Setup was unable to creat a new system partition

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Demosthene

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Clean install of windows 7 on 2 160gb sata HDD's set up for a raid 0
when i select a partition to install the OS onto it gives me the error

"Setup was unable to create a new system partition or locate an existing system partition. see the Setup log files for more information."

any suggestions?
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 RC build 7100
CPU
AMD Phenom II 810 AM3
Motherboard
Asus M4A78-E
Memory
Patriot Viper 4gb (2x2gb) 240 pin 1333
Graphics Card(s)
Xfx radeon 4850
Hard Drives
W.D. Caviar blue 160gb 3.0gb/s SATA
Samsung 160gb 3.0gb/s Sata
Demosthene said:
Clean install of windows 7 on 2 160gb sata HDD's set up for a raid 0
when i select a partition to install the OS onto it gives me the error

"Setup was unable to create a new system partition or locate an existing system partition. see the Setup log files for more information."

any suggestions?
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Probably the raid driver. You need to download and install it during the win 7 install.

Ken
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP Pavillion dv-7 1005 Tx
OS
Win 8 Release candidate 8400
CPU
[email protected]
Memory
4 gigs
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia 9600M
Sound Card
HD built-in
Monitor(s) Displays
17" Wxga
Screen Resolution
1440x900
Cooling
none
Internet Speed
45Mb down 5Mb up
raid driver is installed

also, tried installing it without the raid setup and was still getting the same message from both HDD. They've both been formatted (not a quick format either) and are empty.
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 RC build 7100
CPU
AMD Phenom II 810 AM3
Motherboard
Asus M4A78-E
Memory
Patriot Viper 4gb (2x2gb) 240 pin 1333
Graphics Card(s)
Xfx radeon 4850
Hard Drives
W.D. Caviar blue 160gb 3.0gb/s SATA
Samsung 160gb 3.0gb/s Sata
I got the problem fixed....


thanks for the suggestion ken :)
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 RC build 7100
CPU
AMD Phenom II 810 AM3
Motherboard
Asus M4A78-E
Memory
Patriot Viper 4gb (2x2gb) 240 pin 1333
Graphics Card(s)
Xfx radeon 4850
Hard Drives
W.D. Caviar blue 160gb 3.0gb/s SATA
Samsung 160gb 3.0gb/s Sata

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP Pavillion dv-7 1005 Tx
OS
Win 8 Release candidate 8400
CPU
[email protected]
Memory
4 gigs
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia 9600M
Sound Card
HD built-in
Monitor(s) Displays
17" Wxga
Screen Resolution
1440x900
Cooling
none
Internet Speed
45Mb down 5Mb up
well... i opened up my bios to see if anything in there was looking kinda off. when i went into the boot sequence, then into the HD sequence my flashdrive i had on there for raid drivers was listed before my raid 0 array. So, i switched them and it seemed to work.
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 RC build 7100
CPU
AMD Phenom II 810 AM3
Motherboard
Asus M4A78-E
Memory
Patriot Viper 4gb (2x2gb) 240 pin 1333
Graphics Card(s)
Xfx radeon 4850
Hard Drives
W.D. Caviar blue 160gb 3.0gb/s SATA
Samsung 160gb 3.0gb/s Sata
OMG

OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH, sorry, its just that ive been searching the web for so long and they all talk about this raid thingy, and disconnect ur enternal dives or whatever and i dont know how to do that, but now the setup works because of your simple method, THANK YOU, im not reallly good with computers and im not exactly an adult, i was kinda scared i ruined my laptop
 

My Computer

OS
Win 7 Professional x32
Appears those searching this error during install are finding that correcting the boot order in BIOS solves it.

Is it possible they might also be trying to install upon the flash media?

Bookmarked.
 
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