Since Windows needs to be installed in what was unallocated space, does this mean you pre-formatted the drive. Since such a situation would normally yield an "unable to create partitions" type of message, just want to check the configuration prior to the install.Hi all, I tried to do a clean installation of Windows 8 on my recently formatted computer.
It doesn't make sense if you are using a Windows 7 Retail DVD, but possibly something else, like the memory, is causing some problems.
Thanks for contributing discussion. I had same issue and I replace memory (RAM) and it solve the problem.Hi all, indeed it was the memory that caused the problems. I swapped the memories with some spare DIMMs I had and everything went smoothly!Thanks a lot for your help. Because the PC was working earlier, I wouldn't have thought that the memory was the culprit.