Help installing win 7!

[plbro81]

i assembled a computer and i am installing windows 7 on it. however, when the setup gets to the part where i choose a harddrive to do the setup on, i get an error saying that the system cant partition the drive? im getting desperate ive been trying to install my computer for 2 days but to no avail...

 

[plbro81]

my mobo is the asus sabertooth x58, while my hd is the wd caviar black 500 gb. i am not very good with computers so please make yoru explanations as easy to follow as possible! thanks you for your response! im going a bit crazy trying to fix it for 3 days

 

[plbro81]

hmm they both seem to be sata 1. here are the links to both the mobo and hd:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136320

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131665

 

[plbro81]

actually it seems upon further review that my hd is sata 2. does sata 2 mean 3 gb/s? because both the mobo and hd do the 3 gb/s sata thing.

 

[henydiah]

system cant partition the drive? OR system can't install in the partition drive?

 

[plbro81]

it cannot format a partition in the drive.

 

[henydiah]

your mobo SATA 3 can RW SATA3/2/1
- check cable SATA & Power to HDD maybe Shaky
generally install OS win7 auto partition 100MB drive Z: & C:

 

[plbro81]

nope theyre both fine. my bios recognizes the hd.

 

[plbro81]

your mobo SATA 3 can RW SATA3/2/1
- check cable SATA & Power to HDD maybe Shaky
generally install OS win7 auto partition 100MB drive Z: & C:

wait i install win 7 on the 100 mB? wouldnt it not fit?

 

[henydiah]

go Bios - press F9 save & Boot
insert DVD win7 in drive & Select your WDC change : Where do you want Install Win7
click Disk Unloccated Space-Drive Option Advanced-New- window Auto Partition Z:100MB & C - select C: Next

 

[henydiah]

Z:100 Mb (system recovery)
Instalation Win7 Bro... in Primary HDD C: bro... u can format it & can add patition too

 

[plbro81]

Z:100 Mb (system recovery)
Instalation Win7 Bro... in Primary HDD C: bro... u can format it & can add patition too

wait do i do this in the BIOS or Win 7 installation? im not very computer literate haha couold you make it simple for me?

 

[henydiah]

wow cofuse ...?
follow tips
1. Bios - press F9 save & Boot : for auto Boot from CD!
2. insert CD OS win7 let him work
3. select Drive Advanced option
4. next
5. if Confuse? read this http://www.windowsreinstall.com/win7ultimate/windows7installguides/indexfullpage.htm

 

[plbro81]

wow cofuse ...?
follow tips
1. Bios - press F9 save & Boot : for auto Boot from CD!
2. insert CD OS win7 let him work
3. select Drive Advanced option
4. next
5. if Confuse? read this http://www.windowsreinstall.com/win7ultimate/windows7installguides/indexfullpage.htm

i got the same error again: "Windows could not format a partition on disk 0. The error occurred while preparing the partition selected for installation. Error code: 0x80070057"

 

[henydiah]

Error code: 0x80070057": i have 1CD with this massage
ha..ha. ha your CD OS win7 corrupt may be Broken.. !

 

[plbro81]

Error code: 0x80070057": i have 1CD with this massage
ha..ha. ha your CD OS win7 corrupt may be Broken.. !

what cd was it?

 

[henydiah]

CD/DVD win7 not perfect at burning/compilation , try your win7 in other computer ...
or use another NEW DVDWin7 for install it!

 

[plbro81]

how do i know if its not a hd problem? id ont want to waste 100 dollars.

 

[henydiah]

no. no .. no don't buy New
opt1. Check your HDD with software Hiren CD boot
opt.2 Check your HDD in other PC maybe your friends, uncle, office,
Check your DVD OS Win7 in other PC may your friend have
additional perhaps :
Check RAM with memtes86+ if any error don't use

 

[plbro81]

ok i did some tinkering in command prompt. i made a 250 gb partition but it is somehow in the RAW format. im trying to convert it to nfts. any tips?

 

[henydiah]

yeah your HDD no problem,
if finish try install again, problem still same it's mean your DVD Win7 Corrupt/ damage

 

[uriel503]

hi maybe i can help,
is that anew harddrive? or used?
you need to go to advanced delete the whole harddrive
2 partitation the harddrive this option leaves you the choice of haveing 2 operateing system at the same time, if you want to use the whole hardrive put all 500 gbs and partitation the space

then install os

 

[plbro81]

ok right now, through command prompt, im formatting the partition im going to install windows on. apparantly that partition is RAW so im converting to NFTS. im formating 50 gbs. its taking really, really long. 18% completed in 2 hours.

 

[plbro81]

dang it it didnt work. it said 100% complete but there was an error message and its still RAW

 

[henydiah]

of course I format via DOS very very Slow & Long different use Win7 OS very fast