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Weird error preventing windows installation (0x80300024)
So I'm trying to do a clean install of Win 7 on my Samsung 840 SSD. Initial installation about a year ago went fine. Now when I go into the setup of the install disc it gives me error 0x80300024. I've looked around and have found various solutions, none of which seem related to each other (fixing the MRB, removing other drives, etc). I'm worried about formatting the drive because I don't want to do it only to have it give me the same error (I don't have a back up drive with an OS).
Other info that may be important:
I have 4 HDDs on this PC
2 are 1TB platter drives
1 is a 3TB platter drive (just a back up for the other 3 drives)
Main drive is a 250GB SSD
The thing I find odd is that my disk manager shows the 3TB drive (G: ) as disk 0.
It shows the SSD as disk 1 (C: ).
The SSD has the typical 100MB system partition and then the rest of the drive is reserved for the OS and whatever else I put on it. So upon setup it should I'm installing on disk 1, partition 2.
I could try bootsec /fixmbr but this isn't something I've ever done before so it makes me a bit anxious. I suppose I could temporarily pull the 3TB drive to see if the SSD reverts to disk 0, but I don't know if that'll make any difference. Any help would be much appreciated