EUROCOM X7 User Manual page 288

Troubleshooting
6. Start-up your notebook computer and press <F2> to enter the BIOS.
7. Go to the Boot menu, select UEFI Setting and press <Enter> (see page
8. Set UEFI Boot to "Enabled".
9. Press <Esc> to exit the menu and go to the Advanced menu.
10. Select SATA Mode (see page
11. You will then receive the warning message (see
result in needing to reinstall the operating system; press OK to confirm the change.
12. Press <F4> and <Yes> to "Save Changes and Reset", however make sure that the Windows 8.1 OS DVD is in
the DVD drive, as the computer starts up it will automatically boot from the Windows 8 OS DVD (you will be
prompted to press a key to boot from the DVD).
13. Press <F7> as the computer starts up to bring up the boot device menu.
14. Select the DVD drive containing the Windows 8.1 OS DVD and press <Enter>.
15. Press a key at system startup to begin installing Windows from your Microsoft Windows 8.1 disc.
16. Click Next > Install Now to continue installing the operating system.
17. When the Windows system prompts you for "Which type of installation do you want?" press the Shift + F10
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keys.
18. When the command prompt pops up type "diskpart" and press <Enter.>
19. Type "list disk" and press <Enter> (a list of installed hard disk drives will appear with a number listed after them).
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5 - 10), press <Enter> and select "AHCI Mode" or "RAID Mode".
Figure 8 - 2 on page 8 -
Figure 8 - 9 - Diskpart
5 - 17).
16) that changing the SATA mode will