Cannot reinstall Windows 7 due to Hard DRive issues


  1. Vincent L
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    Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Windows 7 Professional 32bit
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    Cannot reinstall Windows 7 due to Hard DRive issues


    Hi all

    I have a Samsung EVO SSD & I tried to reinstall Windows 7 but Windows won't allow me to perform the reinstall & gave me this message ..... " Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk has an MBR partition table. On EFI system, Windows can only be installed to GPT disk."

    I've also include a screen shot of my drive to view.

    Any help would be very much appreciated.

    Vincent
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  3. samuria
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    win 8 32 bit
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    Welcome to the forum. If you delete all the partition so it's a blank disk it should work
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  4. RolandJS
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    Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
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    samuria, I wonder if end-user will have to boot and run a utility that will "make" the HD a GPT, compatable for the EFI computer.
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  6. Megahertz07
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    Windows 7 HP 64
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    Samuria is right. On computer with a UEFI BIOS, if you are using a Win 7 64 bits Installation disk, when you delete all partitions and create new, the new one will be GPT.
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  7. Vincent L
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    Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Windows 7 Professional 32bit
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    Hi guys .. thanks for all your replies but I've found a fix to my problems & maybe help someone out there with the same problem. Go to the link below to view the fix

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb6tECZP6WE

    It really work & my disk is now back to its working order
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  8. ThrashZone
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    Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64bit
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    Hi,
    That small of a drive did not have to be GPT it just needed the existing J partition deleted so the entire disk was Unallocated.

    GPT is only required for drives over 2tb so windows will see the space over 2tb's
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