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<blockquote data-quote="alphanumeric" data-source="post: 487224" data-attributes="member: 2407"><p>I personally don't bother with Rufus. I just do this.</p><p><strong>select disk <span style="color: #ff0000">#</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000"></span></strong><strong>clean</strong></p><p><strong>create partition primary</strong></p><p><strong>format fs=fat32 quick</strong></p><p><strong>active</strong></p><p><strong>assign</strong></p><p><strong>list volume</strong></p><p><strong>exit</strong></p><p><strong>Then copy the ISO files to the thumb drive.</strong></p><p>It's option two here, <a href="http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/15458-uefi-bootable-usb-flash-drive-create-windows.html">http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/15458-uefi-bootable-usb-flash-drive-create-windows.html</a>. I've had no problems doing UEFI installs with thumb drives created this way.</p><p>Is this an actual RAID array or just drives connected to a RAID controller? If its actually a RAID array that may add a wrinkle to installing to it, driver issue maybe.</p><p>Where did you obtain your install media? You can get Windows 8 here, <a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/create-reset-refresh-media">Create installation media for Windows 8.1 - Windows Help</a></p><p>Are you having the same issues with Windows 8 and Windows 10?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="alphanumeric, post: 487224, member: 2407"] I personally don't bother with Rufus. I just do this. [B]select disk [COLOR=#ff0000]# [/COLOR][/B][B]clean[/B] [B]create partition primary[/B] [B]format fs=fat32 quick[/B] [B]active[/B] [B]assign[/B] [B]list volume[/B] [B]exit Then copy the ISO files to the thumb drive.[/B] It's option two here, [URL]http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/15458-uefi-bootable-usb-flash-drive-create-windows.html[/URL]. I've had no problems doing UEFI installs with thumb drives created this way. Is this an actual RAID array or just drives connected to a RAID controller? If its actually a RAID array that may add a wrinkle to installing to it, driver issue maybe. Where did you obtain your install media? You can get Windows 8 here, [URL="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/create-reset-refresh-media"]Create installation media for Windows 8.1 - Windows Help[/URL] Are you having the same issues with Windows 8 and Windows 10? [/QUOTE]
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