Setup was unable to create a new partition or locate an existing system partition

[Maximuswood]

I 've been trying to create my own bout sector or partition, I was confident at first, but now I'm do lost I might as well say my expertise is good enough to identify a partition as being a tv show they show on tv...whats tv?...

This is win 7 64bit install cd from 2011 on a raid hd
This is what i've been doing
Diskpart
List disk
Select disk 0 (the hd)(my only option)
Clean
Create partition primary
Select partition 1
Active
format fs=ntfs quick
Ive formatted it with n without quick
Assign
Exit
Exit

Then tried some cd boot boot rec stuff that went nowhere, didnt get past step 1

And with repition of the first steps, nothing works.

 

[TechGeddon]

This is a clean install? Why are you trying to make your own boot partition? If you do that it does not set the boot flag on that partition it's missing a few steps, please answer my questions and I may answer yours.

 

[USAFRet]

I 've been trying to create my own bout sector or partition

In basic terms, what are you actually trying to do?

 

[Maximuswood]

Found new stuff.
Disk is raid, online, 0 path target or lun id, read only boot disk no (dunno if it.matters, my boot order is cd drive 1st, hd 2nd)
Page no, hiber no, crashdump no, clust no

Partition 1
Type 07, hidden no, active yes, offset 1050624, ltr D ntfs 931gb

Volume
Read no, hidden no, no default drive letter = no
Shadow no, offline no, bitlock no, installable yes
Capacitty and free space 931gb

 

[Maximuswood]

I'm trying to install Windows 7 and I'm trying to create and select an install location

 

[USAFRet]

I'm trying to install Windows 7 and I'm trying to create and select an install location

Have only one drive connected
Boot from the instal media
Select Custom
Wipe out any and all partitions
Install

Unless you are trying to make some RAID thing, then all bets are off.

 

[TechGeddon]

I'm trying to install Windows 7 and I'm trying to create and select an install location

why are you doing this manually? why are you not just selecting the drive in the windows installer and letting it do the work?

 

[Maximuswood]

I boot from cd, press any key, takes me to setup.
My language is english, ..., accept terms, brings me to where I want to.install Windows. I formatted the part and deleted it. Then hit.next where it gave me the unable to create new...msg
So I click "new" myself, apply the 953868mb, click next, and get the same message

 

[Maximuswood]

I started thisprocess off normal as I would, and got the error.

First, windows failed, said the hardware was wrong. Same hardware ive been using except ive haad gpu problems and removed the gpu to fix.

Then Windows failed installation mid install and fell into a loop. Starting windows to finish install> Windows couldn't install>restart>loop

So I re inserted my original hardware, my gpu...
Now I'm trying to do a fresh install of windows but it went let me

 

[TechGeddon]

run command fixmbr it sounds like the boot record and table have to be rebuilt/repaired.
then reboot and try again, let me know what happens

 

[Maximuswood]

Ok. B4 i do, my fs for volume c: is raw and the type is.partition. is that an issue?

 

[Maximuswood]

N/m. I fixed that, ill do what u said now

 

[Maximuswood]

I dont suppose u skype? Woodloco
B/c bootrec /fixmbr. Cannot.find the path, and I dunno how to find path correctly

 

[USAFRet]

Are you booting direct from your install media? DVD or USB?

 

[Maximuswood]

Whatever I type I get no confirmation. Only repairs dis structure. The following commands blah blah blah.

I tried it with (variations). X:\bootrec/fixmbr(/c(disk 0)(partition 1)(volume 1)
C:\bootrec....(variations)

 

[Maximuswood]

Booting direct from win 7 install

 

[Maximuswood]

Myskype name is woodloco, id appreciate anyhelp. I have to go to sleep, but will be online in a couple hrs (I woke up early when slow format fs completed)

 

[USAFRet]

Booting direct from win 7 install

Assuming you are simply trying to install Windows on a single disk:

Boot from the install media
Custom (advanced)
Then select "Drive Options (advanced)"
Delete all partitions
New
Next

 

[Maximuswood]

Rebooting solved that issue. But my original problem was Windows saying out couldn't install on the hardware I've been using for 2 years that's been installed to multiple times.

My process to troubleshoot that was to cmd the situation, not sure where I screwed up or why rebooting fixed..But...it's all in the process...somewhere. ty all

 

[Maximuswood]

But actually, please check back in a couple hours or later to see if Windows installs 100%. Although I don't know if you can help with "Windows can't install to the hardware it installed to last week

 

[Maximuswood]

Installation failed. Windows couldn't install onto the hardware I been using for 2yrs.
I received that message b4i started messing around, so I didn't do it.

Just b4 I had to do this install, I pressed the switchable gpu button for fun b/c I had no gpu to switch to. When pc restarted, my single gpu was having driver error. I updated it, reset Windows, and got stuck in a blue screen loop with no f8 option to help me.

When I tried to reinstall Windows, well I guess my switchable gpu capability of my scamware pc...Alienware..has everything to do with installing Windows b/c I can't install after messing with graphics