Unable to install windows 8

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alex_123_fra

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Hi guys, just testing rig3 in my sig on a test bench after receiving most parts for it. The motherboard is second hand but I have just flashed the latest bios to it.

I have connected a single hard drive which was taken from a previous raid 0 setup on a laptop and it wasn't formatted. I also connected a USB DVD/Blueray drive which contains my Win8 install DVD.

When I boot up and press f8, I get the option screen of booting into the different drives including a UEFI option to boot from the USB DVD drive containing my install disk. When I press that, the screen comes up as normal to say "press any key to boot from DVD drive...". When I press it, I get a message saying "no operating system.

I thought at first it was to do with the USB DVD drive I'm using so I swapped it out for a SATA DVD drive and exactly the same thing happens.

How can I get the system to read from the DVD and to forget there is no operating system on it. It won't let me install windows.
 
Are you wanting to install in UEFI mode, does your Mobo fully support it and your GPU also.

Example a Asus Rog Z68 had a UEFI bios but it does not support installing and running Windows in UEFI mode.

Mobo need a fully supporting UEFI Bios and so does your GPU AFAIK, but I am not 100% on this as you may not need GPU to have a UEFI Bios but it will not boot as fast with a Legacy Bios.

If not you see two choice for each boot devices, choose the one not with UEFI in label.

Example.: Corsair USB vs Corsair UEFI USB (purely made up by me).
 
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The mobo is a maximus VI gene so I expect it fully supports it. I just don't get why it doesn't try to boot from the windows install DVD but it searches for an OS on the HDD?

Will try your suggestions.
 
Currently as I'm on a testbench, I'm just using integrated graphics and haven't installed my GPU.

I disconnected the Seagate hybrid SSD and managed to just now install windows on an old mechanical drive. I plugged the Seagate hybrid SSD to another SATA port and when in windows I went to drive manager and it showed that the seagate drive had a "raw" partition. I formatted it with an NTFS partition and then shutdown.

I then disconnected the mechanical boot drive and left the Seagate hybrid SSD as that is what I want my OS on. Now I am able to boot from the windows DVD and it asks me for the serial number for windows. Then when I get to advanced install options it cannot find the Seagate hybrid drive!! I have tried different SATA ports and still nothing. It is visible on bios and even comes up as a boot option.

Is it a faulty drive?
 
No clue but I would be the Hybrid drive is the issue, would you not need to install a driver for it at Windows install screen?
 
You were right JH, it was an issue with the hybrid drive. In the end, I reformatted it and then deleted the partition so that it showed as "unallocated space". Then did a UEFI install and it is working as it should.

No drivers were required at win8 install time.
 
jh30uk said:
No clue but I would be the Hybrid drive is the issue, would you not need to install a driver for it at Windows install screen?
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You wouldn't since the OS would already have the required driver (this isn't windows XP we're talking about here).
 
What has that got to do with it and depending on the controller and version of Windows it may not have a driver.

Still same in Vista/Win7/Win /Win8.1, all have the option to load a driver at install (used to be called F6 Menu), this is to install proper ACHI/Raid drivers and since he has a weird Hybrid HDD I thought it may need one same as the new WD Hybrid does.

Why do you think Intel list the F6/Floppy drivers as well as the full installer and yes for Win 8.1.

His issue is resolved so no matter but I do know how Win8.1 works, I did beta test for MS officially since Whistler.

P.S, I am not saying you must install the proper drivers at that point but its there if you get issues and if a chipset comes out that is far newer then the OS supports till next SP.
 
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For those that may be interested in why the install worked when the OP deleted the partition on the drive. The drive was part of a Raid0 array and was removed from that array. The clue is in the word "removed". Te Raid0 array should have been broken in the bios of the mobo that it was created on. When it was moved, the HDD would still have been tagged as part of Raid0 array. Deleting the partition removed that tag, which then allowed the install to go ahead.
 
kitfit1 said:
For those that may be interested in why the install worked when the OP deleted the partition on the drive. The drive was part of a Raid0 array and was removed from that array. The clue is in the word "removed". Te Raid0 array should have been broken in the bios of the mobo that it was created on. When it was moved, the HDD would still have been tagged as part of Raid0 array. Deleting the partition removed that tag, which then allowed the install to go ahead.
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I thought this too in hindsight but I deliberately formatted the hybrid drive and created an ntfs partition on it and windows 8 still didn't allow installation on it. It was only when I reformatted and made the space "unallocated" that it played ball.
 
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