BIOS Issue Upgrading Trial to Full Version
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2022 4:13 am
I installed the trial version ISO to kick the tires on an old Gateway Pentium III and it appeared to work fine for my needs; the BIOS displays the correct size for my WD Blue 500GB SSD under Maintenance/Partition Work:
My problem is upgrading to the full version. I've used the Uninstall menu option to remove the trial version, but now when I boot from the full version ISO installer my only options are to Upgrade:
Yet it can't find a valid HD0 partition to install to, and I ultimately wind up back at the Upgrade menu. Running Maintenance/Partition Work shows a tiny HD0 partition under the BIOS:
(Hard to tell from the photo, but all the top options to play with the Drive Settings/MBR are disabled)
The Trial version seems to work fine after uninstall; I can re-install/re-activate and the BIOS shows the correct SSD size, and all the Drive Settings/MBR options are enabled. In a nutshell, it seems like the Full version is reading the BIOS differently than Trial version? (Both are v1.77 that I downloaded today.) Any suggestions?
My problem is upgrading to the full version. I've used the Uninstall menu option to remove the trial version, but now when I boot from the full version ISO installer my only options are to Upgrade:
Yet it can't find a valid HD0 partition to install to, and I ultimately wind up back at the Upgrade menu. Running Maintenance/Partition Work shows a tiny HD0 partition under the BIOS:
(Hard to tell from the photo, but all the top options to play with the Drive Settings/MBR are disabled)
The Trial version seems to work fine after uninstall; I can re-install/re-activate and the BIOS shows the correct SSD size, and all the Drive Settings/MBR options are enabled. In a nutshell, it seems like the Full version is reading the BIOS differently than Trial version? (Both are v1.77 that I downloaded today.) Any suggestions?