need to reinstall but cant get to the install prompt?

[maussimo010]

SO i had 8.0.3 up and running no issues until i started to install plugins. I could NOT start the plugins service despite reading through forums, until i read a post about sometimes the service wont start if 8 is running from a USB drive. I am NOW trying to re-install 8, but when i put my USB drive in, I can't seem to get to the part where it asks if i want to install/upgrade, where i choose the disks i want to use. etc. It will take me to the 1-11 options page, or if I hit F1, F2, etc it will take me to the other options page (although I cant recall what it says on said page), but none of the options there are anything I can use.

How do i re-install to where I can choose one of my SATA drive to install 8 on?

thanks in advance! much appreciated!

 

[pirateghost]

Your USB is the installed OS. Install the new version just like you did the old one and restore your backed up config

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus

 

[maussimo010]

Your USB is the installed OS. Install the new version just like you did the old one and restore your backed up config

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus

i thought that it wasnt recommended to keep the OS on a flash drive to operate from because of issues like the one im running into with plugins not starting...Im still a bit lost on how to re-install so that i can install to the hard drive thats actually in the computer, and NOT the thumb drive...this IS what I want/need to do, right?

 

[pirateghost]

No. Install it to the thumb drive. That is the recommended installation

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus

 

[dlavigne]

It is not recommended to install onto the hard drive. If you read that somewhere, it is incorrect.