- Sep 30, 2013
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I purchased a new Samsung 840 Evo 250GB SSD and I have been having trouble doing a fresh install of Windows 7 on it. Earlier I tried it with a 120GB version but had no luck. I called Samsung support and followed their instructions. They said I had a dead drive so I returned it and got this new one. This new one is also giving me trouble. I followed the instructions that Samsung gave me. I installed the drive with a SATA 3 cable. I went to my current windows and set the new drive up as GPT. I created a new volume with all the default settings. I then restarted my computer and went into my BIOS. I set the SATA to ACHI, and saved and reset. Then I had it boot into UEFI: dvd drive name. Then I try to install to the primary partition and windows will not let me. It tells me that "Setup was unable to create a new system partition or locate an existing system partition. See the setup log files for more information." Please help, I have been trying to figure this out for days and it is driving me crazy. If it helps, my specs are:
AND FX 8320
Biostar TA970 ver 5 something
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB
AND FX 8320
Biostar TA970 ver 5 something
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB
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