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# Gateway GT5628 and Windows 7
- URL: https://openriver.net/projects/gateway-gt5628-and-windows-7/
- Published: 2010-02-22T00:06:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-18T21:20:03.000Z
- Author: chris
- Tags: Projects

This is just a note to everyone out there who owns a Gateway GT5628 and cannot get windows 7 installed.

You are probably getting this error:

**“A required CD/DVD drive device driver is missing. If you have a driver floppy disk, CD, DVD, or USB flash drive, please insert it now”**

After hours of cursing and troubleshooting I figured out this is because you have an ATA\\ATAPI DVD drive. I googled around for awhile and most people were recommending purchasing a new SATA DVD drive. However, *you do not need to do that*.

I tried tons of different drivers off of the Gateway website, because of course the ones it says are drivers for this model's DVD drive are not. [Here are the drivers you need.](http://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B6kWKknICXzYMWU2YjVlZGQtZDY3My00ZTliLTgxMDYtMDZmODVmODAwYTdi&hl=en)

Enjoy Windows 7.