
Originally Posted by
truud2
Hi,
I reburned the .iso to a new dvd, but that changed nothing. The installer program still starts and runs smoothly off the dvd just like before, and when I click on "Install" the same strange error message about missing dvd device driver reappears and Win 8 setup stops. I.E. the dvd works faultlessly as long as I don't try to install Windows 8. There are no problems running the other options like "Repair". except thatthere is no Win 8 to repair yet, of course. The conclusion is, it seems to be nothing at all wrong with neither the dvd player nor the burned image on the disk, nor the machine's ability to execute the image on the dvd. So I must conclude that it must be the Windows 8 installer that simply is unable to run on my machine. So I'll just forget about Win 8 and stick to Vista. Anyway thanks for your suggestions, roraniel.
PS
Searching for "windows 8 setup stops because of missing dvd device driver" with Bing gave an avalanche of hits for both Win 7 and Win 8, so the preoblem seems to be "universal." There must be a common bug in the Win 7 and 8 installers in other words. Or could it be the same perverted problem as with XP, that the installer won't work if another Windows version (Vista) is found on the harddisk?
DS