[SOLVED] Bought Windows 10 USB from BestBuy

[vfromdahl]

I bought a windows 10 usb from Bestbuy for my newly built PC. I’m trying to install windows-64bit and when it brings up where I want to install, it won’t install windows in the location I chose. I’ve also tried installing the 32bit too

 

[rgd1101]

and where did you try to install? and where did the usb try to install?
full system spec?

 

[USAFRet]

I bought a windows 10 usb from Bestbuy for my newly built PC. I’m trying to install windows-64bit and when it brings up where I want to install, it won’t install windows in the location I chose. I’ve also tried installing the 32bit too

How many physical drives do you have connected?

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[vfromdahl]

and where did you try to install? and where did the usb try to install?
full system spec?

How many physical drives do you have connected?

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I have 1 2 TB internal hard drive in my computer. I’m still sitting on the screen that asks me where I would want to install. It lists 3. In this order, it goes:
Drive0 Partition 1 (reserved)
Drive0 un allocated space - it has the most space
Drive1 un allocated space- 232.9 GB free space

 

[USAFRet]

I have 1 2 TB internal hard drive in my computer. I’m still sitting on the screen that asks me where I would want to install. It lists 3. In this order, it goes:
Drive0 Partition 1 (reserved)
Drive0 un allocated space - it has the most space
Drive1 un allocated space- 232.9 GB free space

Start over, and disconnect all drives except the one you want the OS on.
Drive 0?

Then, restart the install process.
Delete ALL the partitions on that Drive 0, leaving one blank space.
Continue...

 

[vfromdahl]

Start over, and disconnect all drives except the one you want the OS on.
Drive 0?

Then, restart the install process.
Delete ALL the partitions on that Drive 0, leaving one blank space.
Continue...

I just deleted the partitions on the drive 0 and now it’s installing on the bigger drive 0

 

[USAFRet]

You really really need to have only one physical drive connected during this process.
Windows has a nasty/stupid habit of putting the boot partition on 'the other drive'. Not by your choice, it just does it.

Remove that drive later, and no boot for you.