Install Windows 8 on Dell Inspiron 17R SE 7720

Here are some tips for your to install windows 8 on Dell Inspiron 17R SE 7720

• Insert the Windows 8 DVD into your Dell Inspiron 17R SE 7720 DVD Drive and restart your computer. At the Dell logo screeen, tap the F12 key repeatedly until the Please Select Boot Device: menu appears. Select CD/DVD/CD-RW Device and press Enter. The Windows 8 Setup appears.
• Select Language to install, Time and currency format, and Keyboard or input method and select Next.
• Select Install Now. The Product Key screen appears.
• Locate your Product Key and type it into the box provided, then click Next to continue. Note: The Product Key is a 25 character sequence, separated by dashes.
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• Accept the license terms described in the License Terms screen. Click the checkbox at the bottom of the screen to accept and click Accept to continue.
• At the Which Type of Installation do you Want screen, select Custom: Install Windows only (advanced).
• At Where do you want to Install Windows? screen, select Drive options (advanced). Remember that the next step will delete all existing information on your computer so be sure to back up what you want to keep. For a clean installation, delete all partitions that are shown by highlighting them one at a time and selecting Delete. After you have deleted all partitions selectUnallocated Space and then select New. Click Apply to create your new Windows 8 partitions, then click Next.
• Windows will now be freshly installed on your computer.
• Your computer will restart several times. This may take some time to complete installation.
• Windows 8 will boot up for the first time. Proceed to Windows 8 Post-Install Setup.

The Inspiron 7720/17R (SE) is shipped with mSATA drives with capacity of 32 GB. If you are referring to this hard drive as the one not visible in the list, that is as per the design. The mSATA hard drives are mainly used for caching purposes and to enhance the system performance. In order to re-install the Windows with an mSATA drive present in the system you will have to disable the Accelerate form iRST application.
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• Launch Intel RST User Interface from system tray.
• Select “Accelerate” Tab, click “Disable acceleration”.
• Click “Reset to available” to reset volume.

If you have formatted the OS partition already, you will have to install the Windows in AHCI mode. And follow the steps mentioned below.

• Boot into OS in AHCI mode
• Once the Windows Desktop Appears
• Click Start, type Regedit
• Right click Regedit and run as administrator

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\iaStorV Change REG DWORD Values of Start from (3) to (0)

• Close Regedit
• Restart
• F2 – Go into bios
• Change sata mode from AHCI to Intel smart Response Technology
• Save and exit
• After system reboots, download and install the iRST application and Enable the acceleration.

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Informations from: http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/software-os/f/4677/t/19473083.aspx http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/kcs/document?docid=575110