Installing windows 7

leemaree

I am installing a fresh install of windows 7 (home premium) on my all-in-one PC. I come to the partition screen and it saying Disk 0 Unallocated Space total space 465.8 GB, free space 465.8 GB, which is normal saying that. when I click next, it says windows is unable to install to the selected location. Error: 0x80300024. when I press shift + f10, type in diskpart, enter, list disk, enter it mentions no Disk or anything. Any help appreciated

aligator_am

leemaree wrote: »

I am installing a fresh install of windows 7 (home premium) on my all-in-one PC. I come to the partition screen and it saying Disk 0 Unallocated Space total space 465.8 GB, free space 465.8 GB, which is normal saying that. when I click next, it says windows is unable to install to the selected location. Error: 0x80300024. I've googled it and no luck. Any help.

I searched for that error and found this

http://www.errorlive.com/error-code-0x80300024

Also, if try to manually create the partition does it allow it?

PropJoe10

leemaree wrote: »

I am installing a fresh install of windows 7 (home premium) on my all-in-one PC. I come to the partition screen and it saying Disk 0 Unallocated Space total space 465.8 GB, free space 465.8 GB, which is normal saying that. when I click next, it says windows is unable to install to the selected location. Error: 0x80300024. I've googled it and no luck. Any help.

Try manually creating a partition on the drive - click on Drive Options, then New, and create a partition from there. See if that helps.

If not, firstly make sure that you don't have any other hard drives connected to the machine bar the one you want to install on. Also, check out this video and see if its any use:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4ilMAAk1Q8

If you have the installation media at hand.

I would use diskpart to clean the drive you wish to install and then attempt the installation.

leemaree

aligator_am wrote: »

I searched for that error and found this

http://www.errorlive.com/error-code-0x80300024

Also, if try to manually create the partition does it allow it?

couldn't

I went to that website alright but I can't delete or format because there greyed out. There is an option to create a partition but I don't know what number to put in

bennyineire

NoDrama wrote: »

If you have the installation media at hand.

I would use diskpart to clean the drive you wish to install and then attempt the installation.

Yep diskpart is you friend here to format the drive, this guide will show you how

https://neosmart.net/wiki/diskpart/#If_you_can8217t_boot_into_Windows_7

leemaree

bennyineire wrote: »

Yep diskpart is you friend here to format the drive, this guide will show you how

https://neosmart.net/wiki/diskpart/#If_you_can8217t_boot_into_Windows_7

I typed in disk list after diskpart but no drives show up

aligator_am

leemaree wrote: »

I typed in disk list after diskpart but no drives show up

Does it just say no disks found when you run the list disk command?

leemaree

aligator_am wrote: »

Does it just say no disks found when you run the list disk command?

Sorry my mistake, found it but what do I do then?

aligator_am

leemaree wrote: »

Sorry my mistake, found it but what do I do then?

https://superuser.com/questions/825017/how-create-new-partition-on-an-unallocated-space-using-diskpart/825068

Have a look through that, it should hopefully help.

bennyineire

leemaree wrote: »

Sorry my mistake, found it but what do I do then?

type the following

"list disk" (this should show the available disks)

Now you need to select the disk, type "select disk 0"

Now use the clean command by type "clean" and hit enter.

That should be it then, reboot and try install the OS

leemaree

bennyineire wrote: »

type the following

"list disk" (this should show the available disks)

Now you need to select the disk, type "select disk 0"

Now use the clean command by type "clean" and hit enter.

That should be it then, reboot and try install the OS

I have tried this and nothing

leemaree

I can't understand why won't windows install on the partition that I have which is 465.8 GB? When I click new the default is: 476940

Johnboy1951

leemaree wrote: »

I can't understand why won't windows install on the partition that I have which is 465.8 GB? When I click new the default is: 476940

Did you create the partition or is that empty space on the drive?

leemaree

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

Did you create the partition or is that empty space on the drive?

When I get to where the partition screen is, it just says Disk 0 Unallocated space total size : 465.8, free space 465.8. Nothing else, just that one

PropJoe10

leemaree wrote: »

When I get to where the partition screen is, it just says Disk 0 Unallocated space total size : 465.8, free space 465.8. Nothing else, just that one

Can you create a partition manually like I suggested before? It should auto-populate the size of partition to create - once you create it, you can select the partition for the installation. It'll say that Windows may create extra partitions but you can accept that. Any luck with this?

leemaree

PropJoe10 wrote: »

Can you create a partition manually like I suggested before? It should auto-populate the size of partition to create - once you create it, you can select the partition for the installation. It'll say that Windows may create extra partitions but you can accept that. Any luck with this?

yes I clicked new, then I left the number as the default, clicked apply and then it said "To ensure that all Windows features work correctly, Windows may create additional partitions for system files" I click OK and then nothing happens

Johnboy1951

leemaree wrote: »

yes I clicked new, then I left the number as the default, clicked apply and then it said "To ensure that all Windows features work correctly, Windows may create additional partitions for system files" I click OK and then nothing happens

Did the first partition leave empty space for further partitions or did it take all the empty space?

leemaree

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

Did the first partition leave empty space for further partitions or did it take all the empty space?

It left room I think. Not sure to be honest. All I know when I clicked on new, and then apply, no other partition appeared. Should it have? Do u know what number I should put it when I click on new if the one already there is 465.8 GB?

smuggler.ie

Can you take photo and display here of your DISKPART window with "list disk" command issued

aligator_am

leemaree wrote: »

It left room I think. Not sure to be honest. All I know when I clicked on new, and then apply, no other partition appeared. Should it have? Do u know what number I should put it when I click on new if the one already there is 465.8 GB?

What model of all-in-one machine is it? reason I ask is that I've seen some of those machines have a small SSD used as boot drive and bigger drive to be used for data although I'm not sure that's relevant in this case.

Have a look at this and see if it sounds similar to what you're seeing:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-ie/help/927520/you-cannot-select-or-format-a-hard-disk-partition-when-you-try-to-inst

Also, have a look at this, it's indicating that the BIOS needs to be set to legacy and not UEFI if you are installing a 32bit version of Win7:

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/askcore/2011/05/31/installing-windows-7-on-uefi-based-computer/

PropJoe10

leemaree wrote: »

yes I clicked new, then I left the number as the default, clicked apply and then it said "To ensure that all Windows features work correctly, Windows may create additional partitions for system files" I click OK and then nothing happens

That should create a partition though. After you do this, do you still only see unallocated space, or do you see partitions created?

leemaree

smuggler.ie wrote: »

Can you take photo and display here of your DISKPART window with "list disk" command issued

I am unable to but I did follow this

diskpart.
list disk.
select disk {number}
clean.
create partition primary.
select partition 1.
active.
format fs=fat32 quick

I got as far as create partition primary and then I get a Virtual Disk error:

leemaree

PropJoe10 wrote: »

That should create a partition though. After you do this, do you still only see unallocated space, or do you see partitions created?

still see unallocated space

aligator_am

leemaree wrote: »

I am unable to but I did follow this

diskpart.
list disk.
select disk {number}
clean.
create partition primary.
select partition 1.
active.
format fs=fat32 quick

I got as far as create partition primary and then I get a Virtual Disk error:

I don't think you can install windows on a fat32 partition, needs to be ntfs?

Try going through the steps again for diskpart but stop once you've input the "active" command.

Let's know how that goes.

smuggler.ie

smuggler.ie wrote: »

Can you take photo and display here of your DISKPART window with "list disk" command issued

!!!

leemaree wrote: »

I am unable to but I did follow this

....
format fs=fat32 quick

I got as far as create partition primary and then I get a Virtual Disk error:

Full size screen picture please.

Its not only commands i would like to see. There is more info from it.

PropJoe10

leemaree wrote: »

still see unallocated space

I'd be fairly skeptical about your installer then. Are you using an official Windows 7 disc, or a burned copy? Or a USB ?

smuggler.ie

I have feeling, booting from within original Windows itself. I could be wrong.

leemaree

PropJoe10 wrote: »

I'd be fairly skeptical about your installer then. Are you using an official Windows 7 disc, or a burned copy? Or a USB ?

an iso

smuggler.ie

leemaree wrote: »

an iso

From where? From Windows you logged in?

leemaree

smuggler.ie wrote: »

From where? From Windows you logged in?

I download it from a piratebay site and burned it onto DVD. it needs no product key