Solved tried everything still cant install win 8 on acer laptop

[theog]

As you can delete & make partition, your SATA controller driver in loading.


Check the hard drive with the manufacturer's diagnostic tools.
Hard Drive Diagnostics Tools and Utilities (Storage) - TACKtech Corp.
Hard Drive Diagnostic Procedure

 

[dharmil007]

As you can delete & make partition, your SATA controller driver in loading.


Check the hard drive with the manufacturer's diagnostic tools.
Hard Drive Diagnostics Tools and Utilities (Storage) - TACKtech Corp.
Hard Drive Diagnostic Procedure

i Checked it.
No problem in that.

i Can install UBuntu, xp vista, 7
Just this Windows 8 i cannot install.

 

[dharmil007]

Please do you have any other way through which i can install ?

 

[dikyx]

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>
<cpifflineImage cpi:source="" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />
</unattend>
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
For 32bit system/os :
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
<?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>
<cpifflineImage cpi:source="" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />
</unattend>
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

 

[Escobarcho]

where I have to put the .xml file??? into the drivers folder or in the main directory of the pendrive??? one more question, im using a dvd to install windows 8, this tip works or i have to install windows using a pendrive ???

 

[dikyx]

Hi Escobarcho,
I'm sorry but honestly I do not remember very well: I didn't reinstall windows 8 on the acer laptop of my sister since.

where I have to put the .xml file??? into the drivers folder or in the main directory of the pendrive??? one more question, im using a dvd to install windows 8, this tip works or i have to install windows using a pendrive ???

I think you can install from a DVD but make sure your USB stick containing the drivers and the .xml file is plugged in when you boot and during the install.
Your USB stick should contain the driver folder [containing the *.cab, *.inf and *.sys files] and the .xml file (in the main directory).

If this does not work, try installing from USB (you'll need at least a 4GB USB stick):

1- Make your Windows 8 USB using a Windows 8 ISO and this tool: http://images2.store.microsoft.com/prod/clustera/framework/w7udt/1.0/en-us/Windows7-USB-DVD-tool.exe
2- Put your driver folder (containing the *.cab, *.inf and *.sys files) on the USB stick (main directory)
3- Put the .xml file on the USB stick (main directory)


Let me know if it works. If it does not I'll ask my sister's computer and try different ways myself so I can tell you which one works.

Dikyx

 

[SIW2]

Put the drivers folder directly on the root of the usb stick. Put the .xml file directly on the root of the usb stick. It does not go inside the drivers folder.

where I have to put the .xml file??? into the drivers folder or in the main directory of the pendrive??? one more question, im using a dvd to install windows 8, this tip works or i have to install windows using a pendrive ???