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    x220 mSata SSD OCZ Nocti Win7 Install fails

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by replax, Oct 29, 2011.

  1. replax

    replax Newbie

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    Hello guys,

    today, I installed a new OCZ Nocti 60GB SSD into my x220's msata slot. parallel, i got a hitachi 320gb 7200rpm stock lenovo drive running.
    the ssd is being perfectly recognised by the bios. i use verison 1.22.

    now, I want to install win7 on my ssd, which was previously installed on my hdd.
    I put my win7 copy on a usb thumb drive, boot it up, select install windows.
    However, upon reaching the "Select the driver to be installed." screen, I get an error thrown at me:

    "A required CD/DVD drive decive driver is missing. If you have a driver floppy disk, CD, DVD, or USB flash drive, please insert it now."

    I do not have any driver concerning my hd/ssd and the ocz website states that a) none is needed and b) that none is provided.
    I tried to install without having the hd attached aswell, same error.

    Do any of you guys have any ideas on how to possibly solve the problem?

    Cheers!
     
    replax, Oct 29, 2011
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  2. PatchySan

    PatchySan Om Noms Kit Kat

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    The solution to the problem is actually quite simple...
     
    PatchySan, Oct 29, 2011
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  3. bogatyr

    bogatyr Notebook Evangelist

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    Plug the thumb drive into a USB2 port. USB3 ports cannot be used to install Windows as the installer doesn't have a driver for them.

    EDIT:
    USB2 - yellow or black
    USB3 - blue
     
    bogatyr, Oct 29, 2011
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