Cannot Install Windows 7 on new hard drive.

[stevew84]

My problem is a strange one, which I'm sure has come up in the past, so here it goes:

I've been having the Windows Home Security 2012 virus for the past couple of days, been using Malwarebytes with no results. As of now, I have a master (140gb C and D) and a slave (250gb E).

My C drive is the system drive, D drive was where i had Windows Vista (this was a dual boot machine originally). I noticed one day that my D partition was completely empty for some reason, I tried to format that drive and i got the bad sectors error.

Now here i am trying to run windows 7 ultimate installation from the desktop, I choose the customize option to wipe out everything on the drive. Now the only drive that is visible is the master, showing C and D (Disk 0 and Disk 1). For some reason my large E drive isnt visible.

I continue with Drive C and I get the error stating that Windows 7 cannot be installed on this drive, there is no reasoning behind this.

I unplugged my master drive from the mother board and reset my jumpers on the slave drive to Cable Select, even tried the default master arrangement regardless of which SATA cable is being used. I put the windows disk in the DVD drive and change my boot order to reflect the DVD rom....I don't get a prompt to boot from disk for whatever reason so I am stuck.

I would either like to install from the desktop to my E drive (i'm thinking of shrinking and creating a new partition for this before i try again)...or just overwrite my system drive and start fresh.

Thanks for the help.

 

[gregrocker]

Unplug all HD's except the target HD, boot the Win7 DVD to Custom install, use Drive options to delete all partitions and create new as you wish, format then install. Or just click Next after deleting and Win7 will create a boot and install partition and proceed on its own.

If this fails at any point please post back any error message verbatim and exactly what happened and where: Clean Install Windows 7

Where did you get Win7? Did you burn the DVD yourself?

 

[stevew84]

Thanks. I'll report back.

 

[stevew84]

Error code 0x8007045d

 

[gregrocker]

Please answer all the questions.

If this fails at any point please post back any error message verbatim and exactly what happened and where: Clean Install Windows 7

Where did you get Win7? Did you burn the DVD yourself?

 

[stevew84]

regardless of my bios stating the DVD is first to boot, I cannot get the win7 disk to start. I downloaded the windows ISO tool and used it to create the ISO.

I think I finally just got rid of the virus with webroot...not sure yet but a rootkit was found and removed.

 

[gregrocker]

The error normally means the installer is bad. This may also be why the DVD won't boot. How are you running the install now?

Where did you get Win7? Confirm the ISO and burn another using ImgBurn at 4x speed.

Or write to flash stick using Universal USB Installer with Win7 in dropdown menu, boot under USB, Removable, or HD's using one-time BIOS Boot Menu key. Set HD first to boot in BIOS.

 

[stevew84]

I burned this copy of ultimate a few days ago. I am running setup from the desktop and going to try and fresh install.

 

[gregrocker]

Where did you get the Ultimate ISO?

How do you plan to activate it?

If you have a COA sticker on the machine what is the licensed version?

 

[stevew84]

It was a back up DVD I had from about a year ago.

 

[gregrocker]

Is this an eMachine which came with Win7 installed? What is the licensed version on COA sticker, and is it 32 or 64 bit?

What is a backup DVD? Recovery Disk or Win7 Reinstallation DVD?

You need a bootable installer for best install and repairs.

Reinstalling Windows 7

 

[stevew84]

No this thing originally had XP but I've gutted the case recently. Has Asus mother board with Intel processor. I've had vista, then went to 7 ever since the beta. Ever since this virus pooped up, I can't do anything.

 

[gregrocker]

Once before the error was solved by simply cleaning the DVD. But if you're running the files from desktop then I'd suspect the ISO or extraction.

How are you activating Win7 and what is the version you've paid for?