Windows 10: clean install of Windows 10 fails

Hey Feather,

Very nice post! Thank you for the pictures!

This is the part i was originally talking about in my post where "Windows does not create the 4 needed partitions for GPT."

I followed your steps to the T here after freshly cleaning the SSD in diskpart. Heres the error code that was kicked back...
"We couldn't create a new partition. [Error:0x80004005]"

Any more ideas?

 

Again guys i really appreciate all of your combined efforts to resolve this issue! My girlfriend really appreciates it too!

 

That's the part that was stopping me. My SSD only had one partition and it was unallotted when I clicked continue It would start making the needed partitions and install Windows 10. Then I would get a message about not being to install Windows 10. When I clicked on New all partitions were made and I was asked were I wanted to install Windows 10. I chose the primary partition and Windows 10 installed.

 

As WinUser said...... try it again , Clean it again , and Try the NEW Button instead of the Next Button instead...

Or you tried that too already maybe? Feather's way......

This issue seems to be if the Drv was once formatted MBR and you are now trying to Goto GPT , not sure if that is the case for you?

Silly question maybe is your bios in UEFI Mode ? so you can see GPT at boot

KB

 

So the MB is in UEFI MODE ?

Check that the Storage Controller is in AHCI Mode (or Raid) not IDE too , if you set things to Optimised Defaults.

Is the system in your Specs the one you are working one? ...you mentioned your Girlfriend being happy or is that just cos you are spending more time with your computer than Her *Smile


KB

 

KB! My man!

I did it first as Winuser said and i am waiting for the installation media to be created so i can try what feather said a second time with the factory seetings reset in Bios. The drive was originally MBR and i am trying to convert it to GPT. I have made sure i am in UEFI mode when i am in Windows installer. GPT does not display at the Asus UEFI boot menu just legacy and uefi boot options.

 

Ok..... it was the Error message that stated a "Media Drive Error" and then your comment that the USB was screwed that had me wondering... have not seen a SSD called a Media Drive before....


We couldn't install Windows in the location you chose. Please check your media drive. Here's more into about what happened: 0x80300002."

 

I usually get one chance to install windows from the installer on a USB. If i have to leave that instance and restart for any reason i usually am not able to boot into that usb again. This issue is causing alot of delays on my attempts to troubleshoot.

 

That should not happen ......... Bad USB Drive ? have you tried the USB2 ports (better) and the USB3 ports too? no difference

Is Fastboot and SecureBoot OFF in the Bios?

 

Alright so heres the update boys and girls...

I attempted to do what Feather said above so very nicely and got a new error code. I first reset all Bios options to default (Bios is up to date). I went booted Windows installer in UEFI mode. When i came to the partition table part of windows installer the drive was showing an incorrect value of size. I opened up CMD prompt and ran a clean script for the select drive.

I then clicked new and this error code was kicked out."We couldn't create a new partition. [Error: 0xab24df70]."

 

Any Chance this SSD is BAD ? or security locked or something ?

Perhaps try HDD LowLevel Formatter 4.0 (free) and Wipe it Clean and try again

Their MHDD Program maybe able to tell if something else is wrong with the drive too...


http://hddguru.com/software/HDD-LLF-...l-Format-Tool/

 

Windows installs fine on my pc with this drive as the selected installation location.