Windows 10: Windows Setup couldn’t create a new partition or locate an existing one

Discus and support Windows Setup couldn’t create a new partition or locate an existing one in Windows 10 News to solve the problem; [ATTACH]During a clean install of Windows on your device with the Custom option, you may get the error message We couldn’t create a new partition or... Discussion in 'Windows 10 News' started by WinClub, Jul 29, 2022.

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    Windows Setup couldn’t create a new partition or locate an existing one


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    During a clean install of Windows on your device with the Custom option, you may get the error message We couldn’t create a new partition or locate an existing one. This post is intended to help affected PC users with solutions and suggestions to get past this installation issue. We couldn’t create a new partition or […]

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    WinClub, Jul 29, 2022
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    Berton, Jul 29, 2022
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  3. "We couldn`t create a new partition or locate an existing one."

    Try this:

    Before you get to that message, press SHIFT + F10 to open a command prompt.

    Run diskpart.
    At the diskpart prompt, run these commands:

    list disk

    At this point you should see the SSD as disk 0. If it has another disk number, use that number rather than "0" in the next command.

    select disk 0
    clean
    exit (to exit from diskpart)
    exit (to exit from the command prompt)


    Windows Setup couldn’t create a new partition or locate an existing one [​IMG]


    That should clear the contents of the disk. The entire disk space should then show up in Windows setup as "Unallocated Space" as in the screenshot below.


    Windows Setup couldn’t create a new partition or locate an existing one [​IMG]
     
    hsehestedt, Jul 29, 2022
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  4. William40 Win User

    Windows Setup couldn’t create a new partition or locate an existing one

    windows 10 "we couldn't create a new partition or locate an existing..

    I am trying to install windows 10 1909 downloaded from microsoft download page into my m.2 drive. I want to use mbr system so I made sure that my m.2 drive is mbr using AOMEI partition tool but the problem when I run the windows 10 setup I get this error when I select my m.2 partition

    I tried the steps in this link but it did not work:
    How to Solve the Error "We Couldn’t Create a New Partition"?

    I tried also to convert my drive to GPT but I get error : partition is of GPT style !!!! however I want to use mbr so please help me to install it a mbr

    Thanks
     
    William40, Jul 29, 2022
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