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Answer» I just got all of my new gear in the mail (listed below). My SSD has a previous install of Windows 8.1 on it.
I am unable to boot to the CD if I'm in AHCI mode for the SSD (bluray can be in either IDE or AHCI mode for this to happen). But when I get to the beginning of the install where windows asks me which HD I WANT to install it on, it tells me the HD is unable to accept that installation. It tells me, "Windows cannot be installed to this disk. This computer's hardware may not support booting to this disk. Ensure that the disk's controller is enabled in the computer's BIOS menu."
After doing some research, I find it's because the SSD is in IDE mode and windows wants it to be in AHCI mode. BUT I can't get passed the "spinning" loading icon if the SSD is in IDE mode. The previous installation of windows is in AHCI mode, I double checked by putting the SSD back into my laptop and rightclick on mycomputer, properties, device manager, yes the SATA drive is AHCI.
So then I read that it's possible that the AHCI drivers need to be manually found in the 'hard drive select' screen, from a USB. But I did in fact try to select the AMD AHCI drivers from USB, and it acted like the flash drive was empty. So I'm officially out of ideas.
Rig:
CPU Fx-8350
MOBO Asus Sabertooth 990fx R2.0
RAM 8gb Corsair 1600 MHz (BIOS sees it as 1333 MHz!!)
COOLING Cooler master Evo 212
GFX GTX 260 OCPlease provide a link to the documentation for your motherboard. A quick look I did not see anything about SSD in the documentation.HD: SSD >> Samsung 840 Pro 256 gb
MOBO: Asus Sabertooth 990fx R2.0OK, I am going to look and see.
The BIOS setting is not easy for SSD.
For REFERENCE. here is a video of interest.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMo8krAJd5Q
How to properly configure the SSD as boot drive
It is NOT a one step process.
Quote from: maxamd on February 11, 2014, 04:18:43 PM ...It tells me, "Windows cannot be installed to this disk. This computer's hardware may not support booting to this disk.
Ensure that the disk's controller is enabled in the computer's BIOS menu."
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Rig:
CPU Fx-8350
MOBO Asus Sabertooth 990fx R2.0
RAM 8gb Corsair 1600 MHz (BIOS sees it as 1333 MHz!!)
COOLING Cooler master Evo 212
GFX GTX 260 OC
It's telling you what's wrong & you're not paying ATTENTION. See bold above.
In BIOS, set Hard Drive mode to AHCI.
Are you trying to take your laptop SSD & put it in this desktop & get it to boot? You might have to perform a Repair Install to get it to work. You can't just move a drive from one computer to another & expect it to boot.
Quote from: Computer_Commando on February 12, 2014, 07:49:52 AMIt's telling you what's wrong & you're not paying attention. See bold above.
In BIOS, set Hard Drive mode to AHCI.
Are you trying to take your laptop SSD & put it in this desktop & get it to boot? You might have to perform a Repair Install to get it to work. You can't just move a drive from one computer to another & expect it to boot.
My problem is that the CD WONT even fully boot when it's in AHCI mode. IDE mode: couple minutes later, I'm in. Can't access the Repair OR the Format options.What CD are you attempting to boot from and what exactly does it say on this CD / ?
Quote from: patio on February 12, 2014, 05:22:03 PMWhat CD are you attempting to boot from and what exactly does it say on this CD / ?
The windows 7 and 8 CD's. You are asking what the CD's themselves look like?The wipe failed. I tried KILLDisk and DBAN. I even tried inside of Ubuntu. Sudo fdisk -l showed nothing. and the operations in DBAN would just fill the screen with text flying upward, with a second counter on the left side of the screen. Which eventually halted after about an hour. Any way to check to see if it wiped?
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