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Setup was unable to create a new system partition....
okay, so... where to start...
I built a new rig 4 days ago. started installing windows 7 and had nothing but issues. I wanted to install the os on my SSD, but it wouldn't show up in the windows install. I found out that I had to prep the drive and install drivers before I could use it. so I installed the os on one of my HDDs which wasn't easy either. for some reason I had to convert the disk to MBR, after doing so everything went easy. installed the os, downloaded the software and drivers for the SSD, cloned the os to the SSD and continued. then after trying to fix a sound issue something went severely wrong. I tried updating all my drivers and I'm assuming something got messed up. my keyboard stopped working, then wouldn't show up except as a default keyboard. sound stopped working right, games wouldn't load (kept getting a (0xc0000005) error). so I opted to reinstall windows since I figured out how to do it now.... wrong.
so I did end up getting the os to install again, tho this time it said that UEF or EFI systems have to be gpt. I got all the way to cloning the drive to the SSD only for it to say it took it offline due to it having the same signature as another drive. I turned it back on and tried to boot... it was successful except it sat at preparing desktop for 20 min before going to a light blue screen that says "Not a valid version of Windows" or something along those lines.
since then I have tried reinstalling Windows both ways that it worked before and have not succeeded... I'm currently following some instructions on another post to see if that works, but I'm highly doubtful. someone ease rescue me from this nightmare!!!
I can provide much more detailed info if needed