I had previously been using Linux on my G75VW, but the time has come to sell it, so I want to install Windows on it.
One problem: I can't.
But that isn't relevant. For the purposes of this post, pretend I have fresh, new, formatted drives, and I want to install Windows. Preferably on the SSD, but at this point, I'd even be happy if I could install it on the HDD.
Right now I have a G75VW (that had Windows 7 pre-installed) with the stock 750GB HDD and an aftermarket 120GB SSD, both of which have been formatted, and neither of which have the recovery partition. I also have a Windows 7 installation disk and a set of AI Recovery Burner recovery disks (that were created when the laptop only had the HDD installed).
I cannot boot from the Windows 7 installation disk.
I have tried running the recovery disks on the SSD and on the HDD.
Here's what my SSD looked like after running the recovery disks on it ("screenshot" from Gparted Live):
Here's what my HDD looked like after running the recovery disks on it ("screenshot" from Gparted Live):
In neither of these setups is the SSD/HDD recognized as a bootable drive. I also cannot do F9 recovery in either of these setups.
Ideas?