Error 0x80070057 when installing windows on a new hard disk

[Wmorris15]

I recently helped a friend to build a new pc, so as it's not installing windows 7 properly, I feel obliged to help.
When they originally tried to install windows, the computer was knocked over and turned off. It then encountered a boot.mgr missing problem on startup.
I went around to fix this by booting from the CD drive, deleting everything on th4 hard disk, creating a new 100mb partition, and then installing windows. It is here it encounters error 0x80070057 "Windows could not format a partition on disk 0" It then returns to the windows install menu, but the hard disk has disappeared from the install location menu.
Thanks for any help with this.

UPDATE:

Orignally I could access the hard disk in Windows setup, but now has completely disappeared from the install menu. It says there are no drivers found to install windows on.
The motherboard type is a GA-M68MT-D3P and in the Bios settings under standard CMOS features, the manual shows there should be 4 IDE channel masters to select an HDD from, however in this Bios, there is 3 pairs of Master and Slave, I don't know if this has stopped the motherboard recognising there is an HDD attached or is related at all?

I am really hoping the HDD isn't busted, but do people think this is the most likely cause?

 

[SuperSoph_WD]

Welcome to Tom's Hardware, Wmorris15!

This particular error indicates that the System Reserved partition is damaged. You'd need to reformat the HDD again, I'd even advise you to use a formatting tool that would allow you write zeros to the entire drive. If the HDD has disappeared from the Install menu, then I'd suggest you check the connections to the HDD. Make sure that the drive is mounted properly and also try using a different SATA cable with it and a different SATA port on the motherboard.

Another reason for this could be the installation CD itself, so I'd suggest you create a new bootable drive with the same OS version and see if that will help your friend's new rig to install Windows properly.

Hope this helps. Good luck & keep us posted!
SuperSoph_WD

 

[Ravi Sankar]

http://www.fixerrs.com/2014/04/Fix-Error-code-0x80070057.html

if the above solution not works, then

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2476568

 

[hang-the-9]

I recently helped a friend to build a new pc, so as it's not installing windows 7 properly, I feel obliged to help.
When they originally tried to install windows, the computer was knocked over and turned off. It then encountered a boot.mgr missing problem on startup.
I went around to fix this by booting from the CD drive, deleting everything on th4 hard disk, creating a new 100mb partition, and then installing windows. It is here it encounters error 0x80070057 "Windows could not format a partition on disk 0" It then returns to the windows install menu, but the hard disk has disappeared from the install location menu.
Thanks for any help with this.

Big clue here is that the system was knocked over. Did you check all connections to the system? If all cables are good, the hard drive may have been damaged during the fall.