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    Samsung 830 and win 8 problem :(

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Hearthofsin, Aug 12, 2013.

  1. Hearthofsin

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    Hey guys. I've been looking around because i've Got a problem.. I've just Got an 830 ssd and now i'm installing win 8 fresh on the harddrive.. Hoverer.. I can't because it says it needs some drivers? There isn't the required drivers on it and i haven't Got any drive for the magican cd (which wont help since the magican on the cd dosn't support win 8) so plz if somebody had This problem what did you do??? Thx
     
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    Drivers aren't required to install the OS onto an SSD.

    Can you be more specific as to where you're having the problem and the message?
     
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    The message says that Windows can't be installed on the partion because there is no device drivers.. It says This on 3 partions
     
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    You have a brand new SSD?

    New SSD's shouldn't have any partitions on them.

    Also is this a UEFI or Legacy BIOS machine?
     
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    Uefi i Think not sure Will check tommorow but no it's 830 :) one generation under 840. I had it in another laptop before Then i cleansed it and i see the needed drivers on the harddrive however Windows 8 disagree
     
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    Hearth:

    In order to help efficiently I've edited the entire post here with a list of what I need to know to help you:

    You have a FULL version Windows 8 copy?

    You have a Samsung 830 SSD and it is not the 830PM version?

    You took it from another machine you have that had what OS version on it? further, machine manufacturer name and how old is that system?

    What's the machine manufacturer name and age that the SSD is going into (is in now)?

    Are there any other drives in this system you're trying to reimage?

    If you cleaned it properly, it should have no partitions on it, how did you clean it?
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    The SSD doesn't need any drivers to function properly. Magician isn't a driver, it's added after the OS is installed. It's for optimizing the SSD.

    Did you receive any messages that contained the word/acronym "GPT" in it?

    ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

    If you can get us the answers then a lot of people around here could help get you up and running. Make sure also that there is no data that you want on that SSD. If there is then get it backed up to another drive first thing and verify your backup is good. All those partitions will need to be deleted and will be unrecoverable.
     
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