Hi !
New ACER laptop with pre-installed Windows 8 ?
You tried to clean install Windows and got a 0xc0000001 or IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL error ?
Got the same problem ! I found a solution thanks to « vov4ik829 ».
You’ll need :
- Your AHCI and WIFI drivers (you can get them here :
Acer | Download )
- A USB key
- A text editor (like notepad)
1. Get AHCI and WIFI drivers (you can get them here :
Acer | Download )
2. Create a folder named « drivers » in the root of the USB key and put the *.cab, *.inf and *.sys files for each driver.
(ex :
athw8.cat
athw8.inf
atw8.sys
athw8x.cat
athw8x.inf
atw8x.sys
iaAHCIC.cat
iaAHCIC.inf
iaStorA.sys
iaStorAC.cat
iaStorAC.inf
iaStorF.sys
)
3. Open your text editor, copy/paste the following code and save the file as « autounattend.xml »
4. Plug in the USB key and install Windows 8 (Tested on Aspire V5-531)
For 64bit system/os :
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
<settings pass="windowsPE">
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<DiskConfiguration>
<WillShowUI>Always</WillShowUI>
</DiskConfiguration>
<UserData>
<ProductKey>
<WillShowUI>Always</WillShowUI>
</ProductKey>
</UserData>
<UseConfigurationSet>true</UseConfigurationSet>
</component>
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-PnpCustomizationsWinPE" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<DriverPaths>
<PathAndCredentials wcm:action="add" wcm:keyValue="1">
<Path>%configsetroot%drivers\</Path>
</PathAndCredentials>
</DriverPaths>
</component>
</settings>
<cpi
fflineImage cpi:source="" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />
</unattend>
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For 32bit system/os :
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
<settings pass="windowsPE">
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<DiskConfiguration>
<WillShowUI>Always</WillShowUI>
</DiskConfiguration>
<UserData>
<ProductKey>
<WillShowUI>Always</WillShowUI>
</ProductKey>
</UserData>
<UseConfigurationSet>true</UseConfigurationSet>
</component>
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-PnpCustomizationsWinPE" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<DriverPaths>
<PathAndCredentials wcm:action="add" wcm:keyValue="1">
<Path>%configsetroot%drivers\</Path>
</PathAndCredentials>
</DriverPaths>
</component>
</settings>
<cpi
fflineImage cpi:source="" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />
</unattend>
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