- Aug 11, 2015
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Solution: Had to use USB to install Windows; dvd drive did not support UEFI
I got a 3tb drive, formatted it to GPT and reserved a 50 gb partition for Windows 8.1 64bit. I tried installing, but it tells me the drive is of the GPT partition and windows can't install.
The motherboard is UEFI, Windows is 64bit, HDD is GPT, I can't find any other reason why Windows won't install. I tried installing Linux Mint and there were no problems, so what's happening with Windows?
Is there some sort of additional condition I need to fulfill for Windows to install? I did read that Windows needs to make 2 additional partitions (ESP and MSR), but it flat out won't allow me to do that in the 50 gb partition.
Specs:
ASUS Mini ITX DDR3 1600 Motherboards AM1I-A
Kingston HyperX FURY 4GB 1600MHz DDR3 CL10 DIMM
AMD Athlon 5350 APU, 2.05Ghz
TOSHIBA PH3300U-1I72 3TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5"
I got a 3tb drive, formatted it to GPT and reserved a 50 gb partition for Windows 8.1 64bit. I tried installing, but it tells me the drive is of the GPT partition and windows can't install.
The motherboard is UEFI, Windows is 64bit, HDD is GPT, I can't find any other reason why Windows won't install. I tried installing Linux Mint and there were no problems, so what's happening with Windows?
Is there some sort of additional condition I need to fulfill for Windows to install? I did read that Windows needs to make 2 additional partitions (ESP and MSR), but it flat out won't allow me to do that in the 50 gb partition.
Specs:
ASUS Mini ITX DDR3 1600 Motherboards AM1I-A
Kingston HyperX FURY 4GB 1600MHz DDR3 CL10 DIMM
AMD Athlon 5350 APU, 2.05Ghz
TOSHIBA PH3300U-1I72 3TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5"
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