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Paul Hartman wrote: |
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> On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 5:39 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> Howdy, |
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>> I got a neighbour that has a computer issue. First, the hard drive went |
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>> out. We ordered a new one and installed it. Then he realized he didn't |
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>> have the restore discs. We ordered those from Gateway. I went up today |
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>> and tried to install winders 7 on the new drive. I put the system disc |
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>> in and it booted. Then it asked for the recovery disc #1. It copied |
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>> that over then asked for disc 2. After a bit it wanted the Language |
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>> disc. Then it said to reboot and it spit out the DVD. |
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>> When it reboots from the hard drive, it comes up and says it is setting |
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>> up the hardware and it seems to finish it. Then a window pops up and |
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>> says this: |
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>> "Windows Setup could not configure windows to run on this computers |
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>> hardware." |
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> Be sure the BIOS is set to AHCI mode and not RAID/IDE/Legacy mode, if |
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> possible. If AHCI is not a choice, but choices are nonetheless |
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> available, try changing it to whatever the alternative setting is. The |
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> idea being that the driver it's trying to use is not working, so maybe |
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> the other driver will work long enough to boot and install updates, at |
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> which point you can change the setting back to what it was and give |
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> that a shot. |
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> Does the new HDD have 4k sectors? I think Windows 7 can't be installed |
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> on those without supplying an updated disk controller driver during |
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> installation. |
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OK. The folks finally decided to come home. I checked the BIOS and it |
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was set to AHCI mode, mobo is not RAID capable. I changed it to IDE. |
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It still wouldn't boot so I just reinstalled it again, just in case. It |
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installed fine, rebooted and did all its setup crap just fine and when I |
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left, it was downloading 94 fixer uppers. |
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So, if someone runs into that error, check the drive mode settings and |
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switch it. |
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Now watch him want me to install Linux next week and get rid of winders. |
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lol |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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-- |
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I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or |
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how you interpreted my words! |
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Miss the compile output? Hint: |
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EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--quiet-build=n" |
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