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Easy fix for ....On efi systems windows can only be installed to GPT disks

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  • Windows 7
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October 14, 2012 8:56:40 PM

I have seen a lot of people having this problem and the fix is really easy. Just change your dvd drive that you are installing windows with from uefi to sata. You can do this in the bios or with by hitting f11 or whatever your motherboard uses to choose the boot option.

Problem solved.

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February 23, 2013 10:58:38 AM

Thanks a lot !!!
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March 27, 2013 7:09:32 PM

alohascott said:
I have seen a lot of people having this problem and the fix is really easy. Just change your dvd drive that you are installing windows with from uefi to sata. You can do this in the bios or with by hitting f11 or whatever your motherboard uses to choose the boot option.

Problem solved.


Hey, what do I change in the BiOS setting after I go there.
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October 23, 2013 4:12:45 PM

I literally made an account here just to say thank you :D 

>>Hey, what do I change in the BiOS setting after I go there.

At least in my bios it was a GUI and let me drag the non-uefi dvd drive in front of both the hard drive and the uefi dvd drive.
If you don't have one (GUI BIOS) maybe in boot order it has two separate entries for the dvd drives?
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December 8, 2013 4:01:53 AM

alohascott said:
I have seen a lot of people having this problem and the fix is really easy. Just change your dvd drive that you are installing windows with from uefi to sata. You can do this in the bios or with by hitting f11 or whatever your motherboard uses to choose the boot option.

Problem solved.


Creat an account to say Thanks

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December 14, 2013 10:52:29 AM

I have also created an account to say thank you to the OP.

It would be nice if the mobo manufacturers were to put this bit of advice in their paperwork!

Cheers and a Merry Christmas.

Peter.
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December 16, 2013 1:48:57 AM

Another Acount made to say thank you man
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January 26, 2014 12:14:56 PM

Thx a lot, I was searching High and low for this solution
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February 20, 2014 1:34:33 AM

Just made an account to say thanks!!!!! YO DA BEST MAN
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April 17, 2014 8:24:26 AM

Tried the options given in this and other threads, and got very frustrated. I tried selecting Legacy-CD/DVD-Boot - wouldn't boot / nothing happened. Then tried to disable EFI altogether in the boot options - Still it booted from EFI-DVD-drive.
Found out after 20 restarts or so, that I had to turn the computer off completely for a few secs, not only reboot, for the changes to take effect. This was on a HP/Compaq 8200 Elite SFF w SSD.
Anyhow - Thanks for this thread, and this Forum.
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April 29, 2014 1:09:34 PM

This is a very common error message that appears when trying to install both either Windows 7 or Windows 8 as I have encountered it both ways. It can be simply the fact that your installation media is booting in the wrong mode either UEFI or Legacy IDE/SATA. If your installation media is booting in one mode implying a certain disk format and you disk is formatted in the opposite mode than there will be a conflict.

See herehere for full explaination where I explain this which has helped many people in over at sevenforums where I originally posted it.
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June 15, 2014 10:37:11 AM

alohascott said:
I have seen a lot of people having this problem and the fix is really easy. Just change your dvd drive that you are installing windows with from uefi to sata. You can do this in the bios or with by hitting f11 or whatever your motherboard uses to choose the boot option.

Problem solved.


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June 15, 2014 10:38:27 AM

Thank you so much, you've been a great help!
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4 minutes ago

You're the best
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