Sata drivers for windows 7

[haukur4581]

Hello,

I am trying to install Windows 7 on a system I just built and it tells me that it cannot be installed to my hard drive because it is "of the GPT partition style" and that "the partition is of an unrecognized type".

What does this mean and how can I resolve it?

The motherboard is intel DH55TC and the hard drive is Western Digital SATA 500GB.

 

[tank]

Reformat the drive. Read up on GPT partitions
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/gg463524

 

[haukur4581]

You mean convert it from GPT format to MBR format?

 

[tank]

Yes, i would unless you need GPT for some reason.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/247026-32-partition-partition