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Windows Cannot be Installed to Disk 0 Partition 3
Then under show details it lists
Windows cannot be installed to this disk. This computer's hardware may not support booting to this disk. Ensure that the disk's controller is enabled in the computer's BIOS menu.
Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The disk may fail soon. If other hard disks are available, install Windows in another location.
I certainly don't understand the 2 msgs. This hard drive was working perfectly in another PC. Google searches tell me something about a drivers disk that has to be reinsertrd. I don't have one.
This is a Dell Inspiron M5030 running (rather, was running) Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. The hard drive went bad and I put in another HD, same brand - Western Digital, slightly bigger DASD. I am using the original Dell CD and when I try to install W7 on the new HD (pulled from another laptop) I get the 'Where do you want to install Windows?' screen which lists 3 areas:
Disk 0 Partition 1: PQSERVICE
Disk 0 Partition 2: SYSTEM RESERVED
Disk 0 Partition 3 (449.7 GB)
I have clicked on P3 and done a delete and a format, and I still get the same msg (but no msg number).