After downloading windows 8 install ISO with Windows 8 media creation tool I booted the ISO from my USB to install windows but when I clicked "install" an error said "A media driver on your computer is missing" How do i fix this?
I had the very same behaviour when trying to install Windows 10 through from a USB flash formatted with Microsoft's MediaCreationTool. The solution has been to install Windows 10 from a DVD rather than from the USB: using a DVD burnt with Microsoft's iso file, the software did not complain.
I have faced the same problem while installing windows 10 using USB and i too downloaded ISO using creation tool only... later again i changed the option like flash drive and downloaded then it worked for me ... may be you can try in this way.
CREDIT TO IllusionX
ORIGINAL SOLUTION HERE
If you are using a USB stick to install, When you get to that error, close everything till you get back to the install windows button. At that point unplug your USB stick and place it into another port and install as usual.
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I have a HP Pavilion dv6 which ran the x32 version of Windows 10, and so I wanted to install x64 OS. Also just a small side-note, the computer was set-up with Windows Insider. Anyway, I also have a Mac, which I created a USB boot drive with x64 Win10 (I originally used the Windows Media Creation software on my dv6), but whenever I tried to open the setup.exe file my dv6 would just say that the software is not compatible. That lead me to think that maybe Windows Insider was having an impact on the OS being slightly newer and not exactly compatible with the setup file... so I stopped Windows Insider updates and rollbacked to the latest Windows. But nope, the file still complained that it wasn't compatible. Skip past 2 days worth of me trying to create a boot drive and booting up my HP, whenever trying to boot up my dv6 with the image loaded on manually or by using Unetbootin, my dv6 would only complain that it's a Non-system disk or the USB drive doesn't contain an operating system.
Simply, I would just like to update my dv6 which now (sorry, I forgot to mention this earlier) after rollbacking now gets stuck in a loop of the green screen of death or blue screen of death and then "Recovering your computer" or something like that, from x32 to x64 os (and yes, I checked that it was capable of running x64 software).
Thanks,
Avoxel284
p.s. this is my first question, so sorry if I sound like some kind of noob or something...
p.s.s. i backed up my files, so all I need is to at least get it to some sort of OS.
I have an macbook air 2012, I recently installed Windows 10 in it using bootcamp.
I also downloaded the bootcamp drivers, and a folder named "BootCamp" and "$WinPEDriver$" were created in my Windows10 bootable usb. I was able to use it to install Windows10 and use it.
Then due to space issues I deleted the Windows partition, thinking I can always reinstall it, if needed.
Now I wish to reinstall it, but when I took a backup of the bootcamp drivers, I only backed up the "BootCamp" folder, I forgot to backup the "$WinPEDriver$" folder. Without "$WinPEDriver$" folder, Windows10 get installed without the drivers. When I try to manually start the setup.exe in BootCamp folder, it quits saying "$WinPEDriver$" folder is missing. So I created a empty folder named "$WinPEDriver$". With this the driver installation does proceed, but everything except the Broadcom_Bluetooth_Driver are getting installed. I tried to install the Bluetooth driver alone manually, that also didn't help.
So my question is,
Is there a way were I can download the "$WinPEDriver$" folder alone from Apple site. I live in a place where bandwidth is very low, so downloading another 2 GB of drivers will take 3 more days, and may also get interrupted frequently.
Or can I create the "$WinPEDriver$" folder manually, just as BootCamp Assitant creates it.
Or Is there a way to download the bluetooth drivers alone from apple site.
My bluetooth chipset information is Broadcom USB 20702A3.
Thanks.
Just create a blank folder called '$WinPEDriver$'and it'll work, I know you've probably sorted it by now but i thought i'd leave this here in case anyone else runs into the same problem.
I was able to download Apple bluetooth for windows drivers from a Parallels KB article on titled Unable to use Apple Bluetooth USB Host Controller in Virtual Machine
As for the "$WinPEDriver$" it is included in the newest version of Boot Camp Support Software 5.1.5769 although it is still large at 542.3 MB it is not the 2 GB you feared it would be.
The download includes both the BootCamp and $WinPEDriver$ folders.
Good luck!
Incase anybody needs this when you open up Bootcamp Assistant below the 'Action' tab there is a download button to install 'Windows Support Software'. You can download from there and plug in to the Windows by using flash drive or hard disk and make the setup.
I got an error whilst installing Windows 10 from .iso file as virtual machine via Parallels 9 on OSX 10.10 which read something like: Media driver missing. It leaves you in a loop which requires you to add the drivers. But you cannot install any cause there are no suggestions.
Now the main issue seemed that the iso wasn't on a bootable device which is what most sources say you need to do. Obviously that seemed like an unneeded step and i got the installation going. Mostly because you were already inside the installation that had been booted in the first place.
Software i use:
OSX 10.10 (latest)
Parallels 9 (latest updates, i know Parallels 10 is out)
Windows 10 iso from http://preview.windows.com
VM setup with iso from external HD (NTFS) and locally stored.
So what to do?
(see my answer below)
What you can do is shut down your virtual machine (close out the installation first to make sure). Go to the settings of the parallels by clicking:
-> Menubar: Virtual Machine
-> Configure
-> Hardware tab
-> CD/DVD 1 (where your image is inserted)
-> Location dropdown
-> Select IDE 0:1 (instead of SATA 0:1)
-> Restart VM
Done!
Installation will continue normally and you can start trying Windows 10 from Parallels 9 on your Mac.
I'm not sure if this works for Parallels 10 (i think so) and i'm also not sure if this will work for other (older) Windows installations. But to remove the steps required for making a bootable disk is good enough for me.
You can tell to parallels to install it as windows xp and it will work fine.
This issue occurs, also, when you have a MacBook Pro (10,2 or similar) without a DVD drive, while installing Windows 10 via USB.
So, during the Parallels 10 or 11 Guest setup, choose to configure using an ISO instead.
i recently started using genymotion i am newbie as they say, i figured out how to launch apps but the problem is the apps the i installed successfully are chat or programs apps only no games apps want to be installed on the virtual device i always get this message failure install failed cpu api incompatible, i am using 2 pcs
both windows 7 x64 both got the same issue i will upload pics of the cmd commands i used
http://imgur.com/yCjuWqm
http://imgur.com/qg3dump
all i did i just installed these virtual devices
Galaxy S4-4.3 - API18 - 1080x1920
WXGA 10.1 Tablet - 4.3 - API 18 - 1280x800
so if u have any Questions or effective suggestions please help me :)
Best Regards,
Alex
To solve INSTALL_FAILED_CPU_ABI_INCOMPATIBLE on Genymotion, download following Zip files:
Arm Translation Installer
GApps
from this site http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2528952
First drag&drop Arm Translation Installer zip file to virtual android machine
Press OK for the warning
Reboot virtual android machine
Drag&drop GApps to virtual android machine
(May took around 15 seconds to copy the files as GApps is around 350MB)
Reboot your virtual android machine.
Here you go, install your APK now!
Gapps for Lolipop download link:
http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/gapps/5.0/gapps-lp-20141109-signed.zip
Genymotion is supporting x86 only.
The error means that your apks does not support x86 architecture (probably only ARM).
You may be able to install it manually : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2528952
So I got the Adobe Creative Suite 6 (Design & Web Premium) for MAC but didn't have a optical drive on the MacBook.
What I have is a Windows PC with DVD and an older Macbook with DVD which are connected via LAN
I've tried to simple copy and paste the directory to install the software and also tried it with an image without success.
Any help is much appreciated!
You can buy a SuperDrive for your Mac and do it that way. Alternatively, you can download an ISO of the CS CD (legal because you already own a copy) and mount it from OS X and install that way. I like the latter option because it's more technology and cos efficient, however, whatever floats your boat works.