Problem on Formating Laptop

[Ganzadius]

So i had a problem formating my brothers asus k55-vj that i had never seen before, first of it was a pain in the butt to even get it to start from the usb drive(i know it works, my current desktop's windows was intaled using the same windows 8.1 usb drive),but after i fiddled with the bios i managed to do it, and i started formating normally like i usually do, buy clearing the partitions, and then, since they were separated by factory, but i didn't like how it was, i removed them to make a new ones, i do so and then encountered a problem, when i tried to select a partition to install windows to, it said it could not be done, since the selected disk was in GPT(no idea what it is, even after 30 min on google), that error is on both the partitions that i can install things in, so now my laptop is kinda bricked.... Can i possibly get this up again or am i screwed?

 

also i found this info in a portuguese forum

 

Format ASUS K55VJ :: Without losing data

 

Download and install PowerISO;
Download Aomei Partition Assistant;
Create bootable USB drive [>=1gb] on PowerISO with AOMEI Partion Assistant image;
Restart PC;
Press Esc to boot options;
Enter BIOS Setup;
Disable secure boot;
Save and exit;
Press Esc to boot options;
Run Bootable USB Drive;
Convert pretended disk from GPT to MBR;
restart pc;
Press Esc to boot options;
Run USB or Disk Win 7 and now is ready to successfully install without losing DATA;

 

Still no idea how to solve the problem, help would be much apreciated,

Ganzadius

[ohJey]

-snip-

You need to install Windows in UEFI mode.  Google how to make a bootable Windows 8 EFI/UEFI usb drive.

[MrAnderson1992]

When you hit F12 or whatever the motherboard asks for for the boot list. See if UEFI (then USB name) or UEFI Generic USB... Choose that.

[Ganzadius]

You need to install Windows in UEFI mode.  Google how to make a bootable Windows 8 EFI/UEFI usb drive.

Thanks, it's up and running again!

[ohJey]

Thanks, it's up and running again!

 

no problem