You have to disable acceleration in the Intel Smart Response Technology application from Windows 7 and then start the Windows 8 clean installation. The hard drive would be detected during the installation after disabling acceleration. Please follow the steps provided below to configure the acceleration in Windows 7:
Please install Windows 8 after disabling the acceleration and let me know if you need further assistance.
Make sure not to remove windows 7 and do not format the drive before starting the windows 8 installation. If you have made a disk for win 8, boot to the disk and follow the directions to do a clean install. The windows 8 installation is an upgrade--disk or download-- and will not install if windows 7 is not on the drive when you begin installing win 8.You can still do a clean install by selecting Keep nothing on the installation page.
sorry i have forgot : the disk is formated... and i have a cd from windows 8 to install clean... but i dont find the driver to load in the installation menu ....
now i can set the SATA mode in BIOS to non raid... ( like ahac or some one like named) and i see the drive but its not so quick because the mSATA is not cached...
at this time i start the installation and it is fine ... because the drive is not showing .... the option is to install driver -> but which is the correct one....
Thank you for your reply and for providing an update on the status. I am glad to know that the issue has been resolved. Please let me know if you need further assistance.
Clean installation refers to installing Windows by booting from the Windows DVD/USB. If you do not have any important data on your drives, you may delete the drives and install Windows.
Note : This leads to complete data loss, ensure that you have backed up the data before proceeding further.
Hope this helps. Please reply if you have any further questions.
reDal
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December 12th, 2012 23:00
When you will clean install on DELL XPS One 27 you MUST have the INTEL RAPIDSTORAGE driver unpacked on memoryStick.
Use Windows 8 Disk and start with F12 Commandbutton the installation (Boot menu)!
Following the installation and use manuallinstallation option!
Now you see a clear list of Harddrives -> thats Fail but i have the solution!!!!
You can see on left side the Button "Load Driver" ! Push it!!!!
Now you can Load your memoryStick with the unpacked intel rapidstorage driver (x64)!
The installation routine find now a driver for the XPS -> Install it
After install the driver -> all Harddrives are showing in the list.
Best Regards
DELL-Rajath N
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December 10th, 2012 12:00
Hi reDal,
You have to disable acceleration in the Intel Smart Response Technology application from Windows 7 and then start the Windows 8 clean installation. The hard drive would be detected during the installation after disabling acceleration. Please follow the steps provided below to configure the acceleration in Windows 7:
Please install Windows 8 after disabling the acceleration and let me know if you need further assistance.
Mary G
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December 10th, 2012 15:00
Make sure not to remove windows 7 and do not format the drive before starting the windows 8 installation. If you have made a disk for win 8, boot to the disk and follow the directions to do a clean install. The windows 8 installation is an upgrade--disk or download-- and will not install if windows 7 is not on the drive when you begin installing win 8.You can still do a clean install by selecting Keep nothing on the installation page.
reDal
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December 11th, 2012 13:00
hey....
sorry i have forgot : the disk is formated... and i have a cd from windows 8 to install clean... but i dont find the driver to load in the installation menu ....
now i can set the SATA mode in BIOS to non raid... ( like ahac or some one like named) and i see the drive but its not so quick because the mSATA is not cached...
at this time i start the installation and it is fine ... because the drive is not showing .... the option is to install driver -> but which is the correct one....
best regards
DELL-Rajath N
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December 13th, 2012 13:00
Hi reDal ,
Thank you for your reply and for providing an update on the status. I am glad to know that the issue has been resolved. Please let me know if you need further assistance.
juliensch
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April 17th, 2013 01:00
hi, i'm in the same situation where all drive are listed... should I delete all of them in the list to have a clean, clean install?
thanks for your help
DELL-Sundeep B
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April 17th, 2013 05:00
Hi juliensch,
How are you installing Windows on your computer?
Clean installation refers to installing Windows by booting from the Windows DVD/USB. If you do not have any important data on your drives, you may delete the drives and install Windows.
Note : This leads to complete data loss, ensure that you have backed up the data before proceeding further.
Hope this helps. Please reply if you have any further questions.