Hi all,
It's been a while I was unsuccesfully trying to install Windows 7 Home 32b using a USB stick.
Configuration:
HP Compaq dc7800 Small Form Factor
Intel Core Duo E6550 2.33GHz
2048 MB DDR2/667MHz
System BIOS: 786F1 v01.04
Story:
The former copy of Windows7 got corrupted by a virus
I tried to reinstall it completely (not upgrading), got stuck at "Windows is loading files"
I installed Ubuntu, used it for a couple of weeks
I would rather need Windows, tried but failed again
I ran DBAN wipe on both HDDs
After this, I could get to Win7 installer's partition selecting section, but none of the HDDs are available for installation, it's asking me to check BIOS settings in order to access them.
Given the following Storage Options in the BIOS:
Removable Media Boot: Enable
Legacy Diskette Write: Enable
SATA Emulation: IDE
In this case, highlighting any of the disks at partition select, I get this warning when I click Next:
"Windows cannot be installed to this disk. This computer's hardware may not support booting to this disk. Ensure that the disk's controller is enabled in the computer's BIOS menu."
The other SATA option is RAID and if I choose this, the 250GB disk seems to be available for the install, but I get the error message:
"Setup was unable to create a new system partition or locate an existing system partition. See the Setup log files for more info."
- sadly, I couldn't find any log viewing possibility in the setup.
I ran a DPS self-test on both HDDs, everything passed.
This is the point where I gave up trying by myself, don't know, the BIOS may be outdated or there is something else I am not aware of, but Google hasn't helped me out yet so I hope some of you guys can help grab the root of this problem.
:o
It's been a while I was unsuccesfully trying to install Windows 7 Home 32b using a USB stick.
Configuration:
HP Compaq dc7800 Small Form Factor
Intel Core Duo E6550 2.33GHz
2048 MB DDR2/667MHz
System BIOS: 786F1 v01.04
Story:
The former copy of Windows7 got corrupted by a virus
I tried to reinstall it completely (not upgrading), got stuck at "Windows is loading files"
I installed Ubuntu, used it for a couple of weeks
I would rather need Windows, tried but failed again
I ran DBAN wipe on both HDDs
After this, I could get to Win7 installer's partition selecting section, but none of the HDDs are available for installation, it's asking me to check BIOS settings in order to access them.
Given the following Storage Options in the BIOS:
Removable Media Boot: Enable
Legacy Diskette Write: Enable
SATA Emulation: IDE
In this case, highlighting any of the disks at partition select, I get this warning when I click Next:
"Windows cannot be installed to this disk. This computer's hardware may not support booting to this disk. Ensure that the disk's controller is enabled in the computer's BIOS menu."
The other SATA option is RAID and if I choose this, the 250GB disk seems to be available for the install, but I get the error message:
"Setup was unable to create a new system partition or locate an existing system partition. See the Setup log files for more info."
- sadly, I couldn't find any log viewing possibility in the setup.
I ran a DPS self-test on both HDDs, everything passed.
This is the point where I gave up trying by myself, don't know, the BIOS may be outdated or there is something else I am not aware of, but Google hasn't helped me out yet so I hope some of you guys can help grab the root of this problem.
:o