windows partition prob

[thefunnymuffingamer]

so i built my self a computer and went to put windows xp on because i had a xp to 7 upgrade so i tryed that and i failed so i bought a windows 7 disc and put it in and now its saying it cant install because it has a gpt partition style what do i need to do ? 

 

this is what the error box says Windows cannot be installed to this disk the selected disk is of GPT partition style

 

[Goodmane]

Did you tried deleting all the partitions in windows 7 disk selection screen?

[Yummychickenblue]

I think you can put the drive in a separate computer and use that to reformat the drive to NTFS which is what Windows primarily uses.

[thefunnymuffingamer]

Did you tried deleting all the partitions in windows 7 disk selection screen?

alll but one wich its just empty space 

[thefunnymuffingamer]

I think you can put the drive in a separate computer and use that to reformat the drive to NTFS which is what Windows primarily uses.

i formated it and it does the same thing is there a way to formate it to a ntfs ?

[Yummychickenblue]

i formated it and it does the same thing is there a way to formate it to a ntfs ?

What you do is you put the drive in a different computer (I am assuming you are running windows 7)

 

1: Install the drive and boot into windows it should be detected.

2:Open Windows Explorer click on Computer (it should be on the far left near the bottom) and right click the drive you just installed it should have a letter that isn't C:\ but beyond that I can't tell how to identify if aside from looking for a drive that isn't marked C:\ and is about the same size as the drive that you tried to install XP on.

3:Assuming you have successfully identified the drive you can right click it and select Format in the menu where it says FAT32 (default) change that to NTFS uncheck Quick Format.

4:Once that is done make sure the computer that you just used to change the drive to NTFS can access the drive and you should be able to install Windows XP.

[Yummychickenblue]

What you do is you put the drive in a different computer (I am assuming you are running windows 7)

 

1: Install the drive and boot into windows it should be detected.

2:Open Windows Explorer click on Computer (it should be on the far left near the bottom) and right click the drive you just installed it should have a letter that isn't C:\ but beyond that I can't tell how to identify if aside from looking for a drive that isn't marked C:\ and is about the same size as the drive that you tried to install XP on.

3:Assuming you have successfully identified the drive you can right click it and select Format in the menu where it says FAT32 (default) change that to NTFS uncheck Quick Format.

4:Once that is done make sure the computer that you just used to change the drive to NTFS can access the drive and you should be able to install Windows XP.

BTW I would wait for confirmation before you try this because I am not 100% that that won't brick your drive.

[thefunnymuffingamer]

BTW I would wait for confirmation before you try this because I am not 100% that that won't brick your drive.

well i formated them both to ntfs but i did a quick reformat

[Yummychickenblue]

well i formated them both to ntfs but i did a quick reformat

Formatted both whats?

[thefunnymuffingamer]

Formatted both whats?

theres like a 228 mb fat32  and a 931 gb on the one hdd

[Yummychickenblue]

theres like a 228 mb fat32  and a 931 gb on the one hdd

Can you still boot the computer that you used to format the drive you are installing Windows on?