Windows 10 Reinstall Failure
dplarose 2021-03-06 09:38:38 2209 Views2 Replies Hello,
I have a Latte Panda Alpha 864 without a Windows license. I was tinkering around with installing operating systems and managed to wipe the default install of Windows 10 from the emmc drive. I attempted to reinstall without following the posted Windows reinstall directions, and deleted all of the emmc partitions.
I am now following the "Reinstall Windows Home Instructions". When I try and pick the right Windows 10 image my Latte Alpha doesn't have the same hardware id sticker that some other versions do. I am assuming that I should pick the "x64 version for all CR200 z8350 (2GB+32GB and 4GB+64GB)."???
I format my external Scandisk USB drive on a Mac as a Fat 32 disk and name it "WINPE" as the instructions ask. I transfer all the downloaded files from the image to the USB Drive. Then put it into the Latte Alpha, and turn on the computer. I press F7 to load the boot menu. I then select the USB Drive to boot. The installer loads to blue screen with a command prompt that runs a script.
The first error I received was that the installer couldn't find the hard drive letter. I fixed this in a command prompt with "diskpart" by reformatting the emmc drive. Drive C is in NTFS and drive D labeled as EFI, assigning it a letter, then setting it as active.
Now the error I receive is that the installer cannot find the "WinPESource." Just in case capitalization matters to the script, I tried renaming the USB drive as "WinPE" "winpe" and nothing works.
I've looked at a lot of forum posts and have tried much of the suggestions but can't get anything to work.
I hope it's a simple fix that I've just overlooked.
Any help would be appreciated.
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I have a Latte Panda Alpha 864 without a Windows license. I was tinkering around with installing operating systems and managed to wipe the default install of Windows 10 from the emmc drive. I attempted to reinstall without following the posted Windows reinstall directions, and deleted all of the emmc partitions.
I am now following the "Reinstall Windows Home Instructions". When I try and pick the right Windows 10 image my Latte Alpha doesn't have the same hardware id sticker that some other versions do. I am assuming that I should pick the "x64 version for all CR200 z8350 (2GB+32GB and 4GB+64GB)."???
I format my external Scandisk USB drive on a Mac as a Fat 32 disk and name it "WINPE" as the instructions ask. I transfer all the downloaded files from the image to the USB Drive. Then put it into the Latte Alpha, and turn on the computer. I press F7 to load the boot menu. I then select the USB Drive to boot. The installer loads to blue screen with a command prompt that runs a script.
The first error I received was that the installer couldn't find the hard drive letter. I fixed this in a command prompt with "diskpart" by reformatting the emmc drive. Drive C is in NTFS and drive D labeled as EFI, assigning it a letter, then setting it as active.
Now the error I receive is that the installer cannot find the "WinPESource." Just in case capitalization matters to the script, I tried renaming the USB drive as "WinPE" "winpe" and nothing works.
I've looked at a lot of forum posts and have tried much of the suggestions but can't get anything to work.
I hope it's a simple fix that I've just overlooked.
Any help would be appreciated.
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