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    Got new SSD for my VAIO F, can't install windows, help.

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Kensa, Apr 27, 2012.

  1. Kensa

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    Hello.

    Today i recieved a brand new VAIO F24.
    I also have bought a INTEL SSD 520 series,240 gig. to replace the default drive in the laptop.
    However i have run into a little problem installing windows 7.
    I install windows from a usb stick(which i know has worked fine many times before), and it boots the installation fine, but it can't see the drive, and ask for a driver.

    The BIOS can see a 240 gig. disk.

    The error message i get sounds like this:

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

    Note. If the windows installation media is in the drive, you can safely remove it for this step."

    I dont undestand what driver it want? Can you help?
     
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    I found out. I had the usb stick in a usb 3.0 port at first. Now i switched to the one usb 2.0 , and it worked fine.
     
    Kensa, Apr 27, 2012
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