Windows 8.1 install - unable to create ramdisk - 0xc1900101-0x20017

Anonymous
2013-10-18T03:27:57+00:00

When I attempt to install Windows 8.1 on my machine from the Windows Store, on boot I receive a blue screen. The error message indicates that the system was unable to create a ramdisk and shows error number 0xc1900101.

On reboot, it restores my original installation and provides the following error code: 0xc1900101-0x20017.

In reading some other topics, it seems drivers may need to be updated, but as far as I know I am up-to-date. Is there a way to identify which driver had a failure?

Also, on other threads with this code, I see no mention of a "ramdisk". Is that a unique problem?

Thanks in advance for the help!

Edit: Let me note my system has no ramdisk software installed whatsoever.

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-10-20T13:07:40+00:00

    This device is the nForce Memory Controller

    I checked nVidia's site...and found the following:

    >>>>Driver support for NVIDIA® nForce ™ motherboard chipsets and their components have been >>>>moved to legacy support. NVIDIA nForce products will not be supported for Windows 8 and later >>>Windows operating systems.

    Not a promising sign....

    I have to agree :( I feel "a little" dissapointed. The motherboard is not so old. When I bought it it was one of the premium motherboards (and one of the most expensive).  There were problems with this chipset (780 sli) from the very begining. When I bought it I had to swap my asus made motherboard to evga because asus couldn't get the bios right . And now nvidia drops the support... What's going on? I feel cheated as a premium user and an early adopter. Lesson learnt: don't buy anything expensive and on the edge. Buy medium, stay low. Use windows XP. It's your money after all. I can understand (not justify) for example why they had dropped suport for midi ports - hardly anyone uses them nowadays, but why do they exclude many users who had the "luck" to buy what was believed the best mobos then?

    Going to try and install newest bios from evga site, and reinstall drivers for the chipset and network when I have a little time.

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-10-20T22:31:24+00:00

    also having this problem with an evga nvidia motherboard.  New bios didn't help for me either unfortunately.

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-10-21T11:30:12+00:00

    Same problem here, tried to install a couple of times without success. I have a XFX 780 nvidia mobo. intel Q9550, nvidia gtx460, 4X2GB Nvidia 800mhz, System is running from a OCZ Vertex 2.

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-10-21T18:59:11+00:00

    Still no reply from Microsoft on this issue? I know they pulled down Windows RT for a while, but still nothing for everyone with this specific issue.

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  5. Anonymous
    2013-10-21T20:45:04+00:00

    Ramdisk is a virual disk in ram memory. If windows doesn't recognize memory controller asVincentCiancarelli  mentioned it, OS doesn't see any memory (or doesn't see much of it) so it cannot install any ramdisk. My wild guess of course. But what  I don't understand is why original win8 got installed without any problem from the dvd. They've changed the model of drivers?? Changes form 8 to 8.1 were suppposed to be minor and rather superficial.  Somebody from Microsoft respond please. Tell us straight if nvidia chipset is going to be supported (and when) or tell us it's the matter of nvidia support. Then we'll know for sure there is no chance of getting 8.1 working through the windows store.

    Thank you in advance for any relevant piece of information.

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