| Windows 7: "Windows cant be installed as it is GPT partition style"What do I do? |
07 Dec 2012
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#1 | | Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit /Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit |
"Windows cant be installed as it is GPT partition style"What do I do? Besically about 2 months ago I installed Ubuntu on my laptop and now i am trying to put back windows.
However when i try to install it, it says: "windows cannot be installed in this partition as it is GPT partition style.
As I received this message i tried to find out what to do and I tried soooo many things and now I have no idea what to do!
Right now i do not have any operative system on my laptop and I am using ubuntu through a USB stick.
When i look at the details of my HDD it says that it is MBR and not GPT!
I am going crazy and I do not know what to do! I think I even deleted the partition to restore my windows 7 home premium version.
Please tell me what I can do. I am stuck =( | My System Specs |
| OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit /Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit |
07 Dec 2012
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#2 | | Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany |
Use the command prompt on your windows installation disc and reformat the drive. The commands are: Diskpart List disk Select disk n (where n is the number that was given for your disk in List disk) Clean Create partition primary Format fs=ntfs quick Active Exit
Then install into that partition. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops OS Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to i7 Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207 Keyboard with trackball - no mices Mouse Trackball mice Hard Drives 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals Internet Speed DSL 6000 |
07 Dec 2012
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#3 | | Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit /Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit |
Thank you sooo much!!!! it seems like it s working!! i will let you know if i manage to complete the installation!
Thank you again! | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit /Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit |
07 Dec 2012
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#4 | | Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit /Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit |
May I ask you a question?
I formatted it with ubuntu and with windows installation...why didn t it work that way but with the command prompt did?? | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit /Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit |
07 Dec 2012
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#5 | | Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany |
You are welcome. Report completion please. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops OS Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to i7 Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207 Keyboard with trackball - no mices Mouse Trackball mice Hard Drives 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals Internet Speed DSL 6000 |
07 Dec 2012
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#6 | | Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany |

Quote: Originally Posted by giuliotoma May I ask you a question?
I formatted it with ubuntu and with windows installation...why didn t it work that way but with the command prompt did?? I could only tell you (maybe) if I knew the exact operation sequence you did. But since this is water under the bridge, is it worth it ?? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops OS Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to i7 Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207 Keyboard with trackball - no mices Mouse Trackball mice Hard Drives 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals Internet Speed DSL 6000 |
07 Dec 2012
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#7 | | Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit /Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit |
ok everything is fine! Thank you again! I was going crazy and I was trying all weird things to make it work...and the solution was sooo easy and simple XD | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit /Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit |
07 Dec 2012
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#8 | | Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany |
| My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops OS Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to i7 Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207 Keyboard with trackball - no mices Mouse Trackball mice Hard Drives 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals Internet Speed DSL 6000 "Windows cant be installed as it is GPT partition style"What do I do? problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 09:47 PM. | |