Win7 Installation Problems...

PermaBanned · 26 Oct 2009 at 13:05

Okay, trouble installing Windows 7. Cables arrived this morning so i plugged in my Pioneer Disk Drive (UATA) and my WD 360 (SATA/PATA). The 360 is in the first SATA connection on the motherboard, so i moved my other 160GB WD HDD (with Vista on it) into the second connection. I put the disk in and it boots into it, goes through a few things then gets onto the installer. I select my language and allow them to take my soul but when i try to tell it to install in the WD 360 it gives me this message:

Windows cannot find or create a partition on this disk. See log files for more info.

Or something similar to that. I tried reformatting it, always gives my the same message. This is with the 64 bit disks and my specs are:

E2140 @ Stock
2GB Generic 667MHz CL5 RAM
ECS Livermore 8
x1950 Pro
Akasa Paxpower 400W
Non standard 160GB WD PATA HDD
Pioneer UATA/IDE Disk Drive

Another problem i encountered after installing the new HDD and Optical Drive is that my Splash Screen has disappeared, meaning i can't access what little BIOS options i had. What should i do now?

PermaBanned · 26 Oct 2009 at 14:04

Disconnecting the dive just gives the same message... As i said before i can't access the BIOS and even if i could it's from a pre build, so the only options i actually get are changing the boot device order.

PermaBanned · 26 Oct 2009 at 14:35

So i should reformat it in Linux to Fat32? Worth a try...

PermaBanned · 26 Oct 2009 at 14:43

No partitions on the empty drive, it said it couldn't find or create any...

I'm keeping it because it's the HDD from a pre built that i will eventually put back together and sell. Shouldn't make a difference to this anyway though, should it?

PermaBanned · 26 Oct 2009 at 16:00

Okay, trouble formatting it. I tried to do it through Vista, but the only option i got in the window was NTFS. So i tried it through 'DOS' and it went all the way through then told me it was too big for FAT32? Now it's apparently completely unformatted. How do i format it to FAT32?

PermaBanned · 26 Oct 2009 at 18:08

FAT32 has no such limitation. Windows has that limitation on what it can do. I just need to figure out how to do it in Linux...

PermaBanned · 26 Oct 2009 at 18:10

I believe you are mistaken... FAT32 can be formatted onto 2TB storage, and used by windows. It just may not be formatted onto this by Windows. Not since ME anyway...