RobmeisterIRL
03-14-2012 02:22 AM (0 days ago)
Hi All,
I will outline this problem in detail and I would appreciate any help I can get.
So the other day I decided to take the Windows 8 consumer preview out for a whirl and everything seemed fine. However, a friend needed a Windows XP boot USB created, and during the creation of this the machine crashed and both partitions became unusable (including my recovery partition).
Unfortunately, System Restore was not applicable because I was running a different OS than the one from the day before, and so, I ended up with a black screen with a 'j' and a flashing cursor directly after the bios.
I have since created a bootable Windows 7 USB, and managed to get the machine to recognise and begin Windows installation. The problem arises after I click Install Windows Now. A message appears saying no drivers have been found. Now as far as I know, I am missing AHCI controllers, and so I tried several different versions. Sometimes it finds drivers that it says are compatible, but after attempting to install them it returns to the original message of 'no drivers were found'.
What I am trying to hunt down are the correct controllers so that I might actually progress further in the installation of Windows!
Like I said, any help at all is very much appreciated...
Yours,
Rob.
I will outline this problem in detail and I would appreciate any help I can get.
So the other day I decided to take the Windows 8 consumer preview out for a whirl and everything seemed fine. However, a friend needed a Windows XP boot USB created, and during the creation of this the machine crashed and both partitions became unusable (including my recovery partition).
Unfortunately, System Restore was not applicable because I was running a different OS than the one from the day before, and so, I ended up with a black screen with a 'j' and a flashing cursor directly after the bios.
I have since created a bootable Windows 7 USB, and managed to get the machine to recognise and begin Windows installation. The problem arises after I click Install Windows Now. A message appears saying no drivers have been found. Now as far as I know, I am missing AHCI controllers, and so I tried several different versions. Sometimes it finds drivers that it says are compatible, but after attempting to install them it returns to the original message of 'no drivers were found'.
What I am trying to hunt down are the correct controllers so that I might actually progress further in the installation of Windows!
Like I said, any help at all is very much appreciated...
Yours,
Rob.