Installing Windows 8 on an empty SSD: "No drivers are found?"

[deepkong12]

Hi guys. So, in short, I'm trying to downgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 8.1, and in doing so, I decided to wipe my SSD (because I was having trouble beforehand and becoming frustrated). With an empty SSD, a USB-C to USB-A cable, and an Android phone, I'm trying to use DriveDroid to host a Windows .iso file and install it using that.

This method allows my computer to boot and begin the installation process, however, it always stops short at this error message:

...and when I continue, a dialog box pops up saying this: "No device drivers were found. Make sure that the installation media contains the correct drivers, and then click OK."

I'm stumped trying to figure out what drivers it's asking for. I have no clue what I need to do next. Can anyone help?

 

[elbert]

You could try to unckeck the hide drive and rescan. If it shows the ssd then you will have to delete the partition to create one for windows 8 can work. This or try a bootable gpart img to delete the SSD partitions.

 

[deepkong12]

It's asking me for drivers, not drives. I tried to delete the partitions using gparted but nothing's changed, I'm still stuck at the same blank screen.

 

[deepkong12]

Ok SO, instead of using DriveDroid I scavenged around and found an actual flash drive. I used Rufus to create a bootable stick using a Windows 8 iso from Microsoft's website, and that's working fine.

So if anyone else is having the same problem, just get a flash drive.