Win 8 64b & Inspiron 530

aadman

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Hello folks, I have a Dell Inspiron 530 using the Q6600 CPU and 6GB RAM, I have tried installing Win8 64b but it fails at 17% stating that it cannot find some file and does not give me any options to correct, tried many times and it did not work.

Interestingly enough I installed the 32bit version of Win8 in the same computer and it did work, in fact I am writing this post from it.

Any ideas why the 64bit version is failing, is there a problem with it?

Thank you in advance.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 8
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell
    CPU
    Q6600
    Memory
    6GB
First off, I'd say you should reburn/copy to USB or DVD or whatever you used. Try writing at a slow speed, etc.
Also, the download itself may have been corrupted. Where did you happen to download that particular copy of the 64bit version? There seems to be one download that didn't work correctly for me, too, and found another download that worked fine.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Ubuntu
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Inspiron N5010
    CPU
    Intel i3 2.27 GHz
    Motherboard
    Some Dell piece of rubbish
    Memory
    6GB DDR3
Hello, I have a similar issue. Any chance you found a solution? For me Windows Vista 32 bit and Windows 8 32 bit run fine. In addition, I was running 64 bit Windows 8 successfully from March until September 2013. Then I started receiving BSOD with increasing frequency. I tried to refresh windows, but it would BSOD during refresh. I tried to reset windows and it would BSOD. Now I've tried a clean install, but it still crashes BSOD during install. Sometimes it crashes quickly (23%) and sometimes it gets as far as 77%
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Inspirion 530s
    CPU
    Due CPU E4600 @ 2.40 GHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    ADI?
    Browser
    Chrome
    Antivirus
    Norton
Hello, I have a similar issue. Any chance you found a solution? For me Windows Vista 32 bit and Windows 8 32 bit run fine. In addition, I was running 64 bit Windows 8 successfully from March until September 2013. Then I started receiving BSOD with increasing frequency. I tried to refresh windows, but it would BSOD during refresh. I tried to reset windows and it would BSOD. Now I've tried a clean install, but it still crashes BSOD during install. Sometimes it crashes quickly (23%) and sometimes it gets as far as 77%

Since you have run Win 8 64 bit successfully for six months or so, it may be that some peripheral is going bad. It could even be software related.

In September, did you install any new software? A new card or peripheral? If so, remove it and see if that helps. Hopefully, nothing on your mobo is going bad.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion 500-056
    CPU
    AMD Elite Quad-Core A8-6500
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    AMD Radeon HD 8570D
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer 23"
    Screen Resolution
    1920 X 1080
    Hard Drives
    1 TB
    Keyboard
    Logitech Wave K350
    Mouse
    Logitech M510
    Internet Speed
    Fast
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
Hello folks, I have a Dell Inspiron 530 using the Q6600 CPU and 6GB RAM, I have tried installing Win8 64b but it fails at 17% stating that it cannot find some file and does not give me any options to correct, tried many times and it did not work.

Interestingly enough I installed the 32bit version of Win8 in the same computer and it did work, in fact I am writing this post from it.

Any ideas why the 64bit version is failing, is there a problem with it?

Thank you in advance.

How old is your computer? It may be that it's just not up to Windows 8 64 bit. My self-built Intel DG-33 mobo handles Windows 8 64 bit quite well, but when I tried to update it to 8.1, Microsoft says it's not capable of handling it.

Try the Upgrade Assistant and see what it says.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion 500-056
    CPU
    AMD Elite Quad-Core A8-6500
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    AMD Radeon HD 8570D
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer 23"
    Screen Resolution
    1920 X 1080
    Hard Drives
    1 TB
    Keyboard
    Logitech Wave K350
    Mouse
    Logitech M510
    Internet Speed
    Fast
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
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