Trouble installing Windows 10

That90sKid · June 13, 2016

So, I was helping a friend of mine build his first ever gaming computer. While installing windows 10 from the official windows 10 USB stick that I had received with my copy of windows I encountered a problem. Even though there isn't an OS on the computer it constantly crashes with a windows BSOD error message. After finally getting to the installation screen I was greeted with another error message. It said "Windows cannot be installed on this disk. The selected disk is of GPT partition style." I'm not entirely sure what this error message is trying to tell me. The hard drive he is using has been completely cleaned and reformatted as well. Does anyone know how to fix this issue?

Tom is a Door · June 13, 2016

Is it partitioned? Recently, I was having problem with windows too, and decided to freshly reinstall, however, I think you will find it much easier to install windows 7 or 8 then upgrade. If you do install 7 or 8 make sure the recovery partition is large enough for windows 10 otherwise it will take a longer time upgrading it to windows 10.

Also are you using a 64 bit windows and a pc to support it?

That90sKid · June 13, 2016

Yes, I'm using 64 bit windows

WkdPaul · June 13, 2016

10 hours ago, That90sKid said:

So, I was helping a friend of mine build his first ever gaming computer. While installing windows 10 from the official windows 10 USB stick that I had received with my copy of windows I encountered a problem. Even though there isn't an OS on the computer it constantly crashes with a windows BSOD error message. After finally getting to the installation screen I was greeted with another error message. It said "Windows cannot be installed on this disk. The selected disk is of GPT partition style." I'm not entirely sure what this error message is trying to tell me. The hard drive he is using has been completely cleaned and reformatted as well. Does anyone know how to fix this issue?

whoever format the drive didn't do it properly, just format the drive through the Windows installer.

That90sKid · June 13, 2016

I've tried this but it doesn't seem to work. I'm going to try switching it from GPT to MBR manually using command prompt. Hopefully after this change it will work.