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Need help installing W7 onto my new Skylake system
Wasn't sure what section for this, feel free to move to the appropriate sub forum.
Ok, I'm trying to install windows 7 x64 onto an ssd via a usb drive packaged with Gigabyte's USB drivers needed for the Intel 100 motherboards. Tools and procedure located here:
GIGABYTE Tech Daily: Having Trouble Installing Windows 7 By USB With Your GIGABYTE 100 Series Motherboard?
I am able to boot with the drive into the Windows install process, however, when I go to select my partitioned disk and hit next to begin copying files, I get a pop up that displays this error:
"Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk has an MBR partition table. On EFI systems, Windows can only be installed to GPT disks."
Now, I specifically partitioned the disk using Shift F10 and Diskpart because I do not want the 100 MB System Reserved partition for Bitlocker (or whatever) (https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...ndows-7-a.html) And I have done this multiple times over the years re-installing Windows 7 (when installing from the dvd). But it's not working here.
If I go back into Diskpart and try to convert to GPT, I first have to wipe the drive with the 'clean' command, which results in an unallocated disk to install onto, which I don't want. So after typing convert gpt, I then type 'create part primary', and then 'format fs=ntfs quick', and finally, 'assign', then go back and refresh the disk in the prompt, the MBR error is no longer there. But when I hit Next to begin copying files, it gives me:
"Setup was unable to create a new partition or locate an existing system partition. See the Setup log files for more information "
Can somebody please help me out of this endless maze? I know Im likely forgetting something very simple. I don't even know if the Gigabyte usb drivers will work yet as I've still not even gotten into windows mode
The new motherboard i am using is a Gigabyte GA-Z170x- UD3 board (latest F6 BIOS) with 16GB ram.
Thanks for any help.