Hello, I have a laptop Asus X555LN (750GB, CORE i5 version).
What happened before: Everything was ok with this notebook, untill I upgraded for Windows 10, which caused me to loose sound. Reinstalling drivers didnt help, just like following every single guide to solve this problem from Google´s first 3 pages.
I tried to reinstall it back to Windows 8, but the sound problem persisted, even after another driver reinstall and following all those guides on no sound on win 10.
I then tried to install win 7 on the pc, because I have read somewhere that the sound problem exists only on win 8/10. Shortly after finishing installing Win 7, when on the desktop, the system crashed into BSOD. And btw, the sound icon was same like in win8/10.
Since i really need the notebook for work, and I need it fast, for some time im able to give up the sound, just to have a working pc. But at the moment, Im third day into trying to install Windows on this machine and its just not working.
For many times, i was trying to install the Windows from a USB stick. For the Windows 7 it worked for once before it then crashed. Currently im trying to install Windows from a DVD.
(btw. Following around 50 guides on the internet, I have wiped my disk clean, meaning there is not the recovery part that was there when bought - but that shouldnt be a problem, right?)
To the point of the question: basically everything is ok untill i get to the part when you choose a disk to install Windows. It gives me line: "Windows cannot be installed to this disk. This computer's hardware may not support booting to disk. Ensure that the disk controller is enabled in the BIOS menu."
I have searched plenty of guides on how to fix it.
what doesnt work: setting disks to ASCI in BIOS (UEFI), its the only option there...
using DVD instead of an USB: curiously, it worked only once today, for the first try, but in around 70% of the install it got cancelled with an error like "we coudnt load files" or something
using the diskpart command to clean the disk manually or to create a disk partition to select as active
Im therefor asking you for help, since im desperate. I consider myself a newbie to stuff like this, however I like to learn solutions. Problem is, everything I found online so far didnt work, so Im asking now myself...
ps. Could this be because of some lack of drivers? If yes, which one?
Is there a way how I could find if the disk is damaged beyond software repair?
Because i wiped the disk clean, is it possible that ASUS firmware(drivers) needs to be present in order to securely install Windows?
