windows cannot be installed on this disk


  1. Natalix
    Posts : 1
    windows 8.1 x64
       New #1

    I've got a problem, I tried to install win 8.1, but my laptop has UEFI BIOS, so I made my USB bootable as ept for uefi bios (according to rufus' tutorial), I also had to disable uefi boot mode in bios (or something like that), I booted windows installation from usb, and I formatted my only partition (there are only left system and samsung_rec partitions) and it said "on efi system windows can only be installed to gpt disks" and I can't click on next button.
    Please help me, what should I do? I am a total noob, so I'm going to need as simpler as possible tutorial

    I wanted to install win 8, and I formatted the disk, now I can't start it, and can't install the windows. Please help me. I get the message "windows cannot be installed on this disk. the selected disk had MBR partition table. on EFI systems, windows can only be installed to GPT disk".
    and btw I had to disable in BIOS to boot UEFI or something like that.
    Is there any way to install windows now, or change my disk to GPT disk? Please help
    Last edited by Brink; 15 Aug 2014 at 16:28. Reason: Merged posts, and moved to new thread
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  3. Ztruker
    Posts : 6,285
    Windows 10 Pro X64
       New #2

    I think Greg's post here applies to you as well: Unable to boot into Install USB
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

 

  Related Discussions
Hi I have 2 disks one is the original HDD (disk 0) and one is the SSD (disk 1). I installed Win7 on the SSD but can't get my system to boot from the new install. On my HDD, the Win7 install is on a 29GB partition which has no space. I want to run off the 75GB SSD. I can't seem to set the...
I'm refurbishing an old laptop, an Asus X5DC. I have put in an old 20GB HDD which was originally taken from an Xbox 360 in the hope to install Windows 7 on it, to which I am getting the error: The details are the following: Now, the funny thing is, there is no HDD options in the BIOS,...
I am trying to install Win 7 64-bit to a Toshiba Satellite A655-S6050 latptop. The hard drive is a new, bare metal 320 GB Western Digital 5400 RPM. I have tried booting using standard Win 7 OEM dvd, an upgrade OEM and a Toshiba Win 7 upgrade. I have used these disks numerable times in the past in...
I have Dell Inspiron N5110 i7 and with 8Gb RAM and I have replace DVD drive with SSD disk in caddy, and that this is working fine ( when formatting I can copy files), also I have selected AHCI for SATA controller in BIOS. After that my plan is to put Win7 on SSD disk. So I have make one USB...
Hi guys. So I am getting this error (Windows cannot be installed on this disk. The disk may fail soon) when I am trying to re-install Windows on my pc. I have tried running UbuntU to check for errors on my HD but it seems to just freeze up everytime I try to run it. And i tried to run the...
Our Sites
Site Links
About Us
Windows 7 Forums is an independent web site and has not been authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved by Microsoft Corporation. "Windows 7" and related materials are trademarks of Microsoft Corp.

 © Designer Media Ltd
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 12:03.
Find Us