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Troubleshooting Installation Problems

The term “installation problem” is rather deceptive. The installation process

itself almost never fails. Usually, something else fails during the process that

is generally interpreted as an “install failure.” Let’s look at some typical

installation problems and how to correct them.

Media Errors

If you’re going to have a problem with a Windows installation, have a media

error, like a scratched DVD or a corrupted USB drive. It’s always better to

have the error right off the bat as opposed to when the installation is nearly

complete.

RAID Array Not Detected If Windows fails to detect a RAID array during

installation, this could be caused by Windows not having the proper driver

for the hard drive or RAID controller. If the hard drives show up properly in

the RAID controller setup utility, then it’s almost certainly a driver issue. Get

the driver disc from the manufacturer and run setup again. Press F6 when

prompted very early in the Windows installation process. Nothing happens

right away when you push F6, but later in the process you’ll be prompted to

install drivers.

No Boot Device Present When Booting Off the Windows Installation

Disc Either the installation media is bad or the system setup is not set to

look at that installation media first. Access the system setup utility as

discussed in Chapter 5, “Firmware.”

Graphical Mode Errors

Once the graphical part of the installation begins, errors can come from a

number of sources, such as hardware or driver problems. Failure to detect

hardware properly by any version of Windows Setup can be avoided by

simply researching compatibility beforehand. Or, if you decided to skip that

step, you might be lucky and only have a hardware detection error involving

a noncritical hardware device. You can troubleshoot this problem at your

leisure. In a sense, you are handing in your homework late, checking out

compatibility and finding a proper driver after Windows is installed.

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