Trying do fresh W7 install. Throws Error 0x80070057

wrenaudrey

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I've been trying to do this for several hours with no success.

Im trying to install W7 and when i get to the choosing the drive; i click on 'new' and then it makes a Disk 0 Partition 1:System Reserved and a Disk 0 Partition 2.

Now with the Partition 2, i click on format. But it throws this: 'Error: 0x80070057'


In the BIOS i have AHCI enabled and the only thing plugged in into the SATA ports is this drive im trying to install W7 on.

The drive im trying to install it on is a SSD, Samsung 830 128GB.

Before this trying to do a clean install business, i was encountering BSODs right after the windows animation when its booting. Then after around 3 restarts, it just wouldnt read windows and it just booted straight into the BIOS.

Could my SSD be dead?

Specs for the rest are:
Mobo: ASUS Sabertooth Z87
CPU: i7 4770k
RAM: 8GB Corsair Dominator 1866
GPU: EVGA GTX 780

Im really need the help as im panicking as i need to install windows and do my work for university.
 

wrenaudrey

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I have deleted and repartitioned it. It didnt work.
I had data on the SSD initially and used PartedMagic to secure erase and initialise it.

Any other suggestions please?

The SSD could not possibly be dead cause I can see it in BIOS and i can see it in this drive selection, so what could possibly be going wrong.
 

ramalpan

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Just for the record, your sata cable and mobo are in good shape right? did you try connecting to another sata port or using another sata cable?

Did you try sticking the ssd into another computer (maybe a friend's) and use the samsung ssd magician software to check the integrity of the drive?

You could erase the hard drive completely. By completely I mean using a 3rd party wiping software. If you have access to another computer try making a DBAN cd

The software can be found here : http://www.dban.org/
Instructions can be found here http://www.dban.org/faq/burning
or here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGQ-AIm8QsQ

If you don't have access to a cd then you can use a usb. Mind you it will erase any drive plugged into the mobo/or usb ports so you might want to unplug them
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/install-dban-to-a-usb-flash-drive-using-windows/

Lastly I can't guarantee that this will work, but this will bring it to factory settings as if there was never data on it.
If this doesn't work you will probably want to contact the manufacturer
 

wrenaudrey

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@ramalpan

Yes i did do all those mobo related diagnostics.

I should have really done that SSD magician stuff, but im going to do that now.

Before i was trying to install W7 i did use Parted Magic's enhanced secure erase and that found out its not necessary so i did the normal secure erase. After that was done k went into windows(im on another machine) and went into disk management to initialise the drive and it did.
Now i thought i was set to go so I try to install W7, drive is detected in BIOS and when i get to choosing the drive, the SSD showed as 'Disk 0 Partition 1' and there was a prompt at the bottom: 'Windows cannot be installed to this disk. This computer's hardware may not support booting to this disk. Ensure the disk's controller is enabled in the computer's BIOS menu.'

So did some ooogling and read that i should try restoring BIOS to default so i did.
Went into trying to installl W7 again, that prompt disappeared but now i apparently had to make a System Reserved and have a primary.
So i did by clicking on 'New', now i try to install W7 on the 2nd partition which is the primary then an: Error 0x80070057

Now this is the point where im getting stuck.

I really appreciate the help.
 

ramalpan

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ok so it sounds like you have a real problem with the ssd. What did the samsung magician software say? What happens when you try to make a third partition on the disk and try to instal windows on the third partition (skip the disk zero partition 1)?
Doesn't windows 7 installation give you the option of repairing the disk instead of installing windows?

Check out the second answer on this forum
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/64f2b570-3b92-409c-a2d5-134dd2dd6287/internal-error-0x80070057-backup-windows-7?forum=w7itprogeneral
 

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