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  1. RobThaRobba

    Windows 7 HDD formatting problems

    So Ive just gotten my PC back from repair; everything is working perfectly, except for a HDD. I have 3 drives, one being a SSD with the OS on it, the other two being WesternDigital 1TB drives. The problem is that one of the two HDDs is recognized, but not intractable. The repaired PC came...
  2. P

    Windows 7 Windows 7 64bit

    I am booting from windows 7 64bt disk, I have two partitions, but I am getting the message can not install on a gpt style. This laptop had windows 8 on it can anyone advise
  3. RDM

    Windows 8 Install Windows 7 on a new HP with Windows 8 on it

    I have a brand new HP Envy dv6 with windows 8 on it from the factor. I have some software that is only available in Windows 7 with upgrade to windows 8 versions 6 to 12 months off. I figured no big deal, I've done dual boots before. Well it's different now. I made a partition, formatted it...
  4. T

    Windows 7 Win7 Install on win8 laptop with uefi and gpt

    I am a bit stuck. Friend detests windows 8 even after i enabled the start button for them. I figured id help them out by installing win7 on it for them....should be easy no? nope. i deleted the OS partition and it now wont let me install my win7 32bit oem disk on it. i get the cannot install on...
  5. geohei

    Windows 7 Macrium Reflect questions

    Hi. I plan to buy Macrium Reflect Pro (MR). I tested latest build 5529 (version 5.1) trial a couple of days now. Some questions came up ... I use Windows 7 & Ubuntu 12.10 on a GPT HDD inside a UEFI system. 1. Can I backup the GPT structure of the HDD, meaning I can restore on bare metal? 2...
  6. P

    Windows 7 Installing W7 on SSD (GPT)

    So I try to install Windows 7 onto my SSD for a completely new comp - and in the 'where do you want to install windows' window I have 2 partitions. Disk 0 Partition 1 - 100MB total size, 86MB free space, System - type - 'Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk is of the GPT...
  7. M

    Windows 7 Couldn't install another win 7

    Hi friends! I am new in this forum, I've reading for a while but I couldn't find a soluction, so I've decided to ask you directly. I've been trying to install two win 7 64 bits in my new computer, in order to use one partition for general use, as internet, webs and so on, an another partition...
  8. StefaNafetS

    Windows 8 On EFI systems Win cannot instal on MBR partion table disk only to GPT disks

    Encountered this problem when trying to install windows: I couldnt install windows in C ,neither to format that partition because of this message [Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk has an MBR partition table. On EFI systems, Windows can only be installed to GPT disks]...
  9. S

    Windows 7 Trying to custom install windows 7

    I just bought an HP laptop with Windows 8 on it. I cant stand windows 8 and wanted to put 7 back on but im running into some problems. When i finally boot from the cd and proceed to install windows, it asks me which disk I want to partition, there are five currently which are below. But i cannot...
  10. F

    Windows 8 Installing Windows 8 and 7 to new computer

    I just received a new Dell Inspiron 15R-5520 64 bit laptop. I also ordered and received from Dell the Windows 8 OS DVD along with a Drivers DVD. I also own a valid Windows 7 OS with product key. I use Acronis True Image 2013 to backup and restore images of the OS. I wish to partition my HDD...
  11. StefaNafetS

    Windows 8 [screen glitch] before lock screen appears+smal boot delay

    Kind of screen glitch that appears before windows 8 lock screen appears at start /restart and a notable delay in starting/restarting time than with my 1st win8 install. I think this appeared after I installed my windows 7 back ( dont ask me why..)( a clean install) and installed my win8 back...
  12. E

    Windows 8 Clean install of Windows 8 on a multi-boot computer

    I have 3 hard disks of 2 TB each with plenty of space for partitions. I run a multi-boot manager with a number of Windows OSs including Windows Vista and Windows 7, along with a number of Linux distros. I would like to install Windows 8 in its own partition, not upgrade Windows 7. I am...
  13. J

    Windows 7 Urgent Help. Unknow Error, Even Microsft Dosen'T Know

    While installing windows 8 i ran into an error. It said that this disk is mbr and is needed to be converted to gpt. So I tried formatting it and it said We couldn't create a new partition [error:0xc983c160] <- googled it and no results at all. I went to cmd and tried to convert mbr to gpt...
  14. V

    Windows 7 Secondary, non-boot HDD...do I want MBR or GBT?

    I recently purchased an SSD to use as my boot disc, and a 1TB HDD to use for my primary storage device. I installed my SSD, and installed Windows to it, installed my HDD, and set my BIOS up to boot from the SSD, with the HDD as a secondary drive. In device management, the HDD is is Unallocated...
  15. seekermeister

    Windows 7 WDC 3TB Installation/Diagnosis

    A new WD30EZRX that I order arrived today, so I wasted no time trying to install it. However, when I put it in my external case, Windows seven couldn't set it up, even though Disk Management did see it. I then tried using Acronis DDS11, but it hung right after it opened. I then moved the...
  16. J

    Windows 7 Install W7 into gpt partition?

    I have recently bought Asus G75VW and tried to install W7 DVD as i usually use to but I could not install W7 because it was a gpt partition= Disk 0 containes 4 partitions: 1=System 200MB, 2= MSR 128MB, 3= gpt 95,4 GB and 4=Data 118,4 GB. Disk 0 is a SSD. Disk 1 is 750GB so thera are two...
  17. L

    Windows 7 could use some help please

    hi, first i'd just like to say i dont know much about this part of computers so if you can help please exaplain clearly. so, my laptop is getting fuller,slower and i would like to return it to how it was when i bought it. so i thought i'd reinstall windows. i put in the disk and boot up my...
  18. News

    Windows’ Support for Disks with Capacity Greater than 2TB

    The storage industry has recently introduced storage devices with capacities which exceed 2TB (2 trillion bytes). In order for a system to fully support capacities greater than 2TB, the device must be initialized using the GPT partitioning scheme to... More...
  19. J

    Windows 7 MRB and GPT

    If Windows 7 or Vista is formatted with MRB will it be able to read a USB external drive formatted GPT? Joe
  20. Patrick Mc

    Windows 7 Installation - disk problems

    l am having a problem with installing due to a disk partition problem.. Im getting an error that says "The selected disk has an MBR partition table. On EFI systems Windows can only be installed to GPT disks" I have no clue and reading other forums it sounded like specific computers were...
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