How Do i over come This Error:0x80070017 While Installing WINDOWS 7

[a4abell]

I made a horrible mistake by formatting local disk C while installing windows now can some one please help me on how to go further from this errror

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/85/img20120706091850.jpg/

 

[gregrocker]

Why is this a horrible mistake? Did you intend to reinstall Win7?

Do you have an EFI BIOS? Enter BIOS setup to see if there is an EFI boot disk in the BIOS Boot order, and when it is set to boot?

If not then try wiping the HD with Diskpart Clean Command to retry Clean Install Windows 7

 

[a4abell]

Thank you so much for the fast reply..
yes i intended to reinstall windows 7, but when i came up to selecting the hard disk volume to install in i formatted the volume C where my windows 7 was installed isnt that bad??? i really dont know how to go further can you please give me detailed steps on how i can go about doing so thank you

EDIT: Oh and i did the diskpart clean thing using the command prompt still gives me this error .

 

[bhara]

just format it with XP cd or install xp first and then now format it with windows 7 and install windows 7

 

[a4abell]

Are you sure that willl work ? i have to go buy an xp cd now if you sure itll work , has it happend to you too?

 

[bhara]

ya i have solved like this, to many computer because i worked in computer hardware

 

[adamus]

Why is this a horrible mistake? Did you intend to reinstall Win7?

Do you have an EFI BIOS? Enter BIOS setup to see if there is an EFI boot disk in the BIOS Boot order, and when it is set to boot?

If not then try wiping the HD with Diskpart Clean Command to retry Clean Install Windows 7

I prefer the suggestion of Sir greg.

 

[F5ing]

Why is this a horrible mistake? Did you intend to reinstall Win7?

Do you have an EFI BIOS? Enter BIOS setup to see if there is an EFI boot disk in the BIOS Boot order, and when it is set to boot?

If not then try wiping the HD with Diskpart Clean Command to retry Clean Install Windows 7

Yep, follow what Greg posted. It's been successful for many many users, and as long as you've got a valid w7 product key it'll work without buying any additional software.

If you're doing this on an OEM machine (Dell, Acer, Toshiba, etc.) there is additional info in this one that you can refer to to help you along: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/219487-clean-reinstall-factory-oem-windows-7-a.h

 

[a4abell]

Umm the install win xp thing failed I got the same error x( ... can someone please elaborate the EFI BIOS thing sir Greg advices me to do, what do I do exactly???

EDIT : This is another error that comes when i just click next using the unallocated space

 

[F5ing]

Umm the install win xp thing failed I got the same error x( ... can someone please elaborate the EFI BIOS thing sir Greg advices me to do, what do I do exactly???

Are you doing the XP thing mentioned in post #4? You don't have to do that.

The mention of EFI (or UEFI) was a question posed to you. Your error indicates we've got to start looking at your hardware, therefore the question was to determine whether or not you have an EFI motherboard.

Can you fill out your system specs or at least post them?

 

[Golden]

The advice posted by Bhara is simply bad advice - ignore that completely. Follow Greg's suggestion here.

Regards,
Golden

 

[a4abell]

Intel MotherBoard DG41RQ
2x2 GB RAM DDR2
Seagate Pipleline Hd Sata 1TB HDD
INTEL CORE2QUAD 1.6Ghz

You guys rock. Hope its just software related i dunno why i formatted that stupid c drive ;( everything was working fine untill then

EDIT: I did try the last step of Sir Gregs advice i did a diskpart clean, should i try a full clean? it says it takes like 3 hours

 

[F5ing]

No. The regular Diskpart clean is plenty, no need to clean all...

Looking at the info for your board indicates that it is an EFI board.

• Reboot your machine and immediately press F2 to enter the BIOS.
• Under the Bios Boot menu make sure UEFI boot item is disabled (unless your hard drive is larger than 2TB).
• Under the BIOS Configuration menu select SATA Drives and then Chipset-SATA and change it to AHCI.

Then continue with the tutorial posted by Greg.

 

[a4abell]

In that case i already tried Cleaning it a lot of times still getting the same error

 

[solarmystic]

In that case i already tried Cleaning it a lot of times still getting the same error

Sorry to butt in fellow gurus, but just to be sure, (since you posted that screenshot that has unallocated disk space), are you following the final step of the that diskpart clean tutorial which asks you to perform this next bit?

From the http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/52129-disk-clean-clean-all-diskpart-command.html tutorial

11. You will now need to create a new partition or volume on the disk to be able to use it again.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2674-partition-volume-create-new.html

 

[a4abell]

Yes i Tried guru , but i get stuck at step 5 . create primary partition gives me an error cyclic reduncy check

 

[solarmystic]

Yes i Tried guru , but i get stuck at step 5 . create primary partition gives me an error cyclic reduncy check

Oh okay then my bad, i assumed you just decided to install windows directly on an unallocated/unpartitioned disk like was highlighted in your previous screenshot.

Carry on, fellow gurus. I stand corrected.

 

[a4abell]

I just wanna install this stupid windows 7 i hate those errors arrrghhhhh helppp plxxx

 

[F5ing]

Sorry folks...

I was editing my prior post while y'all were posting. Check out my prior post for info that may help you continue.

 

[a4abell]

Theres no ACHI where is it??