Problem installing W7 on M4 SDD

embalse · 10 Aug 2012 at 19:36

I have a M4 128GB SSD. I have been running W7 on it fine.

I am trying to do a clean install but when I get to the install part I get the error...

"Windows cannot be installed. The selected drive is of the GPT partition style"

The box displays 3 partitions.

Disk 0 Partition 1 100mb
Disk 0 Partition 1 128mb
Disk 0 Partition 1 119GB

Any advice appreciated.

wazza300 · 10 Aug 2012 at 19:42

have you backed up all your data first? you need to format the drive and start again

embalse · 10 Aug 2012 at 19:47

Yes all backed up.

The problem is that I have formatted the Partition and it still gets the error

wazza300 · 10 Aug 2012 at 19:59

the partition or the whole drive?you might need to format the whole drive and redo your partitions or format each partition again back up any data first

embalse · 10 Aug 2012 at 20:08

W7 install only allows me to format the individual partitions not the whole drive.

I have formatted each partition (except the 128mb partition which is reserved for windows and I cannot partitioned.

TheVoice · 10 Aug 2012 at 20:18

embalse said:
W7 install only allows me to format the individual partitions not the whole drive.

I have formatted each partition (except the 128mb partition which is reserved for windows and I cannot partitioned.

It will let you delete partitions though, just delete them all and start from scratch.

MagicBoy · 10 Aug 2012 at 20:18

I'd recommend cleaning the drive off and letting windows recreate the partitions.

Try pressing Shift-F10 at the language screen. You should get a command prompt from which you can run diskpart and clean the SSD (ie remove all the partitions and boot sector etc). Then quit out, close the command prompt and install as per usual. Careful you don't nuke the wrong drive though!

embalse · 10 Aug 2012 at 20:44

Thanks for all the help.

Deleting all the partitions solved the problem.