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[jelle_vdd]

hi there

 

so i wanted to clean up mo old pc so i could sell it and wanted to make a clean install if windows 8.1.

so i started the setup formatted my harddrive but when i wanted to select that hard drive to install windowsd on it i got the following message.

 

"setup was unable to create a  new system partition or locate an existing system partition.see the setup log files for more information"

 

anybody knows how to resolve this problem ?

 

thanks 

[Speedbird]

hi there

 

so i wanted to clean up mo old pc so i could sell it and wanted to make a clean install if windows 8.1.

so i started the setup formatted my harddrive but when i wanted to select that hard drive to install windowsd on it i got the following message.

 

"setup was unable to create a  new system partition or locate an existing system partition.see the setup log files for more information"

 

anybody knows how to resolve this problem ?

 

thanks 

Remove all partitions. And if it already had Windows 8.1, you can just use the Reset feature.

[jelle_vdd]

Remove all partitions. And if it already had Windows 8.1, you can just use the Reset feature.

i already formatted my drive is it still possible then ?

[Speedbird]

i already formatted my drive is it still possible then ?

I'm afraid not. Do you have any Linux Live CDs or DVDs around?

[jelle_vdd]

I'm afraid not. Do you have any Linux Live CDs or DVDs around?

no i have win 7 and win 8.1 but i can sure download ubuntu if you tell me what to do .

[FizzyFantom]

You can use Diskpart in the command prompt from the Windows setup.

When you get to the first screen of the installer press "shift" and "F10" to open the command prompt.

You should then use Diskpart to edit the HDD partition table. The following commands should change the drives partition table to MBR:

 

DISKPART> list disk

DISKPART> select disk 0

DISKPART> online disk

DISKPART> attributes disk clear readonly

DISKPART> clean

DISKPART> convert mbr

 

You can then also create a partition for the OS if you want (but the OS should be able to do this during setup):

DISKPART> create partition primary

DISKPART> select part 1

DISKPART> format fs=ntfs label="System" unit=512 quick compress

DISKPART> assign letter c

DISKPART> list volume

 

I hope this helps.

[jelle_vdd]

You can use Diskpart in the command prompt from the Windows setup.

When you get to the first screen of the installer press "shift" and "F10" to open the command prompt.

You should then use Diskpart to edit the HDD partition table. The following commands should change the drives partition table to MBR:

 

DISKPART> list disk

DISKPART> select disk 0

DISKPART> online disk

DISKPART> attributes disk clear readonly

DISKPART> clean

DISKPART> convert mbr

 

You can then also create a partition for the OS if you want (but the OS should be able to do this during setup):

DISKPART> create partition primary

DISKPART> select part 1

DISKPART> format fs=ntfs label="System" unit=512 quick compress

DISKPART> assign letter c

DISKPART> list volume

 

I hope this helps.

nope  still getting the same message

 

edit: i restarted the full windows boot and its started to install thanks for the help

Edited January 11, 2015 by jelle_vdd