Help! "Windows 7 setup was unable to create a new system partition"

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Arthas Chill

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So I'm trying to install windows right now and I'm receiving this error.

I cleaned the disk a lot of times through diskpart and changed it to mgr and etc since the first time it said it was GPT. I tried loads of things, whatever I could find and it doesn't seem to help me.
Even tried this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCOuN3o8A7A.

What do I do!?
 
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Arthas Chill

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I did that the first time, clicked advanced in windows setup, formated and tried installing, nothing. Deleted both partitions and and tried to install in to unallocated space. Even tried to format in cmd to nfts.

Maybe I did something wrong, tell me the steps, I'll try again. The laptop is Asus X55VD, came with windows 8 and I decided to go with windows 7.

Had to disable secure boot control and enable launch CSM with launch PXE opRom to be able to boot from USB drives. First time I got an error about GPT and after installing windows there were problems with activating windows, something wrong with partition or something like that (Used a windows loader).

And well I then decided that I'll try again and clean the disk with "clean" in cmd and change it to MGR and well after that this problem is here now.
 
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Reyaz123

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Instead of doing custom installation, try using the easy one (should be the first option)
Let me know how it goes

 
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Arthas Chill

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Advanced is my only choice... The upgrade option is not working since the hard drive is empty. I was talking about pressing advanced options in hard drive selection and formating/deleting partitions.

The laptop is Asus X55VD, came with windows 8 and I decided to go with windows 7.

Had to disable secure boot control and enable launch CSM with launch PXE opRom to be able to boot from USB drives. First time I got an error about GPT and after installing windows there were problems with activating windows, something wrong with partition or something like that (Used a windows loader).

And well I then decided that I'll try again and clean the disk with "clean" in cmd and change it to MGR and well after that this problem is here now.
 
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Arthas Chill

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Did that, nothing.
I'm installing through an USB flash drive.

Edit: Did the things user " hArLtRoN" said to do previously, didn't help.
 
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Reyaz123

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Check your bios settings for the "usb legacy option", do you have it enabled? If not, enable that first and try again

Here is another thread that solved the issue for others trying to install through a usb:
http://druss.co/2014/07/fixed-setup-was-unable-to-create-a-new-system-partition-or-locate-an-existing-system-partition-during-installing-windows-8-18-7-vista-etc-from-usb/

 
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Arthas Chill

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Just found my old DVD-RW with windows 7 on it, unplugged USB, threw the disc in and it's installing right now.

The legacy support was enabled but there seems to be a problem with USB, I also "cleaned" it through cmd by mistake, might have also made it active or some other things, don't remember correctly. Had to repartition the USB and other things for it to work again, then installed windows again on it with usb tool

Well as I'm writing the % in the setup is 0%, that might be just for the time being or the disc has too many scratches. I have another USB 2.0 flash drive lying around, will try to install windows through that if disc fails.
 
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Reyaz123

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In my opinion, a disc is always a better option than a USB. Believe it or not, you see many posts in this forum with the problems USB can give people while installing.

It's good to see you've made some progress at least installing windows.
 
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