Can windows be installed inside windows?

[Xusu]

So i have been having a shit ton of blue screens for some reason, and tryed to trouble shoot it and i found out i woud need to install windows again.

 

not a big deal, i booted my usb and tryed to install windows onto my ssd, but fucking windows installation wont work (again because reasons)

ive been trying to trouble shoot that but after about 5 hours im here to ask, can i install windows inside windows?

 

thanks.

 

im running windows 10

gtx 770

amd fx 8350

8 gigabytes of ram

3 hdds and one ssd

[Electronics Wizardy]

Not without a vm.

 

Why won't the usb work? Bluescreen?

 

You can also install from the network if you have a windows server.

[ProjectBox153]

Something's wrong if Windows Installer fails. What's the error you're receiving? 

[Xusu]

1 minute ago, Jamiec1130 said:

Something's wrong if Windows Installer fails. What's the error you're receiving? 

windows cannot be installed to drive 2 partition 1 or something like that (my installer is in finish)

tryed googleing that and didnt work.

[JefferyD90]

6 minutes ago, Xusu said:

So i have been having a shit ton of blue screens for some reason, and tryed to trouble shoot it and i found out i woud need to install windows again.

 

not a big deal, i booted my usb and tryed to install windows onto my ssd, but fucking windows installation wont work (again because reasons)

ive been trying to trouble shoot that but after about 5 hours im here to ask, can i install windows inside windows?

 

thanks.

 

im running windows 10

gtx 770

amd fx 8350

8 gigabytes of ram

3 hdds and one ssd

Follow the guide in my signature.

[Xusu]

4 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Not without a vm.

 

Why won't the usb work? Bluescreen?

 

You can also install from the network if you have a windows server.

i have no idea. im getting errors.

i changed the port

the usb stick

the bios settings

reinstalled the installer media

and fuck ton of googleing

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, Xusu said:

i have no idea. im getting errors.

i changed the port

the usb stick

the bios settings

reinstalled the installer media

and fuck ton of googleing

what errors

[Xusu]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

what errors

windows cannot be installed to drive 2 partition 1 or something like that (my installer is in finish)

tryed googleing that and didnt work

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, Xusu said:

windows cannot be installed to drive 2 partition 1 or something like that (my installer is in finish)

tryed googleing that and didnt work

delete all the partitions on the drive and make one new one.

[Xusu]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

delete all the partitions on the drive and make one new one.

tryed allready. wont work

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, Xusu said:

tryed allready. wont work

open diskpart and clean the drive

 

or wipe it with dd

[Xusu]

6 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

open diskpart and clean the drive

 

or wipe it with dd

i did that. didnt work

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, Xusu said:

i did that. didnt work

is the disk bad?

[Xusu]

2 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

is the disk bad?

works on everything but windows.

 

also i checked that with an eternal program

[Xusu]

its saying "the installation coud not create a new partition or find an existing one.

or something like that (its still in finish)

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, Xusu said:

its saying "the installation coud not create a new partition or find an existing one.

or something like that (its still in finish)

Fells like a bad hdd to me

[Xusu]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Fells like a bad hdd to me

its an ssd

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, Xusu said:

its an ssd

Does it show the drive in the installer?

 

Try wiping it with dd on a linux usb stick

[Xusu]

31 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Does it show the drive in the installer?

 

Try wiping it with dd on a linux usb stick

ill try that tomorrow.

[Xusu]

15 hours ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Does it show the drive in the installer?

 

Try wiping it with dd on a linux usb stick

oh and also i can see the drive

[Squish4058]

On 15/12/2016 at 6:41 PM, Xusu said:

windows cannot be installed to drive 2 partition 1 or something like that (my installer is in finish)

tryed googleing that and didnt work.

 

 

 

 

I have had this before,among many other installer erros

its to do with the old windows install locking some file permissions, which is fine when you format it, but when you try to overwrite something "supposedly" formatted its actually not formatted.

there are 2 solutions

1. Take the hard drive out, put in another pc (YOU MUST UNPLUG ALL OTHER DRIVES from this other pc) not only to be safe but it straight up will go wrong with 2 drives connected. then install it onto your drive from other pc, During the install WINDOWS WILL REBOOT "to finish installation". The second the reboot timer appears you want to press the power button of this other pc, hold it for 6 seconds (note you have 10s to turn it off) so you better keep your eye on it.then put the Hard drive back in your supposedly not working pc and turn it on.

 

2. Option 2 is some janky method I found which I will look for the youtube video i found. It involves making a windows install media, booting it, hitting shift f10, using CMD to make the hard drive your trying to install to become install media, copying windows installer files over, then unplugging usb, rebooting and installing to itself.

Its trippy as hell but I will try and find it.

EDIT; Found it

Watch the video from 3:28

 

 

Edit: Some small questions

A: do you know what ISO files are and how to make USB`s from them.

B: Do you have your windows key and the version it is for