'Windows cannot be installed to this disk. This computer's hardware

[Acnologia]

Hallo i want help with a problem i have with a hard driver.....

I insert a new hard driver ( SATA HDD 3gb/s) and i try to do format on this and he show me this messange ('Windows cannot be installed to this disk. This computer's hardware may not support booting to this disk. Ensure the disk's controller is enabled in the computer's BIOS menu) also dichnei me that the hard driver have 0 total spase and 0 free space.... Anyone have a solution for this?

Also i check the BIOS and finds the hard driver and i give priority to him... And again i have the same problem...

 

[CKWD]

Hello Acnologia!

What is the hard drive you've got, as in manufacturer, model, capacity? And what is your motherboard?
Have you set up your hard drive as AHCI, RAID or IDE? Make sure it's AHCI.
What is the boot order in BIOS?
This could be an incompatibility issue you're experiencing.

Please provide answers to these questions to understand the situation and help you better!

CK_WD

 

[Acnologia]

The hard driver is Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500 Gbyte.... My motherboard Asus M3N78....i dont know how i cant do the hard driver as AHCI.... I have give priority to the hard driver

 

[Acnologia]

Im the storage configuration
Sata mode select : sata mode, raid mode and ahci mode...

 

[CKWD]

Your motherboard is a quite old model. As I can see you are running an AMD system.
The option in BIOS should either what you've written “SATA mode select” or “SATA port”. See under which one your drive is: AHCI, RAID or IDE. From there you should be able to change it to AHCI mode, if it's not.
Do you have another storage device (HDD or SSD or SHDD)?
First power down you PC, check if you have connected the drive correctly: one end of the SATA cable to the drive, and the other end to an available SATA port on your motherboard; then connect the drive to your power supply unit (PSU).
Then power on the PC, go into BIOS, set AHCI, see if that helps.

Best of luck!

CK_WD

 

[Acnologia]

I've tried to do items to form AHCI .... and no difference in AHCI form does not even display my hard disk ..... and I gouged MESSAGE DURING a starting that the status of hard disk is bad

 

[gregrocker]

Test the HD with Seagate Seatools bootable CD to confirm its condition.

Do you have UEFI boot choices when you access the BIOS boot menu?

Where did you get the Win7 disk you're attempting to boot? How is it burned?

 

[Acnologia]

Thanks for the help guys.... The hard driver is destroyd this is the reason why display me total space 0

 

[AddRAM]

Thought it was a new drive ?

It probably just has to be converted from GPT to MBR.

Change a GUID Partition Table Disk into a Master Boot Record Disk

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/26203-convert-gpt-disk-mbr-disk.html

 

[Acnologia]

No man he is old...a friend give me becuse my hard driver have problem...

 

[AddRAM]

Well, these were your words...

"I insert a new hard driver ( SATA HDD 3gb/s) and i try to do format on this"

Sorry about the dead drive

Buy a new Solid State drive

Samsung SSD (Solid State Drives) 840 EVO | Samsung SSD US

 

[Acnologia]

with new concepts in my computer .... Anyway I did not mention that once you bought ...

Do not be sad .... I will find a solution .....
I need Solid State to install software;

 

[CKWD]

Hi Acnologia!

I'm too sorry it happened to be a bad drive, though we were proceeding with the idea that it's a new drive.
An SSD would really help you more.

Best of luck!

CK_WD