Im trying to install windows 7 64bit on my 160gb SATA HDD but gets an error saying....WINDOWS IS UNABLE TO INSTALL TO THE SELECTED LOCATION. ERROR: 0X80300024 i can install windows xp just fine.
View 9 RepliesOnly Disk 0 Unallocated space appears, but shows total size 128GB when the drive is a Crucial 64gb SSD. Have tried: changing install usb port after closing intro then start the install but to no avail.I am not sure that I see the SSD listed in the BIOS. The drive is definitely seated (ACER ASPIRE ONE D260), but I don't know that it is in the lineup: USB CDROMIDE1:IDE0: YATAPDONOG BAREFOOT-ROMUSBFDD:Network Boot: Atheros Boot AgentUSB HDD: Generic USB SD Reader (the USB flash /SD drive that has W7 installation files) When I browse for a driver I find:ComputerRemovable Disk (C: )Boot (X: )
View 3 Replies View RelatedI am having some troubles trying to install win 7 home premium. I just finished building this computer with a brand new western digital hard drive 2TB (SATA).Everything on this machine is brand new. When I get to the point to where it asks me "where do you want to install windows?" screen I get this error 0x80300024 or it will just sit there and the little loading icon just hangs there. What is e problem.
View 4 Replies View Relateddue to a crash that occured after absolutely nothing has changed or been installed on my desktop that i dont browse the internet at all on and hasnt slowed down or given any telltale signs of corruption i have to reinstall windows. when i get to the "where do you want to instal windows screen disk 0 unallocated space is my only choice, i get unable to instal to the selected location error 0x80300024. click advanced options and format is greyed out. try to format drive from dos prompt and it seems to work except it thinks my c drive is 1.9 gigs instead of 233.8 please tell me i missed a step and i dont need to replace anything
View 4 Replies View RelatedTried formatting, deleting, and installing and I get error (0x80300024) "unable to install"...
I know its not the disc as i just used it successfully format a week or so ago.
I thought it may be the HD so I used a toolkit to manually format, no go.
i have on my ventrilo and my sound stopped working after it happened. when i log on vent i get this message saying "unable to activate directsound for selected device. directsound capturecreate failed. hr= dserr_no driver. no sound driver is available for use" weird part is i can hear people in vent but i can't hear anything else like Internet. i have hp computer model number is a6332f
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have toshiba sata HDD. when i install windows with bios sata config as AHCI.. the installation process goes uptill completing installation and when the system restarts it gives me a error saying " an error occurred while trying to load Bootconfiguration data. with error0x000000e or some times 0x000000f when the bios is kept under IDE for sata .. there is no such error but installation halts at completing installation.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI'm trying to install Windows 7 64 bit on one our computers that had XP 32 bit. I'm doing a clean install and have already formatted and partitioned the hard drive. The problem I'm having is that now it won't let me install windows 7. When you highlight the system partition it shows and error, which states, "Windows is unable to install to the selected location, Error: 0x80300001" I thought I might need a SATA driver for the hard drive but I haven't been able to locate the right one if thats the problem.
View 6 Replies View RelatedThe Window Updates fail with error 80070308.
System:
Win7 x64 + SP1
Updates that failed:
KB2570791
KB2536276-v2
KB2539635
KB2572077
KB2518869
KB2586448
KB2556532
KB2560656
KB2552343
Things that I've tried but failed: (also good for others to try these first)
1) Reset and re-register Windows update (link)
2) Clean boot
3) Download and manually install the updates one at a time (Fail with no error code)
4) System Update Readiness tool
5) Use .NET setup verification tool (.NET ok) (link)
6) Elevated cmd -> sfc /scan now (verfication ok)
Loaded 7Ultimate and got to Install screen. Selected drive and made new partition. Clicked next. Received error: Quote: Setup was unable to create a new system partition or locate an existing system partition. See the setup log files for more info. I don't know how to get to the logs, but what does this message mean? I have tried almost 6 or 7 times and even once with my 7 Home edition disk. Ran the startup repair a couple times. Tried formatting the drive from my XP Pro sp3 disk.So now here's where the real problem comes in: ERROR LOADING OPERATING SYSTEM. Now I can't get back into XP! Tried booting from ERD Commander 05, but I get an error code 4096 with that, and "File SETUPREG.HIV could not be loaded".How can I get XP back to booting properly? Maybe it's a faulty hard drive and needs returning. But it is extremely important that I get this computer back up and running immediately.
View 5 Replies View RelatedFor the past 2-3 months I've been receiving the same error in Windows Update every time I try and update: Error 80246008. I've tried the Microsoft Fix It application and the same problem occurs. I took a look into the services and when I try to start one service required by Windows Update it always fails because its core services are not launched, so I tried to launch those and those won't even launch.
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I keep getting this error, and following Error message when you try to install a Windows update, a hotfix, or a service pack after you perform System Restore in Windows Vista: "0x80071A91" and removing files manually did not resolve the problem[CODE]
View 5 Replies View RelatedI tried to dual boot Fedora 18 with my Windows 7. They are on two different hard drives. Fedora 18 worked but I was unable to boot up Windows 7. Frustrated, I decided to just delete everything from all the hard drives and try to do a clean install of Windows 7 using the USB-DVD Windows tool to make a USB Windows 7 installer. I then got the following error when trying to install Windows onto my hard drive:
"Setup was unable to create a new system partition or locate an existing system partition. See the Setup log files for more information"
I tried unplugging the other hard drives and got the same error. I also went to the command prompt and used Diskpart and did clean all. Still the error shows up. Something that might be useful is that when I did disk list in the command prompt it showed my hard drive but with 0 free space. Not sure if this is useful but the drive I want Windows 7 on is a solid state drive but the one I had Fedora on is a normal hard drive and I had an extra harddrive that I used for storage that is a normal hard drive as well.
I'm having a major virus/malware issue as my McAfee firewall protection stopped working suddenly. Called McAfee to reinstall the virus software and they were unable to install it. They said that since my Windows Update feature is not working (there is a big red X and updates are not downloading and installing) the McAfee installation is failing. Asked me to fix this issue first and then try McAfee installation.
View 4 Replies View RelatedOriginally got message - Disk read error occurred press ctl alt del to restart. Then tried plugging this drive using a USB connector into my desktop PC to see if I could run some chkdsk. Then my desktop PC displayed messages telling me my firewall and virus software had been turned off and the computer crashed. ROOTKIT? So I was left with 2 drives not working. I re installed windows on desktop but using ISO on flash drive BUT can't on the 500GB Hitachi HTS545050B9SA00 for some reason. Windows setup loaded and Deleted old partitions and formatted. When I tried to install, it froze. It now just boots up with a windows loading screen and I'm also unable to boot from flash drive as it freezes. This is on a Sony Vaio VPCEB4E4E.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI had 32 bit Windows 7 home premium provided by OEM. Recently I purchased Windows 7 professional 64 bit in order to increase my memory.(My system is 64 bit capable) I followed [1]. I am using USB for installation. I booted the system with USB. Then at disk manager I deleted all the partitions(including recovery ) Then I refreshed and click next and I got an error saying setup unable to create system partition.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI've been trying to get Windows 7 working for a couple days, without success. A friend of mine told me about this forum, so I figured I's try my luck and ask my fellow Windows users.
I have a valid, working copy of Windows 7 build 7000x32 on disk. The same disk has been used on other computers and works fine. However on my machine, it begins the installation just fine, until it reaches the blue Windows 7 background screen. Then it stops. No error, it just stops working.
Has anyone else experienced this problem? I find it extremely frustrating.
After an attempt to dual boot my system with 32 bit OS, I couldn't boot back into 64, it wasn't even an option. So, I figured I must have messed up the install and it was time for a clean one. Now I get an option to dual boot windows 7 or windows 7 (recovered).
Recovered is the one I want, but if I switch my boot HDD to the one that Windows 7 (recovered) is on, bootmgr is suddenly MIA.
I have not a clue how to restore it, and I even wiped the second HDD clean.
I am trying to install with the downloadable executable from the student discount program, the files are located on an external hard drive.
I downloaded Windows 7 last night and started the install, it got up to the point where it checked for Vista SP1 and stopped. I had reinstalled Vista recentely and forgotten to install it.
I quit the Windows 7 install and installed SP1 for Vista. Now every time I try to launch the Windows 7 install I get the following error:
"The unattend answer file contains an invalid product key. Either remove the invalid key or provide a valid product key in the unattend answer file to proceed with Windows installation."
I tried deleting the temp file that was in the same directory as the install files for Windows 7 as well as deleting the expanded set up directory and letting it re unpack the files.
I've downloaded the newest installation package several times and changed even between Home and Pro packages. Error stays the same, and as far as I've found out it's due to a network error. Has anyone else experienced the problem?
Here is the error log that Avast installer gives:
19.10.2009 09:58:39 general: Started: 19.10.2009, 09:58:39
19.10.2009 09:58:39 system: Operating system: Windows Vista ver 6.1, build 7600, sp 0.0
19.10.2009 09:58:39 system: Memory: 33% load. Phys:2091832/2097151K free, Page:4194303/4194303K free, Virt:2035552/2097024K free
19.10.2009 09:58:39 system: Computer WinName: TONI-PC
19.10.2009 09:58:39 system: Windows Net User: toni-PC oni
19.10.2009 09:58:39 general: Old version: ffffffff (-1)
19.10.2009 09:58:39 system: Using temp: C:Users oniAppDataLocalTemp\_av_inet.tm~a00688 (920643M free)
19.10.2009 09:58:39 internet: SYNCER: Type: use IE settings
19.10.2009 09:58:39 internet: SYNCER: Auth: another authentication, use WinInet
19.10.2009 09:58:39 general: Install check: Program folder does NOT exist in registry
19.10.2009 09:58:39 general: SGW32P::CheckIfInstalled set m_bAlreadyInstalled to 0
19.10.2009 09:58:41 general: progress thread start
19.10.2009 09:58:41 general: Destination: C:Users oniAppDataLocalTemp\_av_inet.tm~a00688
19.10.2009 09:58:41 general: Starting download: http://www.avast.com/go.php?verb=get-avast-home&type=cnet&langid=fin
19.10.2009 09:58:41 general: Download finished from server avast! - Download antivirus software for spyware and virus protection, result: 0x20000006, server response: 301
19.10.2009 09:58:41 general: Stats avast! - Download antivirus software for spyware and virus protection, server response: 536870918
19.10.2009 09:58:42 general: POST result: 0x00000000, server response: 20
I have purchased a brand new laptop with an OEM Windows 7 Home Premium. On the first boot it runs that wizard asking you to select locale etc. After doing some research I see that supposedly only Win7 Ultimate will allow multiple languages which is confusing since Home Premium is allowing me to select one. My questions are...
1) If I select a language on this first time boot wizard, once it configures/installs can I change it to another selection at a later? If the answer is "No" then...
2) If I re-install fresh from the accompanying rescue CD will I then be presented with the first time boot wizard again allowing to select the locale and thus changing it there?
I haven't decided if I want to run the box in English or Japanese yet but both options are available on the first time boot screen which I find very confusing since by all accounts Ultimate is the only version that should allow this.
I am having problems with moving the location of the desktop folder found in the users folder in my local drive where windows is stored to another partition. verytime I finish moving the location of the folder to another separate partition, it reverts back to the default location upon restart.I don't know what seems to be the problem, or if there is some registry fix to this
View 4 Replies View RelatedI am having a problem with doing a fresh install of Windows 7. It is on a Dell Inspiron 1546 with a 150 GB hard drive. There was an original install but the computer was having issues as some files were corrupted. I used the Windows 7 disc to format the hard drive and booted from CD after restarting.
However when I try to install the new Windows 7 it sits at the part where it says: Expanding files. Then after a while an error pops up that says: Setup was unable to create a new system partition or locate an existing system partition. See the Setup log files for more information
i have new flopy drive when i m formatting its showing the error that windows is unable to format the drive
View 1 Replies View RelatedAfter changing my os from linux to Windows 7 , there are a few media files on my external hd that give the error location not found. It's not a big deal about the files as i can replace them, but i would like to be able remove them from the hd as now they are just empty folders, how would i remove them if every time i click on them i just get that error?
View 6 Replies View RelatedWhen I insert a USB flashdrive, I receive error message "Location is not available. G: is not available.Access Denied".I can see the drive(s) in explorer, and I'm the Administrative User with full permissions, but it keeps telling me I can't access/use the USB prorts.
View 6 Replies View RelatedWhenever I try some downloaded .exes I get an error saying 'error writing to temp location' or something similar. I've tried running them as admin, tried running them without UAC, and even tried to change the temp location from environment variables but it doesn't change. Is there any fix or an installer file I can download and reinstall to fix the microsoft installers? (win7 x64)
View 3 Replies View RelatedI set up a Homegroup with my old PC so I could pull over my music and movies. I am able to see and copy my videos over, but the music folder keeps giving me the "refers to a location that is unavailable" error.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI'm trying to reinstall send to other location by Deviantart, but keep getting runtime error pertaining to Library file not found.
View 1 Replies View RelatedUpon installing Need for Speed: Shift, I get this error:
"Error 1606: Could not access Network location 0"
Can anyone tell me where "0" is located at in the registry?
All of my searches led me to the "Recent" folder, so I tried the method for that along with others and no go. I just can't find the 0 folder (or whatever it is?
I was uninstalling some stuff for space and i got an error and had to force quit the uninstall thing and now all of my icons are gone and i get an error message saying "C:windowssystem32configsystemprofiledesktop refers to a location that is unavailable."
I'm not sure what to do so i've been trying to figure out how to fix it and a few people have said to go into my users folder and delete the empy desktop folder if there is 2 of them but there isn't even a desktop folder in it...There's not a desktop folder in any of the user folders.