Tried turning off UEFI(enabling legacy-MSI mobo), disabling/enabling secure boot, and even tried installing ORIGINAL WINDOWS 8 iso - which I was obviously able to do so - 10´s of times.
Now this happened, and I cannot install anything - please what do I do? I want to DualBoot windows 10 and 8, though the error happens on 8 aswell as 10
Also tried switching usb ports, reformating install media to fat32, gpt, downloading 3 different languages of windows iso... nothing helped...
Windows 8 is currently installed in UEFI.
And if anyone gives this link https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2755139
No OF COURSE iso is not corrupt - since I downloaded it 10 times -different languages, and EVEN TRIED MY PAST ISO THAT I INSTALLED WINDOWS 8 WITH - ALL GIVE THE SAME ERROR.
SOLVED BY FORMATING USB STICK(NOT EXTERNAL HDD- AS IT COULDN´T BE) TO FAT(NOT 32!!!!) INSTEAD OF FAT32! -WINDOWS 10 DOWNLOAD TOOL DOES THIS AUTOMATICALLY, BUT I WAS JUST MESSING AROUND WITH ISOS. THAT ERROR MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE THOUGH!!! LOOKS LIKE INSTALLING FROM EXTERNAL HDD WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE GUYS - STICK TO USB STICKS (FAT ONLY! AGAIN NO FAT32 WORKS! OH AND NTFS DOESN´T WORK ASWELL!!!)
AGAIN FAT32 DOESN´T WORK (ANYMORE?) - YOU MUST USE FAT FORMATED USB STICKS ONLY(AS EXTERNAL HDD CANNOT BE FORMATED TO FAT ONLY, BUT ONLY TO FAT32 AND NTFS IT LOOKS LIKE)
EDIT!!!: As it actually turned out , the problem was instead in the size of the partition I was installing windows from - It was exactly 32000mb,bu the problem was that windows it seems can now only be installed WHEN THE SIZE OF THE INSTALLATION PARTION in case you are installing win from ext. hdd) MUST BE MAXIMUM 31999mb!!! (same as usb stick) SO YOU MUST SHRINK YOUR INSTALL PARTITION TO MAX 31999mb!!! Because thats the max FAT partition can be, but As it turns put, the install worked even in Fat32, but again, partition size must be kept less than 31999mb.
Windows 10 download tool does this automatically I guess.
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