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I've been working on this and reading MANY posts over the past week and I've reached a roadblock. Can someone help?
I have a brand new system with an OEM version of Windows 8 installed (Core not Pro)
ASUS CM 6870
2 TB HD
16 TB RAM
ASUS P8H77-M Pro Motherboard
The new system works well but I have also purchased an OCZ Vector 256GB SSD and intend to install it as my primary hard drive.
ASUS didn't and will not supply a recovery disk.
ASUS provides an activation key for a downloadable version of Acronis True image. I tried that but their version is not compatible with Windows 8. I managed to get a newer version but it didn't recognize that the SSD was installed.
Next, I used Win 8 to make a recovery drive USB drive thinking that I would be able to do a clean install of Win with it. I had the 2TB HD disconnected and the SSD installed but the recovery drive refused to install Win 8. I either got the message "The drive where windows is installed is locked. Unlock and try again." or "The drive is too small to format" (the wording on the last may not be exact)
I was able to "find" a Windows 8 ISO file. I burned it to a DVD and was able to install Win 8 but it was not a UEFI installation. There were only 2 SSD HD partitions: 1. System Reserved - 350 MB NTFS. 2. 238.13 GB NTFS Healthy.
I then deleted these volumes and followed the UEFI installation instructions in the thread:
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorial...e-firmware-interface-install-windows-8-a.html
Windows installed but it was not a UEFI installation. I got the same partitions as above. At step 6, I only saw the 2 partitions.
I tried this process twice with the same results.
The USB stick was prepared using the instructions in this thread:
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/15458-uefi-bootable-usb-flash-drive-create-windows.html
I think that the USB drive should have had 4 partitions on it but it only has one:
7.47 GB FAT32 Healthy.
Does anyone have any idea what I'm doing wrong?
I have a brand new system with an OEM version of Windows 8 installed (Core not Pro)
ASUS CM 6870
2 TB HD
16 TB RAM
ASUS P8H77-M Pro Motherboard
The new system works well but I have also purchased an OCZ Vector 256GB SSD and intend to install it as my primary hard drive.
ASUS didn't and will not supply a recovery disk.
ASUS provides an activation key for a downloadable version of Acronis True image. I tried that but their version is not compatible with Windows 8. I managed to get a newer version but it didn't recognize that the SSD was installed.
Next, I used Win 8 to make a recovery drive USB drive thinking that I would be able to do a clean install of Win with it. I had the 2TB HD disconnected and the SSD installed but the recovery drive refused to install Win 8. I either got the message "The drive where windows is installed is locked. Unlock and try again." or "The drive is too small to format" (the wording on the last may not be exact)
I was able to "find" a Windows 8 ISO file. I burned it to a DVD and was able to install Win 8 but it was not a UEFI installation. There were only 2 SSD HD partitions: 1. System Reserved - 350 MB NTFS. 2. 238.13 GB NTFS Healthy.
I then deleted these volumes and followed the UEFI installation instructions in the thread:
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorial...e-firmware-interface-install-windows-8-a.html
Windows installed but it was not a UEFI installation. I got the same partitions as above. At step 6, I only saw the 2 partitions.
I tried this process twice with the same results.
The USB stick was prepared using the instructions in this thread:
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/15458-uefi-bootable-usb-flash-drive-create-windows.html
I think that the USB drive should have had 4 partitions on it but it only has one:
7.47 GB FAT32 Healthy.
Does anyone have any idea what I'm doing wrong?
My Computer
System One
-
- OS
- Win 8.1 Pro X64
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Asus CM3870
- CPU
- Intel Core i7-3770
- Motherboard
- Asus P8H77-M Pro
- Memory
- 16 GB PC3-12800
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 640
- Sound Card
- Integrated HD Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Hanns-G 28" HZ28IH
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1200
- Hard Drives
- OCZ Vector 256GB
Seagate 2TB ST2000DM001
- Internet Speed
- 5 Mbps