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"Setup was unable to create new system partition" -- I've tried it all
I have a machine that has been running Win7 Ultimate for years. lately it's been behaving badly, and it seems the SSD the system was on was starting to fail. So this afternoon I put a new SSD into the machine and went to install Windows on it. I am installing from a DVD, not a USB stick. I have used this installer disc before on other machines, as recently as a few weeks ago. I tried a second disc too, same result.
I keep getting the error in the subject line. I've spent 3 hours trying everything I've found on this forum and others:
1) Using diskpart to manually partition the new drive (found step by step instruction here, didn't work)
2) Turning off all UEFI stuff in the BIOS, and enabling anything labeled "Legacy" (it was all already set that way)
3) Changing the DVD drive and system drive SATA busses from ACPI to IDE
4) moving all the devices from S_SATA to SATA 3 buses, splitting them across the two, and ultimately moving them all back to S_SATA where they originally were.
I've even taken the target SSD out and reformatted it in another machine, then put it back in. no luck.
I'm at my wits end. This machine was running Windows this morning, and has been a solid performer until its system drive started to fail.
What small animal do I need to sacrifice here? I'm willing to try anything at this point, because my whole afternoon is shot!
Thanks