Question Problems installing Windows 10 on Acer Aspire

[mtm5062]

I have an old Acer Aspire M5-581T(G) laptop that is from 2012. It has 6 GB RAM and an i5 Processor, so I figured I would be able to thrown an SSD in and get it up and working again fast.
I have tried 4 SSD hard drives and they are all failing so it is not a bad SSD. I have been getting errors similar to "windows couldn't create a new partition 0x80042556". It also wont let me use diskpart to format the SSD because it keeps failing. I am able to format the SSDs in another computer but when I load it into the Acer it says it is 0.0MB when it should be 465GB. Is there anything else I can do or is it a bad board? I also removed the 20GB Cache SSD because I thought that was causing the problem. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[theunfish]

try installing windows on an external ssd

 

[delaro]

"windows couldn't create a new partition 0x80042556"

Walk through it pretty much explains everything.

https://appuals.com/fix-we-couldnt-create-a-new-partition-or-locate-an-existing-one/

 

[theunfish]

"windows couldn't create a new partition 0x80042556"

Walk through it pretty much explains everything.

https://appuals.com/fix-we-couldnt-create-a-new-partition-or-locate-an-existing-one/

i tested this on an old laptop i was experiencing the same issue with (i did install windows on it a while ago on an external ssd, which worked fine, but i reinstalled the hard drive just to test this), and it worked for me. thanks dude, couldn't have found that article without your help.

 

[mtm5062]

If I install Windows 10 on an external hard drive then wouldn't I always have to have the hard drive plugged into the USB port for it to boot up and work? I would rather have in internally like it came from the factory.

I tried everything in that article and it still does not work. Any ideas?

 

[theunfish]

If I install Windows 10 on an external hard drive then wouldn't I always have to have the hard drive plugged into the USB port for it to boot up and work? I would rather have in internally like it came from the factory.

I tried everything in that article and it still does not work. Any ideas?

did you do everything right? it did work for me..

 

[mtm5062]

Yup I have been working on this for over a week so I feel like I tried everything. Here are some screen shots of my BIOS settings and the failed diskpart errors.

https://imgur.com/a/NiFunrY

View: https://imgur.com/a/NiFunrY?

 

[theunfish]

seems like you're in quite of a baloney, the ssd could just be.. broken. not trying to jump into any conclusions, try the ssd on a different computer just to check.

 

[mtm5062]

The SSD on any other computer works fine. I have tried 4 different SSDs. Could it be an issue with the 20GB cache SSD?

 

[mtm5062]

This is basically what happens. I take a brand new 480 GB SSD and install it right out of the packaging in to the laptop. I boot to CD and hit install. When I click Next I get the first error. When I try to click New I get the second error. Does anyone know how to fix this?

https://imgur.com/a/uPksQJp

View: https://imgur.com/a/uPksQJp