Windows 10 Installation Fail

[agent6d9]

I recently formatted my 1TB HDD as its gone to shit and transferred what I wanted from the HDD to my .5TB SSD. Now it's saying "Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk is of the GPT partition style." WTF does this mean and it says this for both the HDD and SSD.

[Vigilante505]

Maybe try this?

 

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Method #1:
1. Boot up to installation DVD/CD.
2. Click install but don't follow through.
3. Press SHIFT-F10 to bring up console.
4. Type "diskpart"
5. Once inside diskpart type:
  -> list disk (find the one you want to convert)
  -> select disk 0 (select the one you want from the list)
  -> convert mbr (should take a second or two)
  -> quit
6. Continue with install

Method #2:
1. Boot up to installation DVD/CD.
2. Click install but don't follow through.
3. Press SHIFT-F10 to bring up console.
4. Type "diskpart"
5. Once inside diskpart type:
  -> list disk (find the one you want to convert)
  -> select disk 0 (select the one you want from the list)
  -> clean (wait an hour or so until its done)
  -> quit
6. Continue with install

 

[Creed1]

6 minutes ago, agent6d9 said:

I recently formatted my 1TB HDD as its gone to shit and transferred what I wanted from the HDD to my .5TB SSD. Now it's saying "Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk is of the GPT partition style." WTF does this mean and it says this for both the HDD and SSD.

Have you ever installed Linux on your hard drive? 

[agent6d9]

12 minutes ago, CmzPlusHardware said:

Have you ever installed Linux on your hard drive? 

Yes I tried to install Linux a week ago as Windows is just pissing me off. I've finally figure out how to reinstall windows following the guidelines above and a few different youtube videos as I kept getting different errors. I have no idea how to use linux either lol

[agent6d9]

Just now, agent6d9 said:

Yes I tried to install Linux a week ago as Windows is just pissing me off. I've finally figure out how to reinstall windows following the guidelines above and a few different youtube videos as I kept getting different errors. I have no idea how to use linux either lol

 

13 minutes ago, CmzPlusHardware said:

Have you ever installed Linux on your hard drive? 

This all started a month ago though with my HDD becoming corrupted and nothing I did could fix it besides formatting it.

[agent6d9]

18 minutes ago, Vigilante505 said:

Maybe try this?

 

 

Thanks it's reinstalling now and I think it's gonna work.

[agent6d9]

17 minutes ago, Jorgen297 said:

 

Thanks I used this video and a few others as I kept getting new error messages. I really need to remember this in case it happens again.

[Creed1]

Just now, agent6d9 said:

Yes I tried to install Linux a week ago as Windows is just pissing me off. I've finally figure out how to reinstall windows following the guidelines above and a few different youtube videos as I kept getting different errors. I have no idea how to use linux either lol

Linux converts your storage device (sdd or hdd) into a different file type. In my experience the only way I could fix it was boot from a live ubuntu-usb and open gparted to convert my storage device into ntfs format. Then format it using windows install media. 

[thimerse26]

Wow bad problem, but I don't like Win 10