New SATA hard drive, cant install Windows.


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    New SATA hard drive, cant install Windows.


    My old IDE system drive failed so I bought a new Seagate SATA drive and windows wont install. During the installation process I get the dreaded 'setup was unable to create a new system partition...' message and I cant escape it. I currently have no windows installed so I only have the CMD to work with...please assist me.
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    And when you get to the partition page it shows the hard drive as unallocated space, correct ?

    Follow this tutorial.

    Clean Install Windows 7

    and look over Greg`s

    Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7
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    the cmd list disk says 0 b free space on that drive...how can I allocate the space to install windows on?
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    ok ill try to follow that, thanks
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    Don`t know why it says 0 GB free on a brand new drive, but choose drive options then choose delete until it shows the entire drive as unallocated space, as in step 7
    Last edited by AddRAM; 22 Apr 2015 at 17:48.
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    My old IDE system drive failed so I bought a new Seagate SATA drive and windows wont install.
    Is the new Seagate SATA drive SATA3?

    Do you have a SATA3 port on the motherboard?
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    yes I do.

    Ok, I installed 7 to the sata but now I get a blinking cursor on boot. Wont go past that screen.
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