Eurocom X8 - Manual (Page 294)

Troubleshooting
8 - 24 Problems and Possible Solutions
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6. Start-up your notebook computer and press to enter the BIOS.
7. Go to the Boot menu, select UEFI Setting and press (see page
5 - 17
).
8. Set UEFI Boot to “Enabled”.
9. Press to exit the menu and go to the Advanced menu.
10. Select SATA Mode (see page
5 - 10
), press and select “AHCI Mode” or “RAID Mode”.
11. You will then receive the warning message (see
Figure 8 - 2 on page 8 - 16
) that changing the SATA mode will
result in needing to reinstall the operating system; press OK to confirm the change.
12. Press and to “Save Changes and Reset”, however make sure that the Windows 8.1 OS DVD is in
the DVD drive, as the computer starts up it will automatically boot from the Windows 8 OS DVD (you will be
prompted to press a key to boot from the DVD).
13. Press as the computer starts up to bring up the boot device menu.
14. Select the DVD drive containing the Windows 8.1 OS DVD and press .
15. Press a key at system startup to begin installing Windows from your Microsoft Windows 8.1 disc.
16. Click Next > Install Now to continue installing the operating system.
17. When the Windows system prompts you for “Which type of installation do you want?” press the Shift + F10
keys.
18. When the command prompt pops up type “diskpart” and press
19. Type “list disk” and press (a list of installed hard disk drives will appear with a number listed after them).
Figure 8 - 9 - Diskpart