While installing windows 7 64-bit error occurs:"Windows setup could not configure windows to run on this computer Hardware"

MrinalThakur

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while installing windows on my system, every time the system gives this error:
"Windows setup could not configure windows to run on this computer Hardware"
The service center says that the SATA driver is missing.
 

Mistertj

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If you have an older pc 2010 or earlier then you may have an "AF" hard drive you are trying to install and it may not be compatible. Need a non-AF hard drive. "AF" stands for advanced format. There would be a "AF" logo on the hard drive itself. Need 512 byte sector hard drive. This was the problem when I tried to upgrade my hard drive on my HP computer model name: HPE-240f

Wasted my whole day figuring this out