I am trying to install win 8 on a new build.(see below) On the windows dvd, it starts with the blue windows logo, then the circling dots, and stops on a DOS window. The window top border has "Administrator: X:\windows\system32\cmd.exe" in the window itself it has: "Microsoft windows [version 6.2.9200]
"X:\windows\system32>"
and that's as far as it goes.(the screen is blue, the dos window is black) pic below.
On the mobo dvd, I can get into the uefi or NERO Boot Loader Ver6. I cannot access anything else.
In the bios under the storage section, the SATA controller is enabled, mode is set to AHCI, the ssd is on SATA3_0 and the dvd is on SATA3_1. Boot is set to DVD #1 and SSD #2. Everything else is on default settings.
On the NERO screen, it has the copyright info followed by:
C: HD1 Pri[1], CHS 0-1-1, start= 0mb, size= 15mb.
illegal partition table drive 01 sector 0 (this line is repeated 4x)
current date (change or hit enter)
current time (change or hit enter)
C:\>
I cannot access drive A as I get a "A: dos area unknown command given to driver,
(A)bort (I)gnore (R)etry (F)ail"
I even tried format C: didn't work.
All other install dvd's (vid card/dvd/ssd) get a "insert a boot dvd" error.
So, in summary: I can access the NERO and the BIOS on the mobo dvd. and nothing else.
I get as far as the blue window logo and the circling dots on the win8 install dvd, then I get the Dos window.
I am running out of hair to pull out of my head.
Thanks in advance,
Doug
I tried just the WD 1tb hard drive also, and it is the same results.
also, there are no error codes on the mobo display.
(I7-4770, Asrock Z87 extreme4, 32g Gskillram, Samsung 840 120g SSD, Asus 210 silent video card, Asus DRW-24 DVD dvd reader /burner, coolermaster M2 620w bronze PS, coolermaster 120m cpu cooler, Fractal design R2 case.) (I also have a 1tb WD1002FAEX hdd that is not plugged in until I get windows on the SSD)
"X:\windows\system32>"
and that's as far as it goes.(the screen is blue, the dos window is black) pic below.
On the mobo dvd, I can get into the uefi or NERO Boot Loader Ver6. I cannot access anything else.
In the bios under the storage section, the SATA controller is enabled, mode is set to AHCI, the ssd is on SATA3_0 and the dvd is on SATA3_1. Boot is set to DVD #1 and SSD #2. Everything else is on default settings.
On the NERO screen, it has the copyright info followed by:
C: HD1 Pri[1], CHS 0-1-1, start= 0mb, size= 15mb.
illegal partition table drive 01 sector 0 (this line is repeated 4x)
current date (change or hit enter)
current time (change or hit enter)
C:\>
I cannot access drive A as I get a "A: dos area unknown command given to driver,
(A)bort (I)gnore (R)etry (F)ail"
I even tried format C: didn't work.
All other install dvd's (vid card/dvd/ssd) get a "insert a boot dvd" error.
So, in summary: I can access the NERO and the BIOS on the mobo dvd. and nothing else.
I get as far as the blue window logo and the circling dots on the win8 install dvd, then I get the Dos window.
I am running out of hair to pull out of my head.
Thanks in advance,
Doug
I tried just the WD 1tb hard drive also, and it is the same results.
also, there are no error codes on the mobo display.
(I7-4770, Asrock Z87 extreme4, 32g Gskillram, Samsung 840 120g SSD, Asus 210 silent video card, Asus DRW-24 DVD dvd reader /burner, coolermaster M2 620w bronze PS, coolermaster 120m cpu cooler, Fractal design R2 case.) (I also have a 1tb WD1002FAEX hdd that is not plugged in until I get windows on the SSD)
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