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Can't get W7 to install over existing vista partition
I'm trying to install W7 on an HP DV6-1253cl notebook from a USB flash drive and running into problems that are preventing the install. (Note: It's not the rig that is in my system specs.)
When I try and clean install Windows 7 64-bit over the existing Vista system partition (C), I get the following error.
"Setup was unable to create a new system partition or locate an existing system partition. See the Setup log files for more information."
Thing is, setup shows that partition as well as the HP recovery partition and an external USB drive that is also connected to this notebook and offers all of those as choices for installing W7 onto.
Can anyone help me figure out why W7 won't install on the existing Vista C partition and tell me how to get it to install?
Thanks in advance for any help with this.