Hi all
I purchased Windows 8 upgrade recently and put it on a USB stick. I have WIndows 7 Ultimate on a 2-drive SATA RAID 1 array that has 2 partitions, one for Win7 and the other for documents etc. I also have 2 video cards and 3 displays, one display is HD to the TV.
I just bought a Samsung 250GB SSD to install WIndows 8 on as a fresh install with the intention of gradually setting it up and later deleting Windows 7. So I connected the SSD and it was recognized fine. I started the setup off the stick, it rebooted once and I got the boot menu. I clicked Windows 8 and a few seconds in it restarted (I missed the actual screens as I wasn't looking). So it rebooted again and I got the Windows 8 bootup screen with the little circles circling, but it goes black. No boot menu or anything. After 5 minutes, I rebooted and the same thing.
So I unplugged the SSD and rebooted. I got a boot menu this time saying the Win8 drive was missing, and hit F9 for alternate OS. I hot F9 and Windows 7 started to boot. Then I got chkdsk warnings. I let it scan my drives and it rebooted. I got the chkdsk warnings again so I just ignored and Windows 7 started.
Can anyone help me out here?
Also, assuming I get Windows 8 installed, can I unplugged my Raid array with Win7 and still start Windows 8 on the SSD or does the Win7 drive have the only boot menu.
Thanks guys
I purchased Windows 8 upgrade recently and put it on a USB stick. I have WIndows 7 Ultimate on a 2-drive SATA RAID 1 array that has 2 partitions, one for Win7 and the other for documents etc. I also have 2 video cards and 3 displays, one display is HD to the TV.
I just bought a Samsung 250GB SSD to install WIndows 8 on as a fresh install with the intention of gradually setting it up and later deleting Windows 7. So I connected the SSD and it was recognized fine. I started the setup off the stick, it rebooted once and I got the boot menu. I clicked Windows 8 and a few seconds in it restarted (I missed the actual screens as I wasn't looking). So it rebooted again and I got the Windows 8 bootup screen with the little circles circling, but it goes black. No boot menu or anything. After 5 minutes, I rebooted and the same thing.
So I unplugged the SSD and rebooted. I got a boot menu this time saying the Win8 drive was missing, and hit F9 for alternate OS. I hot F9 and Windows 7 started to boot. Then I got chkdsk warnings. I let it scan my drives and it rebooted. I got the chkdsk warnings again so I just ignored and Windows 7 started.
Can anyone help me out here?
Also, assuming I get Windows 8 installed, can I unplugged my Raid array with Win7 and still start Windows 8 on the SSD or does the Win7 drive have the only boot menu.
Thanks guys
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 7 Ultimate