part of Virtualbox.

There are no drivers for a CD in an ISO.