A media driver your computer needs is missing

winstontj

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Error on install: A media driver your computer needs is missing. This could be a DVD, USB or Hard disk driver. If you have a CD, DVD, or USB flash drive with the driver on it, please insert it now.

Note: If the installation media for Windows is in the DVD drive or on a USB drive you can safely remove it for this step.


I'm really ticked off. I've had this issue for way too long.

Trying to dual-boot W7x86 & W8x86 on a Lenovo netbook. Actually it would be triple boot since it's got W7x86 & Ubuntu already on there. It's a netbook so there is no DVD drive or media. I'm using the Microsoft Windows 7 USB tool. I've re-downloaded the ISO, the checksums work out. I've burned it multiple times on the USB drive as well. I have no issues loading the Server 2012 ISO via the same USB flash drive. As a matter of fact I even installed Server 2012 on the netbook (as dual boot) so that I could verify it worked prior to installing on a bare-metal server.

What is wrong with W8 or what driver do I need. I've been having this same exact issue all the way through the DP, CP, RP and now that it's RTM still same issue.


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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot... I'm really not happy about this.
 

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    XP64, W7x64, W8x64, 2k8r2, Lucid(server) + a few others
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell T5500 (4) + T7500 (4)
    CPU
    2x Xeon X5680 or 2x W5580
    Memory
    72gb in the T5500's & 192GB in the T7400's
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 9800's
    Monitor(s) Displays
    EIZO, NEC or Dell (dual or quad on Ergotron)
    Hard Drives
    4x WD1500HLHX in RAID6
    Keyboard
    Bloomberg
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    Cogent 100mbps + TWC 50/5 backup
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    BackBlaze Storage Array, 48x 2TB in RAID6 = 96TB

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