Hi SpywareDr and Shinma,

Yes the DVD is set to be first boot and I have left the RAID drives disconnected until I have finished installing WIN 8. So all I have how is the SSD and DVD drive; to make thinks simple.

Yes the Win 8 disk is bootable on another system (I tried it on a Dell Inspiron).

To do a clean install also requires the DVD to be working properly.


I very much appreciate you advice and help.
Regards,

Glyn