Eurocom X8 User Manual
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Troubleshooting
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6. Start-up your notebook computer and press <F2> to enter the BIOS.
7. Go to the Boot menu, select UEFI Setting and press <Enter> (see page
8. Set UEFI Boot to “Enabled”.
9. Press <Esc> to exit the menu and go to the Advanced menu.
10. Select SATA Mode (see page
), press <Enter> and select “AHCI Mode” or “RAID Mode”.
11. You will then receive the warning message (see
) that changing the SATA mode will
result in needing to reinstall the operating system; press OK to confirm the change.
12. Press <F4> and <Yes> 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 <F7> 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 <Enter>.
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 <Enter.>
19. Type “list disk” and press <Enter> (a list of installed hard disk drives will appear with a number listed after them).
Figure 8 - 9 - Diskpart