Issues doing a fresh install of Windows 8 Pro on a new HDD.

mike02x · Dec 5, 2014

Hi Guys,

Im new to this forum.

I have a Sony VAIO VGN-NR110E with a 120GB, however the HDD started to fail so I started to replace it with a WDC 500gb, whats strange is that its when I start the Windows Installation it wont detect it even after I have installed the IRST drivers for the motherboard to detect it, it only detected my external boot drive where I have the image installed or any additional drive.

So after I was successfully able to install the Drivers, it did detect the WDC 500 however it shows somehow as "System Reserved" not and the Drive options are grayed out, the HDD was also formatted via CMD.

Any ideas?

Thanks in Advanced!

Ubrales · Dec 5, 2014

Go to the BIOS and make sure that the 500 GB HDD is properly formatted (single partition NTFS) and recognized. Then insert the Win 8 Pro DVD in the DVD drive and continue. It will install Win 8 for you.

mike02x · Dec 5, 2014

Whats strange is that the BIOS does detects it as a 500 HDD, but in Windows after loading IRST SATA Drivers it detects it as "System Reserved" should I format it via Windows for it to be recognized?

mike02x · Dec 5, 2014

Ubrales :

Whats strange is that the BIOS does detects it as a 500 HDD, but in Windows after loading IRST SATA Drivers it detects it as "System Reserved" should I format it via Windows for it to be recognized?

Ubrales · Dec 6, 2014

mike02x :

Yes, since it is a new HDD go ahead and format it NTFS; just one partition. After that reboot and go ahead with the Wi8 Pro installation. This will take a few hours. After you install Win 8 Pro, go to the 'Store' and from there install (free upgrade) Win 8.1 (about 5 hours).

mike02x · Dec 6, 2014

Ubrales :

I just tried that and its not being detected still, wont even show as "Unallocated space" however if I want to search for drivers it does recognize it as an actual HDD, I have formatted it as NTFS - Primary and marked it as Active.

Any ideas?

Ubrales · Dec 6, 2014

Check the integrity of the HDD on another computer. Make sure that everything is fine with the HDD. Just because it is new does not mean it is fine. Normally you should not have problems with a new HDD.

mike02x · Dec 6, 2014

Ubrales :

Just ran an sfc scan and didnt find erros, ran a scan and didnt fine any errors.

Ubrales · Dec 6, 2014

Check the HDD on a different computer.

mike02x · Dec 9, 2014

Ubrales :

Just did, and and it works fine, no bad sectors or so.

Ubrales · Dec 9, 2014

If the HDD is fine, and the computer is fine, then there may be a problem with the Win 8 media. Is it from a reputable dealer? I hope it is not from a bad seller on eBay.

mike02x · Dec 9, 2014

Ubrales :

Actually not, It was actually downloaded from MSDN, what's strange is that I was able to install that same Image on another system of mine, which is my current desktop.

Well at last I gave up, and just did a standard re-Install on the 120GB, because it was a gift for my son.

But thanks for all the suggestions!

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