Sata Controller Driver missing form Wndows 8 for Acer Aspi

[alphanumeric]

Ether way should get you a message telling you that the system reserved is going to be created. I do the second option and create a new partition from the unallocated space, then I point it to the blank OS partition. I do believe the system reserved contains the windows recovery environment among other things. The stuff you get if you press F8. It's 100 MB for 7 and 350 MB for 8. Windows 8 has the reset and restore options so I guess it needs more space for the files to do that.

 

[nikos]

ok thank you very much.

Ine last thing about UEFI but ill start a new thread.
Thank you for your help although we didnt understood what really happened but Win8 fianlly got working.

 

[alphanumeric]

Ah, UEFI? I seem to remember seeing something about having to format your thumb drive in FAT 32 to install on a PC with EUFI? Something like that. My 5920 doesn't have a UEFI BIOS though and I don't think the 5920g does either..

 

[nikos]

i started a new thread about UEFI. Acer have legacy bios not uefi

but my brand new Lenovo Z580 does have uefi firmware installed. SEE new thread i just posted there.

 

[alphanumeric]

OK, just wanted to make sure the new thread wasn't a continuation of this problem.

 

[nikos]

Yes it isnt! This ended right here!

Best Solution: Bios Update(How exactly an update help Win8 identify the sata controller?)

2nd best solution: Extra F6 Intel sata controller drivers to load on non-hdd presentaiton by clicking load driver....

 

[nikos]

Insight Info:

If you want to have the 350 MB System Reserved partition in addition to the Windows 8 C: partition on a HDD or SSD after installation, then you would need to make sure that all partitions on the drive have been deleted until it is only unallocated space. Next, select the unallocated drive to install Windows 8 on. If there are no partitions on the disk, you will get the 350 MB System Reserved.

If you do not want to have the 350 MB System Reserved partition and only the Windows 8 C: partition on a HDD or SSD after installation, then select a formatted partition or drive to install Windows 8 on. If there are any partitions on the disk, you won't get the 350 MB System Reserved.


In my cleint's 5920g laptop when i booted form Vista Setup i deleted all available partiton except the [Files partition] and then hit enter on unallocated space above.

Acording to the info i provided above, since i left over a partition, thats why Win8 didn't notify me that it must create system reserved.

Then, files copied ok, but no system rserver partion created, menaing no BCD records thus failed to boot.

Do you agree?

 

[alphanumeric]

No, I've done the same procedure on mine (left the one data partition intact) and the system reserved was created automatically. I've done it both ways and I've always ended up with a system reserved partition.

 

[nikos]

No, I've done the same procedure on mine (left the one data partition intact) and the system reserved was created automatically. I've done it both ways and I've always ended up with a system reserved partition.

Then why the information claims otherwise?


"If you do not want to have the 350 MB System Reserved partition and only the Windows 8 C: partition on a HDD or SSD after installation, then select a formatted partition or drive to install Windows 8 on. If there are any partitions on the disk, you won't get the 350 MB System Reserved.


Are you sure in case 2 which is our case since we deliberately leave [data partition] intact you didn't delete all other partition and hit enter on the unallocated space?

It clearly states that yoiu need to
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create a primary partition
format that partition
then select it to start win8 copying files without system resever being created.
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Maybe you just deleted all the partition excect the data one and you selected the unallocated space for Win8 installation WITHOUT partitioning it first and without formatting it.

Maybe thats why it still created for you the System Reserve partition, because of the unallocated space you hit enter from, which looks similar to Case 1.

 

[alphanumeric]

The first time I installed Windows 7 on my Acer I deleted all of the partitions. Then I created my OS partition by setting its size to what I wanted. Windows created the system reserved automatically. Then I partitioned the remaining space into my data partition.
Now if I have to reinstall Windows I just delete the system reserved and the OS partition, leaving the data partition alone. When I create a partition in the unallocated space Windows 7 & 8 have automatically created the system reserved. Windows 7 makes it 100MB and Windows 8 makes it 350MB. I have never ever not had a system reserved no matter how I have done it.
I think, if you don't want the system reserved, 1 the drive needs to be already portioned and formatted with no system reserved on it, and 2 you need to install to an already formatted partition. No deleting partitions or installing to unallocated space.

 

[nikos]

But in my Vista Setup when i switched usb media to 8, i deleted all the partition except that [data partition]
Unallocated space has been created and i hit enter to that. I didnt partition the space neither format it.

Next Boot gave me BCD invalid or missng. Why?
According to above info a System reserve should have been created along with Win8 C: and i was to expect a correct Boot.

Why the BCD error?

 

[theog]

http://www.eightforums.com/general-discussion/53-forum-rules-please-read.html

4) No discussion of piracy or anything illegal is allowed at all. Such as software, music, videos and other intellectual property violations.

 

[alphanumeric]

Um, so where in this thread exactly did we discuses pirating software? The OP had problems installing Windows 8?

 

[alphanumeric]

But in my Vista Setup when i switched usb media to 8, i deleted all the partition except that [data partition]
Unallocated space has been created and i hit enter to that. I didnt partition the space neither format it.

Next Boot gave me BCD invalid or missng. Why?
According to above info a System reserve should have been created along with Win8 C: and i was to expect a correct Boot.

Why the BCD error?

I have no idea? Maybe your hard drive has issues like bad sectors or something?

 

[theog]

Um, so where in this thread exactly did we discuses pirating software? The OP had problems installing Windows 8?

http://www.eightforums.com/installation-setup/17119-uefi-firmware-associated-windows-8-a.html

Actually its slipstremed and i didnt want to metnion it.

I download oit form a greek torrent site and it containes

Windows 8 Base
Windows 8
Windows 8 Pro
Windows 8 with Media Center

both x32 & x64 archs UNTOUCHED as it where from MSDN where they got downloaded from.

I use that DVD because i have 8 different Win for ALL needs.

I still dont understand though what this slipstream version has to do with the <F12> Boot Selection Menu.

Please explain.

 

[alphanumeric]

Um, so where in this thread exactly did we discuses pirating software? The OP had problems installing Windows 8?

http://www.eightforums.com/installation-setup/17119-uefi-firmware-associated-windows-8-a.html

Actually its slipstremed and i didnt want to metnion it.

I download oit form a greek torrent site and it containes

Windows 8 Base
Windows 8
Windows 8 Pro
Windows 8 with Media Center

both x32 & x64 archs UNTOUCHED as it where from MSDN where they got downloaded from.

I use that DVD because i have 8 different Win for ALL needs.

I still dont understand though what this slipstream version has to do with the <F12> Boot Selection Menu.

Please explain.

It's still legal if you use your bought and paid for product code though. All in one install media has been mentioned before. There are even tutorials on the W7 sister site. I missed the "greek torrent site" part though. I must have read it too fast the first time. This thread is pretty well dead anyway there is nothing more I can add to it. Also there was no discussion on how to cheat activation etc. I do see your point now though.

EDIT: Wait a minute that second quote isn't even in this thread!

 

[nikos]

After reading the Win8 Link about how to UEFI Win8 Install i now know how to perform it myself. But i cannot initiate the UEFI process because:

I still dont understand though what this slipstream version(4 x 32 & 4 x64) has to do with the <F12> Boot Selection Menu.

The Uploader(in the greek torrent site) said that this slipstreamed DVD has been made by nLite but the embedded Windows 8 versions of it remained UnTouched.

That leaves the question as to why since the versions embedded are UnTouched, the <F12> Boot Selection menu only displayes usb/cd/dvd/network as booting methods AND NO UEFI Boot antwhere in that list.


I'am upgrade Windows since i bough a new Lenovo for 14,99$ but still prior of doing that i need the OS Setup first in an UEFI way.

If i was to bough a new Windows 8 Pro x64 Retail DVD would the missing UEFI option appear? and why doesn't now?

It would be nice for all of us to have an explanation on that issue and me starting finally the UEFI 8 Setup.

 

[nikos]

Sorry thats not a re;levent question here its for the other thread with my UEFI question but if so meone can anser it i would be gratefull.