Thread: cant install win 8 in HP envy 4-1046TX ..,

Yes, Don was right, the problem was the Intel RST. Disabled it and I've been able to install windows 8. Now I've reinstalled the Intel RST again and enabled it. For the complete installation of windows 8 just follow the HP guide:
Upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 8 HP ENVY 17t-3200 CTO Notebook PC | HP® Support

Thanks again Don

Glad to hear the installation was successful and that I was able to help.

Good luck and have fun w/Windows 8


Don

Didn't help me, unfortunately. I do have the latest bios flashed. But the reference to the IRST escapes me. Surely, if you enable (or disable) in Windows 7, before trying to install, when you reboot, or, when the installation reboots, it will loose any configuration anyway?

So you found the Acceleration button on the Intel Storage manager and turned it off? Then you gave it time for the system to unwind?

I don't have that setup, but it would seem, once the Rapid Start has been tuned off, it would not restart until you restart it in Windows 8..

I always confuse the Intel Rapid Storage Technology with the Intel Rapid Start Technology ...

Can you access that mSATA drive to see what is on it?

If you can't get it to work, the original poster stated he got a driver from HP. Maybe it was the RAID driver, or another RAPID Start driver he loaded during the install....

If none of this works, there should be a log that will possibly list what went wrong just before it starts the Rollback.

Windows Setup Log Files and Event Logs

hey guys I have found d solution weeks before sorry I didn't cm online ... so sheer is the solution .. the Rst setup is having some drivers just load dem while installing when u can't find d hard drive sections..... enjoy ... just download .. rapid start technology (RST)