Solved Error (0x80300024)

[gregrocker]

You can avoid the need to move the HD to another PC by following these steps for Overcoming Windows 7 Installation Failures - Windows 7 Help Forums

 

[Nightflyer]

ok please make sure you have ONLY ONE hard drive attached to the system
when installing windows 7 or windows 8...all other hard drives MUST BE UNPLUGGED...
windows 7 will create 3 partitions and windows 8 will create 4 partitions if there is another
HDD with a windows install on the system it will find its system partition and will not create one on the new
install...this will cause windows to not boot if that hdd with the system partition on it is removed or formatted or it crashes if the system partition of that other hdd is not the same windows version you are trying to install the install will stop and display an incompatibility message....if you are going to duel boot
always boot the higher OS first and with a BCD editor add the other OS's...how ever my asrock mobo will
not duel boot no matter what...so I hit F11 for the boot menu and then I choose which OS to boot...
my Gigabyte mobo duel boots fine

 

[Engmourad]

I registered only to say thanks. Many many thanks .. Solved

 

[kardeck]

Logged in to say that I found a solution to this problem.

I could not believe, in this modern computer age, that I had to PHYSICALLY disconnect a hard drive to get windows to install! NOT ON MY WATCH!

In the BIOS of your motherboard, you may be able to change the priority of each drive attached to it. I have 3 drives, 2 SSD's and a mechanical. I changed the priority of the drive I wanted as the boot device (it was number 2, so I changed it to 0) and, et voila! it worked!

Edit: http://i.imgur.com/vYwne0z.jpg

 

[gregrocker]

There are more reasons that just install problems to unplug all other HD's (or disable in BIOS). We frequently see the System boot files derailed to another drive if this is not done. To avoid this one needs to either unplug all other drives, install only to the first-in-order HD, or make sure all preceding HD's partitions' are Logical and cannot accept boot files.

 

[Nightflyer]

Logged in to say that I found a solution to this problem.

I could not believe, in this modern computer age, that I had to PHYSICALLY disconnect a hard drive to get windows to install! NOT ON MY WATCH!

In the BIOS of your motherboard, you may be able to change the priority of each drive attached to it. I have 3 drives, 2 SSD's and a mechanical. I changed the priority of the drive I wanted as the boot device (it was number 2, so I changed it to 0) and, et voila! it worked!

Edit: http://i.imgur.com/vYwne0z.jpg

when installing windows there must only be ONE HDD attached to the computer and ONLY ONE...
turning off HDD's in the BIOS is a NONO...this may turn off the sata chip not the sata channel on some mobo's...windows automatically sets the boot priority in the bios...When Duel Booting you always BOOT from the Highest OS first...then with a BCD Editor add the other OS's...the windows installer has been Known to terminate the install process if a Lesser OS has been installed...go into the bios and remember
the where your hard drive is..( the sata channel or HDD slot...whatever )...If you do not Give a backside
and do not follow this rule...Headaches ARE Guaranteed ...No If's , And's or backsides

 

[palexof]

You even don't have to disable all hard disks - you just have to make sure, that the hard disk you want to install windows on has the highest boot priority in bios. That's all.

 

[gregrocker]

Incorrect. Even if the target HD is set to boot first, it may not appear as DISK0 on drive selection screen, so any preceding Primary partition may grab the boot files during install. We see this all the time here. The only solution is to unplug all other HD's, disable them in BIOS, or see that any preceding partition on any preceding HD is formatted as Logical so it cannot receive boot files.

That said, if you boot the Win7 installer and the target HD clearly appears as DISK0 on the drive selection screen, you should be safe. But always take a peek at Disk Mgmt after install to assure that the System Active partition is on the same HD, either on the 100mb System Reserved partition issued by installer or C.

 

[palexof]

Well, incorrect or not, I had exactly the same situation, error 0x80300024 while installing win7 - took a peek into bios and saw the hard drive did not have the highest priority. Changed the priority and it installed like a charm - error free
Just thought I should mention this for folks like me who:
1. don't have the option in bios to disable the hard drive (on a laptop).
2. would have a tremendous PITA to disable manually the hard drive, as the laptop does not possess a maintenance opening and would have to dismantle the whole laptop.

 

[gregrocker]

Sometimes setting the HD first to boot will overcome install failures. This is separate from protecting against derailing boot files by having no Primary partition preceding intended target drive.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/324687-windows-7-installation-failure-overcome.html

 

[Nightflyer]

remove all partitions from the disc with the os installer
if any Hdd's other than your target disc are connected REMOVE THJEM ALL...
nothing but the target disc and the dvd drive the installer is running from is
permitted to be attached to the system..which is why Microsoft needs to win the ASIP award
that's the award for Absolute Stupidity In Programming...The American ASIP awards..

 

[RobertCitizen]

Problem resolved on my dell t7810, when i removed additional drives that had been formated with uefi/gpt even that i had returned to legacy boot for a fresh install on a new sata drive.

 

[Shane Bolt]

Same issue

after building my new computer, I encountered same problem. Needed windows to install soundcard drivers and was getting same error. Disconnected all drives but local one for windows and installed with no hiccups

 

[bass8811]

I have this exact same problem and have no other hdd or anything storage wise plugged in other than the necesary and it still won't install. Desktop pc. Windows 7 32 bit On a disk. 500 gb hdd. No partition just one drive that says unalocated space. I get the same error. Also when i click on new it gives me the install windows msg " to ensure that all windows features...." then i click ok and nothing happens even after 2 hours of just leaving it. Help plz.

 

[gregrocker]

Work through the steps to Troubleshoot Windows 7 Installation Failures - Windows 7 Help Forums.

 

[MelvinZ]

Just wanted to say that removing all other hard drives works for the same error code in Windows 10 as well. If that is the case it probably works for 8 too, though I haven't tried it myself. Thanks for the help!

 

[fakename123]

My partner's dell adamo 13 crashed a few days ago and refuses to boot.
after failed attempts to back up data (I bought a usata-usb cable!), I'm giving up, and trying to wipe and reinstall 7.
I see the dreaded 0x80300024 error, and there are assuredly no other drives installed (just the usb dvd drive for the win install disc).

Any ideas?

 

[AnselmoRascon]

Problem solved Thanks to the forum

I have the same problem that everybody, I try thounsand tricks and nothing work.
I solve my problem JUST DISCONNECTING ALL MY HARD DRIVES AND BINGO!