problem installing windows 10

[samstalker]

i installed windows 10 iso file and made a boottable usb but when i try to install the os i get message a media drive your computer need is missing ... how can i solve this problem?

 

[mcnumpty23]

why not just install windows 10 from within windows?

and what did you use to make your usb bootable?

 

[The_Prophecy]

Sounds like Windows 10 is not detecting any drives to install to, and you're trying to load a driver for it to find one, but even after loading it, no drives are still detected.

Post your system specs and we'll be able to help further.

 

[mcnumpty23]

Sounds like Windows 10 is not detecting any drives to install to, and you're trying to load a driver for it to find one, but even after loading it, no drives are still detected.

Post your system specs and we'll be able to help further.

a media driver your computer needs is missing

is normally a problem with the install media

 

[The_Prophecy]

This is the error the OP mentioned. This screen in the setup wizard is for loading drivers to detect hard drives or SSD's to install Windows to. If it was an issue with the install media itself, the OP would likely not even be getting to this point.

Edit: The other instance I have seen this issue come up (where there is nothing actually wrong with the drives installed in the machine) is when you try to boot the install media via a USB 3.0 port that is connected to a third party controller. That USB controller doesn't have access to the drives connected via the SATA ports, thus loading the appropriate drivers will not work regardless.

@ OP: That would be one other thing to check... that the USB stick that you're booting from to install Windows is not plugged into a USB 3.0 port.

 

[mcnumpty23]

its also an error message to do with the media

especially if used rufus to make the usb bootable--lots of people complaining about the latest version of rufus doing it

but yes check its in a usb 2.0 port not 3.0

believe it can also be caused by not having legacy usb turned on in the bios as well

 

[The_Prophecy]

I've never seen the media itself cause this specific issue, but I'll try setting up a couple with Rufus just in case. Got a couple systems here I can test on.

Edit: Good point. Not having Legacy USB enabled in the BIOS can definitely cause this as well.

 

[mcnumpty23]

I've never seen the media itself cause this specific issue, but I'll try setting up a couple with Rufus just in case. Got a couple systems here I can test on.

yes i have definitely seen the media cause it personally

and somewhere in my best answers are 2 or 3 where rufus was the culprit--though they may have updated it again in the last month or so if lots of people complained about it

if the op replies with some more info though it would help

 

[samstalker]

yeah i used rufus and it's usb 3 but it's not plugged into usb 3 port and i tried to install it with windows 7 update but i alwas get an error message at the end of the installation,and legacy mode is enabled,my system specs are;
cougar power x 80+ bronze 700w
core i3 2120 3.3 ghz
gtx 750 ti oc
gigabyte p61-usb3p motherboard
toshiba 2 tb hdd
8 gb ram
what software should i use to make the usb bootable?

 

[Akr706]

yeah i used rufus and it's usb 3 but it's not plugged into usb 3 port and i tried to install it with windows 7 update but i alwas get an error message at the end of the installation,and legacy mode is enabled,my system specs are;
cougar power x 80+ bronze 700w
core i3 2120 3.3 ghz
gtx 750 ti oc
gigabyte p61-usb3p motherboard
toshiba 2 tb hdd
8 gb ram
what software should i use to make the usb bootable?

Also check if AHCI mode is enabled in the bios.

 

[mcnumpty23]

yeah i used rufus and it's usb 3 but it's not plugged into usb 3 port and i tried to install it with windows 7 update but i alwas get an error message at the end of the installation,and legacy mode is enabled,my system specs are;
cougar power x 80+ bronze 700w
core i3 2120 3.3 ghz
gtx 750 ti oc
gigabyte p61-usb3p motherboard
toshiba 2 tb hdd
8 gb ram
what software should i use to make the usb bootable?

i always use yumi never failed me yet

http://www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-multiboot-usb-creator/

 

[samstalker]

yeah i used rufus and it's usb 3 but it's not plugged into usb 3 port and i tried to install it with windows 7 update but i alwas get an error message at the end of the installation,and legacy mode is enabled,my system specs are;
cougar power x 80+ bronze 700w
core i3 2120 3.3 ghz
gtx 750 ti oc
gigabyte p61-usb3p motherboard
toshiba 2 tb hdd
8 gb ram
what software should i use to make the usb bootable?

Also check if AHCI mode is enabled in the bios.

AHCI mode was ide i changed it to AHCI but this didn't help,so i'll try using yumi

 

[samstalker]

yeah i used rufus and it's usb 3 but it's not plugged into usb 3 port and i tried to install it with windows 7 update but i alwas get an error message at the end of the installation,and legacy mode is enabled,my system specs are;
cougar power x 80+ bronze 700w
core i3 2120 3.3 ghz
gtx 750 ti oc
gigabyte p61-usb3p motherboard
toshiba 2 tb hdd
8 gb ram
what software should i use to make the usb bootable?

i always use yumi never failed me yet

http://www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-multiboot-usb-creator/

i don't see in step 2 should i choose windows vista/7/8 cause the iso files didn't extract to the usb

 

[mcnumpty23]

yeah i used rufus and it's usb 3 but it's not plugged into usb 3 port and i tried to install it with windows 7 update but i alwas get an error message at the end of the installation,and legacy mode is enabled,my system specs are;
cougar power x 80+ bronze 700w
core i3 2120 3.3 ghz
gtx 750 ti oc
gigabyte p61-usb3p motherboard
toshiba 2 tb hdd
8 gb ram
what software should i use to make the usb bootable?

i always use yumi never failed me yet

http://www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-multiboot-usb-creator/

i don't see in step 2 should i choose windows vista/7/8 cause the iso files didn't extract to the usb

yes tell it vista/7/8 then in next step tell it where your iso is then it will extract it and make it bootable

 

[samstalker]

yeah i used rufus and it's usb 3 but it's not plugged into usb 3 port and i tried to install it with windows 7 update but i alwas get an error message at the end of the installation,and legacy mode is enabled,my system specs are;
cougar power x 80+ bronze 700w
core i3 2120 3.3 ghz
gtx 750 ti oc
gigabyte p61-usb3p motherboard
toshiba 2 tb hdd
8 gb ram
what software should i use to make the usb bootable?

i always use yumi never failed me yet

http://www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-multiboot-usb-creator/

i don't see in step 2 should i choose windows vista/7/8 cause the iso files didn't extract to the usb

yes tell it vista/7/8 then in next step tell it where your iso is then it will extract it and make it bootable

it's not extracting if i choose other option it copy the iso file without extracting

 

[mcnumpty23]

not sure what you can be doing wrong its straight forward

tell it to format usb--make sure you pick the correct drive letter

select distribution--7/8 can even pick try unlisted

browse to iso file

click create

 

[samstalker]

when i lunch it on the computer i get a message: SPWIZENG.DLL is either not designed to run on windows or it contains an error.and another one :the file 'autorun.dll' could not be loaded or corrupted error code is [0xC1]

 

[samstalker]

not sure what you can be doing wrong its straight forward

tell it to format usb--make sure you pick the correct drive letter

select distribution--7/8 can even pick try unlisted

browse to iso file

click create

i've done the same as you said but with windows 7/8 it doesn't extract i'll try the unlisted iso grub

 

[mcnumpty23]

could be a bad iso might have to re download it

could also try running sfc /scannow in a command prompt

 

[samstalker]

could be a bad iso might have to re download it

could also try running sfc /scannow in a command prompt

i installed the iso file about 4 times , some are the new version some were the old version and i always get this message

 

[mcnumpty23]

could be a bad iso might have to re download it

could also try running sfc /scannow in a command prompt

i installed the iso file about 4 times , some are the new version some were the old version and i always get this message

probably not the iso then if you tried different ones

try running sfc /scannow tells you how here

http://pcsupport.about.com/od/toolsofthetrade/ht/sfc-scannow.htm

 

[samstalker]

am i the only one having this problem ? it looks like there is something wrong in my system

 

[mcnumpty23]

thats why i suggested sfc /scannow in case you have corrupted windows files

though i havent tried 10 from an iso i just ran the in place upgrade on all the preview builds

 

[samstalker]

it's doing the same with virtualbox

 

[mcnumpty23]

havent tried it in a virtual machine

give me ten minutes or so and will get the iso and try it in virtualbox to see for you