ASUS K55A - Hard drive failed - Replaced Drive - Recv'd Windows 8 Disc from MS - PXE-E61. System recognizes new drive and dvd

danjones · Feb 20, 2015

I've read and tried everything. I've played with the BIOS options until I'm dizzy. Although the drive is fully recognized in the BIOS, it's like it's not a bootable device. There's no windows no anything at this point, just the key embedded in the bios and this windows 8 x64 disk. Someone, anyone - HELP. It's my daughter's college computer (I'm still on windows 7 thankfully).

tx. Dan.

ronintexas · Feb 20, 2015

You need to disable secure boot - and then boot from the DVD.

danjones · Feb 20, 2015

Thanks Ron. Tried that, I think. Can you offer any more specifics about the booting from DVD? I believe I'm attempting it correctly.

ronintexas · Feb 21, 2015

With secure boot turned off, put the DVD in the drive, and in BIOS setup, you have to choose the DVD to boot first (not the UEFI DVD, the standard DVD boot), and when it first goes past the bios, you have about 3-5 seconds to "press any key to boot from the DVD". Press a key and off you go.

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