Clean Windows Instal Issues on Old Rig

Mcnumpty2323 said:
same as ed209 said
way back then i always used the intel sata ports
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I had loads of issues using the Marvel controller on my x58 board and while it was good to get the higher speeds it was unstable, crashing and more hassle than it was worth.

Changed to the sata 2 ports (Intel ones) and all the issues went away. Was stuck at 250mb read\write but was much better than using the Marvel 1 and all the problems
 
Ok - have now checked all SATA ports and all are now in Intel (blue ones not white). I have 3 HDD and 1 SSD connected so will try SSD first (connected to SATA 0) and if that fails then will try an HDD.

Will format all drives when installing so going in clean - presume Windows 11 will download what it needs to in terms of drivers (if any).

Plan to install Win 11 ISO off Rufus bypass setup USB ...

Wish me luck ...
 
Jonathan Day said:
Ok - have now checked all SATA ports and all are now in Intel (blue ones not white). I have 3 HDD and 1 SSD connected so will try SSD first (connected to SATA 0) and if that fails then will try an HDD.

Will format all drives when installing so going in clean - presume Windows 11 will download what it needs to in terms of drivers (if any).

Plan to install Win 11 ISO off Rufus bypass setup USB ...

Wish me luck ...
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Good luck, let us know how you get on
 
Armageus said:
Long shot - but have a look at any BIOS settings relating to floppy drives. Either completely disable them if they aren't already, or go the other way and set them to enabled/auto etc.

I've known this to be a rare issue where the installer hangs (although last time I saw it was Windows 7 I think)
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This is a good shout. Enable only the USB stick and the SSD/HDD as the boot devices and make sure the USB is first. Also check that the Marvell controller is disabled now that you're not using it.

When you install Windows, the installer will get you to choose where to install and copy the files across before rebooting. As the progress bar for the countdown timer before reboot goes along, unplug the USB stick that you're installing Windows from and leave it out. This is quite safe to do as it has already copied the files it needs to complete setup. I do this so I don't need to mess about with the drive letters for my optical drives, otherwise there's a gap in the drive letters when I unplug the stick. :o
 
Jonathan Day said:
Will format all drives when installing so going in clean - presume Windows 11 will download what it needs to in terms of drivers (if any).
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There’s a first mistake. Only keep the single drive you want windows to be installed on first, then once windows is booted and you happy, shut it down and add the slave drives 1 by 1 just to make sure they working and formatted properly.

Not 100% sure if this still applies but having loads of drives in when installing windows boot info can be wrote to other disks and when you disconnect that drive in future in may stop windows from booting. It can be fixed but bit of a pain to be doing it when it could have been prevented in the first place.

Someone will correct me if it’s not the case with windows 11 any more.

Good luck.
 
GaryTheSnail said:
There’s a first mistake. Only keep the single drive you want windows to be installed on first, then once windows is booted and you happy, shut it down and add the slave drives 1 by 1 just to make sure they working and formatted properly.

Not 100% sure if this still applies but having loads of drives in when installing windows boot info can be wrote to other disks and when you disconnect that drive in future in may stop windows from booting. It can be fixed but bit of a pain to be doing it when it could have been prevented in the first place.

Someone will correct me if it’s not the case with windows 11 any more.

Good luck.
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You're right there. I remember once installing Windows with another drive temporarily plugged for some reason (probably my backup). When I restored the files from my backup, I unplugged the drive and suddenly I couldn't get back into Windows. Even plugging the backup drive back in again didn't work. Reinstalling Windows twice wasn't exactly what I was hoping for. :(
 
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Ok - so the good news is that Windows 11 has now installed - thanks to all for the helpful ideas.

Rufus, the Intel SATA ports, unplugging all other drives and peripherals all seemed to do the job.

The main issue is / was I think the LAN controller which with an ethernet cable connected casued the install to crash. I have managed to update using an old PCIe ASUS wifi card which is working nicely but the LAN port is still an issue and despite all updates simply insertying the Ethernet cable causes an immediate system crash. Win 11 has installed automatically a Realtek Familly Controller from ~2015 and seems like this is up top date (apologies I should have written down the exact driver number but didn't before I unplugged).

Any ideas?
 
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