Error trying to install windows 7

[slamothe55]

Back story: had a problem and decided to wipe windows and do a fresh install. Removed HDD and used a sata to usb with power cord and used my laptop to copy files and reformat the drive. Formatted fine and installed HDD back into desktop. I dont have a cd drive but i have windows on a usb drive.

Insert usb drive in and go into bios set usb drive as #1, booted computer.

Brought me to the windows installed screen and I selected drive 0 partition 1 and it gave me the error below:

Windows cannot be installed to this disk. "This computers hardware may not support booting to this disk. Ensure that the disks controller is enabled in the computers BIOs menu."

No idea what caused this, any ideas on a fix? Desperate here this is my design PC!

HDD is a Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1 TB drive
Motherboard has a marking on it like this Asus N13219

 

[smorizio]

with windows install the drive that going to be installed too has to have no partions or data on it. boot into window again use advance mode and delete the partion on the hard drive you want to use then reboot and try again. also in the laptop bios csm may need to be on or off and legicy boot may need to be on too.

 

[slamothe55]

I have tried deleting the partition and installing with windows but i get the same error no matter what.

the computer im trying to do this on is a desktop not a laptop, i just used the laptop to backup data and wipe drive before reinstall it into the desktop

 

[smorizio]

in the desktop bios is the hard drive showing. also under boot with asus make sure the bios sayes efi and legicy boot. under boot. if the error still there try download new iso from digital rivers and use the free microsft iso to usb tool to make a new usb boot stick.

 

[slamothe55]

hard drive is showing in bios.

where would i see if efi and legacy boot are showing?

also, i dont believe you can download the iso files from digital river anymore.

 

[smorizio]

it be under boot tab. boot from legacy and efi bios.

 

[smorizio]

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-recovery

 

[slamothe55]

I've tried a few other things as well, a different win 7 installer (dvd version) and also another hdd and nothing has worked, keeps coming up with the same error. That's why I figure it is probably a bios setting.

I don't see "efi bios" in the boot area anywhere, but on the main tab it shows legacy and it is selected

 

[smorizio]

is the pc home built or pre built any model info on the asus mb???

 

[smorizio]

http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c00757531
if your pc and pre built hp or your reusing hp or compaq mb. check under sata ports there set to achi or ide mode.
you may have to download the nvidia chipset drivers for the mb from hp and do an f6 custom driver install to get the sata ports seen by windows 7 installer. also look at what port the sata hard drive is on on the older mb it has to be on port 0.

 

[slamothe55]

Its home built by a friend who is no longer around. Not sure exactly where to find info on the mb, only numbers i can find are Asus N13219 it is an intel processor if that helps and the board has an Ai logo.

 

[slamothe55]

I believe the motherboard is an Asus M2NPV-MX

 

[smorizio]

http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/M2NPVMX/
http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/socketAM2/M2NPV-MX/e2629_m2npv-mx_manual.pdf
http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/socketAM2/M2NPV-MX/e2629_m2npv-mx_manual.pdf
make sure the bios setting are set to default as there in the mb pdf guild.

 

[slamothe55]

Actually I am wrong, can't be that it is an intel board not an AMD board. Sorry...

 

[slamothe55]

Still experiencing this issue can't get by this error on install with any hdd i try or any install disk/usb. Must be a bios issue but i cant figure it out. Any ideas?

 

[slamothe55]

Do I need to have some sort of drivers to install win 7?

Right now the hard drive is completely empty and not partitioned and I get this error when trying to go to the next step with drive 0 selected.

I've tried 2 different HDDs and no good. Any suggestions? Driving me insane lol

 

[smorizio]

is it seeing the drive or is drive 0 the usb disk,. if it just the usb disk and no other drive is showing up you need to do and f6 and install drivers for the sata ports.

 

[slamothe55]

Seems to me as if it is seeing the drive no problem...I posted a few screenshots below:

http://i.imgur.com/x88lihI.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/ngVS2RM.jpg

 

[slamothe55]

Just want to say thanks again for all the help it is really appreciated! Hope we can solve this

 

[smorizio]

to help we need more info. take a screen shot of the main bios screen so we can tell what mb you have and help with the bios settings.