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Windows cannot be installed to this disk
I purchased a new Seagate 240 GB SSD to install Windows 7 64 bit on. I am unable to do so, getting the message "Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The computer's hardware may not support booting top this disk. Ensure that the disk's controller is enabled in the computer's BIOS menu." I have the BIOS set to AHCI and the SSD is the only drive in the machine. I tried partitioning and formatting and making the partition active in my Windows 7 32 bit installation, but still no success.
I cleaned the disk with diskpart, then attempted again. As soon as I get to the page with the drive listed, windows shows the exclamation point and says "Windows cannot be installed on this drive." I loaded Intel(R) ICH10R SATA AHCI Controller from Intel the download refreshed, but still the same. I also tried the drivers from the ASUS site (slightly different filename), same result.
As a point that I don't understand but may be relevant, Windows 7 loses the drive, then reacquires it over and over. I have watched it in BIOS and it seems to be stable there. I also have a Windows 8 installation and the drive is stable there,also.