Windows 10: "Windows cannot be installed to this disk.The computer s hardware may not support booting"

I recently bought a new HDD, as my previous one was failing. beforehand i set up a USB which contains the necessary software to install windows (i have tested it, its not the problem), but cannot seem to be able to install it onto my new hard drive. An error message occurs when selecting the hard drive saying "Windows cannot be installed to this disk.The computer s hardware may not support booting". After searching the internet for people who have the same issue, i found that nobody else has the same BIOS menu and i cannot access some specific features which are required to make it work. i have a Toshiba laptop which is quite old, for reference.

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Windows 10 installation. Error: Windows Cannot Be Installed to This Disk. This Computer's Hardware May not Support Booting to This Disk".

Hi,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

I suggest to try with the below mentioned steps

If you have more than one hard drive connected to your computer, remove the additional hard drives and keep only the primary one.

If it does not work, back up your data, delete all the existing partitions and let installer create the new partitions.

I also suggest to try with changing the hard drive mode in BIOS.

If it is set to IDE, change it to
AHCI, if the current mode is AHCI, change it to
IDE.

Disclaimer: Modifying BIOS/ complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) settings incorrectly can cause serious problems that may prevent your computer from booting properly. Microsoft
cannot guarantee that any problems resulting from the configuring of BIOS/CMOS settings can be solved. Modifications of the settings are at your own risk.

If none of these suggestions work, boot the computer to Windows Recovery environment using the installation media.

1. Choose Repair your computer on the initial Windows setup screen.
   
2. Go to Troubleshoot->Advanced options->Command prompt and execute the following commands one by one.
   
3. Diskpart
   
4. List Disk
   
5. Select disk disk 0 (Note: remove all additional disks).
   
6. Create partition primary.
   
7. Exit.
   

Reboot the computer and see if you can proceed with installation.

If you still get the same error, delete the partition, select the unallocated partition and click
Next to proceed with installation.

Hope it helps.

Peer Samie

Microsoft Community-Moderator

 

Windows cannot be installed to this disk. This computer's hardware may not support booting to this disk. Ensure the disk's controller is enabled in the computer's bios menu.

Hi Matthew,

There are several possible reasons as to why your computer is not detecting an SSD drive. This could be caused by incorrect BIOS settings or device drivers that need to be updated. Since you already tried the suggestion of Andre Da Costa and this allowed
your computer to detect the SSD already, we would like to further clarify your concern by asking the questions below:

• If you were already able to install Windows on the SSD, have you already attempted to change the boot order in the BIOS menu?
• Which version of Windows did you install on the SSD?
• What other troubleshooting steps have you attempted?

We look forward to your response to our queries.

 

windows can not be installed on this disk. This computer's hardware may not support booting to this disk. Ensure that the disk controller is enabled in the computer's BIOS menu

I am getting this error while installing windows 10 from usb drive. I m on this menu where it asks - where do you want to install windows?... im getting this error while selecting Drive 0 unallocated
space.Error--" windows can not be installed on this disk. This computer's hardware may not support booting to this disk. Ensure that the disk controller is enabled in the computer's BIOS menu" please help .