Windows 7 Installation Error

[moon143]

Can any body please help me here?
I am having a problem while istalling windows 7. I see an option on the screen where we choose the drive for windows to be installed, WINDOWS CAN NOT BE INSTALLED TO DISK 0 PARTITION 1. (SHOW DETAILS). while watching details, I see a msg THIS COMPUTER'S HARDWARE MAY NOT SUPPORT BOOTING TO THIS DISK. ENSURE THAT THE DISK'S CONTROLLER IS ENABLED IN THE COMPUTER'S BIOS menu.

 

[Jeckler]

What hardware?

 

[moon143]

Dell Latitude E6410

 

[AddRAM]

How big is partition 1 ? Your not trying to install it on the system reserve partition are you ?

Have you enabled the disks controller in the bios ?

 

[moon143]

actually i have made two partitions there
1 of 74 Gb
and the other is of 130 GB

 

[gregrocker]

Back up your files, unplug all other HD's and peripherals,

Boot into BIOS setup to enable Legacy BIOS if present. Next check BIOS Boot order for an EFI Boot Disk: remove it, set DVD drive first to boot, HD second. Then set SATA controller to AHCI. Save changes and Exit.

Then boot into installer DVD or flash stick burned or written using tool and latest ISO for your licensed here.

At first installer screen Press Shift + F10 to open a Command Box, type:

DISKPART
LIST DISK
SEL DIS 0 (after confirming Windows 7 target HD #)
CLEAN
CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY SIZE=102400 (for 100gb partition, adjust as desired)
FORMAT FS=NTFS LABEL="WINDOWS 7"
ACTIVE
EXIT
EXIT

Next click Install Now to Clean Install Windows 7 to the partition you created. If it fails then report back at which step and the verbatim error message.

In addition read over these steps to understand the tools and methods which work best to get and maintain a perfect Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7. The steps are the same for retail.