Windows installation problem

AT_bedeverill · Oct 9, 2013

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I was installing Win 8 from a flash drive .The Initial Installation went fine but when the windows needs to restart to continue installation the windows boot manager shows up. Since it only has the options "Earlier version of windows" and "Windows 7" selecting either one of them results in failure of win 8 installation.
I'm now back on Win 7.What necessary actions needs to be taken to make sure the windows boot manager doesn't interfere with the installation?

smorizio · Oct 9, 2013

if there nothing on the hard drive you want when windows 8 installer starts go into advance mode and remove all the partion and restart, if not windows may try set up dule boot.

AT_bedeverill · Oct 9, 2013

smorizio :

i formatted the whole hd on which i was installing win 8. Could you please provide more detailed instructions?Thank you for replying

smorizio · Oct 9, 2013

http://pcsupport.about.com/od/windows-8/a/open-advanced-startup-options-windows-8.htm
get into the advance option. go under drives...then look at the partion info of the drive your installing windows to. there should be two. a main partion and a system reserve partion. use the advance mode and delete both partion and then reboot. with the system restore partion gone windows 8 will make a new one.

AT_bedeverill · Oct 9, 2013

smorizio :

Uh go under drives means which option exactly?

In advanced options there's troubleshoot and turn off your pc.

In troubleshoot there's Reset your pc, refresh and advanced option.

And in Advanced options(im guessing this is the one)
System Restore
System Image Recovery
Automatic Repair
Command Prompt

smorizio · Oct 9, 2013

you have to boot first from the windows 8 installer then follow the prompts from the link. or use a third party boot and wipe tool to wipe your hard drive.

dodger46 · Oct 9, 2013

AT_bedeverill :

He means when you get to the 'Where do you want to Install Windows ' Screen during installation, use 'Drive Options(Advanced)' to delete all partitions on target drive... Windows won't create the 350MbSystem Reserved partition on a partitioned drive...

WinOutreach2 · Oct 9, 2013

Is there another hard disk in the system? If another Boot Configuration Database (BCD) is detected, Windows Setup will automatically attempt to install a compatible entry and BCD to the System Reserved Partition on which that BCD is stored. The best solution if you have more than one hard disk would be to remove all disks except the one to which you intend to install Windows 8, install the operating system, then reinsert the additional disk and confirm that the system firmware (BIOS/UEFI) is configured to boot the Windows 8 disk first. If you wish to continue booting to Windows 7 on the second drive, you can add an entry for that operating system to the new Windows 8 BCD using BCDBoot, which is outlined here on TechNet.

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