Windows cannot be installed to Disk 0 Partition 1

IamNerdy · Aug 29, 2013

I just did a new build and trying to installing windows 7 on it. Im running:

CPU: i7-4770k
MB: ASRock Z87 Pro3
SSD: Samsung 830 128GB

Whenever I go to install windows 7 I get "Windows cannot be installed to this disk. This computers hardware may not support booting to this disk. Ensure that the disk's controller is enabled in the computer's BIOS menu."

Deleted member 217926 · Aug 29, 2013

You have AHCI enabled in BIOS?

Also if you have other hard drives connected you should unplug them and leave the SSD as the only thing connected until Windows is installed.

IamNerdy · Aug 29, 2013

Yes, I have alrdy disconnected my other hdd drive.

Deleted member 217926 · Aug 29, 2013

If you have unplugged any other drives and AHCI is enabled in BIOS then try a different SATA cable and port for the SSD.

If that does not work you may have a dead SSD. It happens even with high end drives. There another computer you could plug the drive into to test it?

IamNerdy · Aug 29, 2013

Well ill try it, I really hope it isnt dead because this is my 3rd replacement from Samsung for this ssd. Give me one sec

IamNerdy · Aug 29, 2013

It didnt work I got the same results, should i try it with only by 1TB WD Black?

Deleted member 217926 · Aug 29, 2013

That would be a pretty much unheard of failure rate for a drive know to be quite reliable. My guess is the problem might be on your end. If you are overclocking then reset everything to default. Also try a different connector from the PSU.

Yeah try with the hard drive by itself.

IamNerdy · Aug 29, 2013

Yea i tried with my 1TB WD Black and got the same results. If I hit next to try and install it it gives another message saying "Setup was unable to create a new system partition or locate an existing partition. See the Setup log files for more information." This message appeared for both my hard drives.

IamNerdy · Aug 29, 2013

If this helps at all when I built my computer together my ssd already had windows on it and when I ran it it loaded into fine, but I just want to do a clean install b/c it had been a while.

IamNerdy · Aug 29, 2013

Well I had not tried to overclock anything, but I did go into BIOS and restore to default and it seems to be working gonna plug ssd and see what happens.

IamNerdy · Aug 29, 2013

Well default BIOS seemed to work, thank you for your help =)

Deleted member 217926 · Aug 29, 2013

Good deal. You had obviously changed something it didn't like. You may want to do a full reset of CMOS either with the motherboard jumper or by removing the battery for 10-15 minutes.

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