Windows 8 (and 7) UEFI Install
I got my new laptop. A Dell Precision M6700 with 256 GB SSD and two 750 GB spindle drives in raid 0 However, it shipped without the SSD, and of course that is the drive that I want to install windows on. If you try to install Windows 7/8 on this machine using UEFI from a USB drive you will get an error: “Windows is unable to install to the selected location. Error: 0x80300024.” USB installer tool doesn't work with it, so something needs to be done. What you need: 4 GB (minimum) USB Drive Windows 8 installation ISO Virtual Clone Drive (ISO mounter) or another way of retrieving files from an ISO image Let's pretend that my ISO is mounted under drive letter F: and my USB is X: Open a command prompt as administrator Format the USB drive using FAT32 format X: /Q /FS:FAT32 Make the USB drive bootable bootsect /nt60 X: Copy all the files from the ISO to the USB drive (this will take awhile) xcopy F:\* I:\* /E At this point, you should be able to boot ...