Slow Windows 8 Pro 64-bit Install on okay hardware?

[sep]

I'm finally getting around to installing my Win8 Pro 64-bit on an older pc. It's an Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Conroe 2.66GHz with 4GB of DDR2-800 RAM and a 320GB SATA Drive. System is solid as it was my Media Server for a long time. I've tried installing from a USB Drive and now I'm on DVD. The DVD is a tad faster, but it's taken me about 8 hours now to get to the 15% installing files needed. I searched the net for the slow Windows 8 installs and found I'm not the only one.

I installed the win8 preview on my main rig (i5/16gb Ram/ssd) and it took less then an hour...maybe even less then 30mins).

Can anyone confirm the install is a beast for this hardware or is something configured wrong for Win8 Installation?

 

[Bubbaleone]

What mobo are you talking about? It's possible that the Windows 8 install media doesn't contain the correct storage drivers for that mobo, meaning you would need to load the drivers from a USB flash drive at the beginning of the installation.

 

[escrow4]

Something is broken on that system. HDD installs take less than 20min for me and 8, SSD 10min or less.

 

[sep]

What mobo are you talking about? It's possible that the Windows 8 install media doesn't contain the correct storage drivers for that mobo, meaning you would need to load the drivers from a USB flash drive at the beginning of the installation.

Ugh, didn't think about that. P5N32-SLI-SE-Deluxe

 

[Bubbaleone]

Ugh, didn't think about that. P5N32-SLI-SE-Deluxe

That mobo supports 2K/XP/2003/Vista. Go to the Asus download page for the P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe, select Vista 64bit for the operating system then scroll down to SATA and download "Silicon Image SATA Driver v1.0.12.0 for Windows Vista 64bit".

Extract the drivers to a USB flash drive that's been formatted in FAT32, then reboot with the Windows 8 media in the optical drive. At the Add Drivers screen, point the Windows 8 installer to the USB flash drive and it will load the drivers if they're compatible. Hopefully, you should now be able to continue a normal installation in a normal (20-30 minute) time frame for a HDD.

If the Windows 8 installer finds the Vista 64bit storage drivers incompatible, you'll need to do a web search and see if Silicon Image has a driver for that storage controller that is Windows 8 compatible. Use the same USB method for loading that driver at the beginning of the installation

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[Ketchup]

Do you have a copy of Vista? You may be better of doing an upgrade to 8. This page may have some helpful information.


http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...-sil3132/1727e3c7-891f-435d-8fdf-f209c94c94b4