Windows install fails at 0%

[RGBLEDCPU]

I am trying to install Windows 10 on a Crosshair VI Hero and a Samsung 960 Pro.

 

I used to have Windows and Linux installed before. I wiped all drives, and I tried to reinstall Windows without any success.

Before the reinstall, I ran realbench stress test for hours, as well as memtest without any problems.

 

I have other drives in the system, I disabled the SATA controller in the UEFI, but I get the same error.

 

Things I have tried:

• CMOS clear
• reflashing the UEFI (both latest stable and beta)
• turning on/off CSM
• turning on/off secureboot
• different usb drive
• anniversary version instead of the creators one
• Ubuntu installs just fine

This is the log when all drives are enabled:
https://paste.ubuntu.com/25038025

 

This is the log when I disable SATA, so Windows only sees the NVMe SSD:
https://paste.ubuntu.com/25038076

 

Based on the logs it seems that Windows makes the ESP too small. I tried to partition manually, and it seems that the check passes, but right after that the installer crashes:

https://paste.ubuntu.com/25039323

 

I tried to install Windows to the other drives, but I get similar failures.

[RadiatingLight]

maybe the install media is bad.

try remaking the install media

[NTDaws]

Install Media is bad. Recommend downloading the official one from the Microsoft website as a trial then activating it with your own key or buying a new one.

[GoodBytes]

Possibilities:

 - As everyone said: Install media is bad (bad disk/usb flash drive, or corrupted data). Re-download it.

 - Windows doesn't have your SATA/SSD controller drivers. At the drive/partition selection screen, click on "Load Drivers", and insert your SSD drivers disk or USB flash drive, and pick the drivers. Keep in mind that Windows is not installed at this stage, so you can't open .exe's, nor .zip files, you need to have the driver files extracted, and pick the *.inf file

 

[RGBLEDCPU]

I downloaded the creators version twice, and the checksums matches for both downloads. I remade the install media multiple times to two different usb sticks, same results.

 

Windows sees all drives in the partitioning menu.

[GoodBytes]

1 minute ago, RGBLEDCPU said:

Windows sees all drives in the partitioning menu.

Doesn't mean it sees the drive/partition, that everything is fine.  Install the drivers.

Also, I am assuming that the computer is not yet overclocked, is this correct?

How much time are your waiting when it gets stuck at 0%?

 

To make sure your UEFI is setup correctly:

• SecureBoot enabled
• CSM disabled
• XMP profile enabled and Profile 1 picked
• No OC of any kind applied to the system
• Any legacy feature disabled.

[RGBLEDCPU]

36 minutes ago, GoodBytes said:

Doesn't mean it sees the drive/partition, that everything is fine.  Install the drivers.

Also, I am assuming that the computer is not yet overclocked, is this correct?

How much time are your waiting when it gets stuck at 0%?

 

To make sure your UEFI is setup correctly:

• SecureBoot enabled
• CSM disabled
• XMP profile enabled and Profile 1 picked
• No OC of any kind applied to the system
• Any legacy feature disabled.

How can I install the drivers? I don't have an optical drive, and at the moment I only have Ubuntu on my laptop. I have all the drivers downloaded. Although it is weird, because the first time I was able to install Windows without any problems.

 

No, I have no overclock. I tried the memory with the default profile (JEDEC standard) and DOCP standard profile (that should be XMP). No difference.

 

I tried this one configuration, and it did not work either.

[GoodBytes]

Put the extracted drivers in your USB flash drive somewhere inside. (root or a folder "drivers".. anywhere you won't forget). Yes it can be on the same flash drive where you have Windows setup in. Again you need to download the .zip version of the drivers, or motherboard drivers, and not .exe version, and you extract the zip file. That said, some give you a exe version of a zip file, where you extract the files, and then you can copy the folder to your USB flash drive.

[RGBLEDCPU]

In the end it was my fault. I write this down in case someone finds this thread.

 

I used a laptop with Ubuntu to make the installer, and I formatted the drive to fat32 with gparted, and unzipped the iso, back to gparted and set it as bootable; as I read in a tutorial. The problem was (I think) that one of the files is bigger than 4 GB.

 

My solution was that I installed Windows 7 in VirtualBox, I passed through the USB drive and let the media creator tool to create the installer.