Windows cannot be installed to this disk
I ran into a problem today. I have a HP pavillion dm4 laptop and it was running windows 7. I wanted to install windows 8.1 and used a bootable usb drive. I did custom install and formatted and deleted one partition. But unfortunately the drive was Dynamic and every other partitions were merged into single one. This not the problem coz I think I can recover the data and I have most important data backuped. The problem is that the OS cannot be installed. It shows the following error message:
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.
I searched for the problem and were some suggestions like setting on the AHCI mode on BIOS. But there is no option for SATA mode in my BIOS configuration. I am in deep trouble.
Please help me.
Thank you.
windows hard-drive boot bios windows-8.1
asked Oct 1 '13 at 17:52
Tushar KhatiwadaTushar Khatiwada
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I ran into a problem today. I have a HP pavillion dm4 laptop and it was running windows 7. I wanted to install windows 8.1 and used a bootable usb drive. I did custom install and formatted and deleted one partition. But unfortunately the drive was Dynamic and every other partitions were merged into single one. This not the problem coz I think I can recover the data and I have most important data backuped. The problem is that the OS cannot be installed. It shows the following error message:
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.
I searched for the problem and were some suggestions like setting on the AHCI mode on BIOS. But there is no option for SATA mode in my BIOS configuration. I am in deep trouble.
Please help me.
Thank you.
windows hard-drive boot bios windows-8.1
asked Oct 1 '13 at 17:52
Tushar KhatiwadaTushar Khatiwada
11124
So you only have a single disk, and you've blown away all partitions? Are you sure you're not picking the USB drive you're trying to install from? :)
– Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007
Oct 1 '13 at 18:08
@techie007 No the size is showing about 500 GB. This is where I want to install. The USB drive has only 8 GB space.
– Tushar Khatiwada
Oct 1 '13 at 18:12
@Ramhound It's HP Pavilion dm4-1160us
– Tushar Khatiwada
Oct 1 '13 at 18:21
I solved this problem but don't know the reason behind it. I clean installed Windows 7 and I created partitions during installation. The installation was successful. After the installation I again tried to install Windows 8.1 and this time there was no such error message. It was also a clean installation process. The installation was successful. What was happening previously? Any Reasons?
– Tushar Khatiwada
Oct 2 '13 at 5:18
There just isn't enough detail on what you did and what the partition's state were. Too many possibilities, and since the problem went away, not much we can do about it to figure it out.
– Nelson
Feb 14 '15 at 9:20
add a comment |
I ran into a problem today. I have a HP pavillion dm4 laptop and it was running windows 7. I wanted to install windows 8.1 and used a bootable usb drive. I did custom install and formatted and deleted one partition. But unfortunately the drive was Dynamic and every other partitions were merged into single one. This not the problem coz I think I can recover the data and I have most important data backuped. The problem is that the OS cannot be installed. It shows the following error message:
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.
I searched for the problem and were some suggestions like setting on the AHCI mode on BIOS. But there is no option for SATA mode in my BIOS configuration. I am in deep trouble.
Please help me.
Thank you.
windows hard-drive boot bios windows-8.1
asked Oct 1 '13 at 17:52
Tushar KhatiwadaTushar Khatiwada
11124
I ran into a problem today. I have a HP pavillion dm4 laptop and it was running windows 7. I wanted to install windows 8.1 and used a bootable usb drive. I did custom install and formatted and deleted one partition. But unfortunately the drive was Dynamic and every other partitions were merged into single one. This not the problem coz I think I can recover the data and I have most important data backuped. The problem is that the OS cannot be installed. It shows the following error message:
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.
I searched for the problem and were some suggestions like setting on the AHCI mode on BIOS. But there is no option for SATA mode in my BIOS configuration. I am in deep trouble.
Please help me.
Thank you.
windows hard-drive boot bios windows-8.1
windows hard-drive boot bios windows-8.1
asked Oct 1 '13 at 17:52
Tushar KhatiwadaTushar Khatiwada
11124
asked Oct 1 '13 at 17:52
Tushar KhatiwadaTushar Khatiwada
11124
asked Oct 1 '13 at 17:52
Tushar KhatiwadaTushar Khatiwada
11124
asked Oct 1 '13 at 17:52
Tushar KhatiwadaTushar Khatiwada
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asked Oct 1 '13 at 17:52
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So you only have a single disk, and you've blown away all partitions? Are you sure you're not picking the USB drive you're trying to install from? :)
– Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007
Oct 1 '13 at 18:08
@techie007 No the size is showing about 500 GB. This is where I want to install. The USB drive has only 8 GB space.
– Tushar Khatiwada
Oct 1 '13 at 18:12
@Ramhound It's HP Pavilion dm4-1160us
– Tushar Khatiwada
Oct 1 '13 at 18:21
I solved this problem but don't know the reason behind it. I clean installed Windows 7 and I created partitions during installation. The installation was successful. After the installation I again tried to install Windows 8.1 and this time there was no such error message. It was also a clean installation process. The installation was successful. What was happening previously? Any Reasons?
– Tushar Khatiwada
Oct 2 '13 at 5:18
There just isn't enough detail on what you did and what the partition's state were. Too many possibilities, and since the problem went away, not much we can do about it to figure it out.
– Nelson
Feb 14 '15 at 9:20
add a comment |
So you only have a single disk, and you've blown away all partitions? Are you sure you're not picking the USB drive you're trying to install from? :)
– Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007
Oct 1 '13 at 18:08
@techie007 No the size is showing about 500 GB. This is where I want to install. The USB drive has only 8 GB space.
– Tushar Khatiwada
Oct 1 '13 at 18:12
@Ramhound It's HP Pavilion dm4-1160us
– Tushar Khatiwada
Oct 1 '13 at 18:21
I solved this problem but don't know the reason behind it. I clean installed Windows 7 and I created partitions during installation. The installation was successful. After the installation I again tried to install Windows 8.1 and this time there was no such error message. It was also a clean installation process. The installation was successful. What was happening previously? Any Reasons?
– Tushar Khatiwada
Oct 2 '13 at 5:18
There just isn't enough detail on what you did and what the partition's state were. Too many possibilities, and since the problem went away, not much we can do about it to figure it out.
– Nelson
Feb 14 '15 at 9:20
So you only have a single disk, and you've blown away all partitions? Are you sure you're not picking the USB drive you're trying to install from? :)
– Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007
Oct 1 '13 at 18:08
So you only have a single disk, and you've blown away all partitions? Are you sure you're not picking the USB drive you're trying to install from? :)
– Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007
Oct 1 '13 at 18:08
@techie007 No the size is showing about 500 GB. This is where I want to install. The USB drive has only 8 GB space.
– Tushar Khatiwada
Oct 1 '13 at 18:12
@techie007 No the size is showing about 500 GB. This is where I want to install. The USB drive has only 8 GB space.
– Tushar Khatiwada
Oct 1 '13 at 18:12
@Ramhound It's HP Pavilion dm4-1160us
– Tushar Khatiwada
Oct 1 '13 at 18:21
@Ramhound It's HP Pavilion dm4-1160us
– Tushar Khatiwada
Oct 1 '13 at 18:21
I solved this problem but don't know the reason behind it. I clean installed Windows 7 and I created partitions during installation. The installation was successful. After the installation I again tried to install Windows 8.1 and this time there was no such error message. It was also a clean installation process. The installation was successful. What was happening previously? Any Reasons?
– Tushar Khatiwada
Oct 2 '13 at 5:18
I solved this problem but don't know the reason behind it. I clean installed Windows 7 and I created partitions during installation. The installation was successful. After the installation I again tried to install Windows 8.1 and this time there was no such error message. It was also a clean installation process. The installation was successful. What was happening previously? Any Reasons?
– Tushar Khatiwada
Oct 2 '13 at 5:18
There just isn't enough detail on what you did and what the partition's state were. Too many possibilities, and since the problem went away, not much we can do about it to figure it out.
– Nelson
Feb 14 '15 at 9:20
There just isn't enough detail on what you did and what the partition's state were. Too many possibilities, and since the problem went away, not much we can do about it to figure it out.
– Nelson
Feb 14 '15 at 9:20
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Check my answer on the following question "Computer's hardware may not support booting to this disk" when trying to install Windows 10
I encountered this problem once when installing windows 10 on ASUS
Transformer Book Flip TP200SA. I solved the problem by changing the
USB mode from auto to forced fdd. That may solve your problem too.
i hope it will solve your problem.
edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:16
Community♦
1
answered Mar 1 '17 at 15:12
ufanchaufancha
222
Can you quote the relevant parts here? I know it's on the same site, but it would clicking through for those skimming for a summary of what to do.
– bertieb
Mar 1 '17 at 16:04
add a comment |
So I got same problem on ASUS TP200SA and finally found a solution.
I had to create boot USB with "GPT for UEFI" instead of old regular "MBR for BIOS or UEFI", so BIOS loaded it not in legacy mode, but in UEFI, then just deleted partition, pressed Next on allocated space and thats it!
Looks like the problem is that BIOS in legacy mode can't create boot record on NVMe SSD
answered Jan 16 '18 at 4:48
Eugene BurachevskiyEugene Burachevskiy
1
1
I don't see any reference in the question to an NVMe SSD.
– Blackwood
Jan 16 '18 at 5:05
Asus tp200sa has such by default, and looks like this is common issue for this model
– Eugene Burachevskiy
Jan 17 '18 at 5:45
add a comment |
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Check my answer on the following question "Computer's hardware may not support booting to this disk" when trying to install Windows 10
I encountered this problem once when installing windows 10 on ASUS
Transformer Book Flip TP200SA. I solved the problem by changing the
USB mode from auto to forced fdd. That may solve your problem too.
i hope it will solve your problem.
edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:16
Community♦
1
answered Mar 1 '17 at 15:12
ufanchaufancha
222
Can you quote the relevant parts here? I know it's on the same site, but it would clicking through for those skimming for a summary of what to do.
– bertieb
Mar 1 '17 at 16:04
add a comment |
Check my answer on the following question "Computer's hardware may not support booting to this disk" when trying to install Windows 10
I encountered this problem once when installing windows 10 on ASUS
Transformer Book Flip TP200SA. I solved the problem by changing the
USB mode from auto to forced fdd. That may solve your problem too.
i hope it will solve your problem.
edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:16
Community♦
1
answered Mar 1 '17 at 15:12
ufanchaufancha
222
Can you quote the relevant parts here? I know it's on the same site, but it would clicking through for those skimming for a summary of what to do.
– bertieb
Mar 1 '17 at 16:04
add a comment |
Check my answer on the following question "Computer's hardware may not support booting to this disk" when trying to install Windows 10
I encountered this problem once when installing windows 10 on ASUS
Transformer Book Flip TP200SA. I solved the problem by changing the
USB mode from auto to forced fdd. That may solve your problem too.
i hope it will solve your problem.
edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:16
Community♦
1
answered Mar 1 '17 at 15:12
ufanchaufancha
222
Check my answer on the following question "Computer's hardware may not support booting to this disk" when trying to install Windows 10
I encountered this problem once when installing windows 10 on ASUS
Transformer Book Flip TP200SA. I solved the problem by changing the
USB mode from auto to forced fdd. That may solve your problem too.
i hope it will solve your problem.
edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:16
Community♦
1
answered Mar 1 '17 at 15:12
ufanchaufancha
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edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:16
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Can you quote the relevant parts here? I know it's on the same site, but it would clicking through for those skimming for a summary of what to do.
– bertieb
Mar 1 '17 at 16:04
add a comment |
Can you quote the relevant parts here? I know it's on the same site, but it would clicking through for those skimming for a summary of what to do.
– bertieb
Mar 1 '17 at 16:04
Can you quote the relevant parts here? I know it's on the same site, but it would clicking through for those skimming for a summary of what to do.
– bertieb
Mar 1 '17 at 16:04
Can you quote the relevant parts here? I know it's on the same site, but it would clicking through for those skimming for a summary of what to do.
– bertieb
Mar 1 '17 at 16:04
add a comment |
So I got same problem on ASUS TP200SA and finally found a solution.
I had to create boot USB with "GPT for UEFI" instead of old regular "MBR for BIOS or UEFI", so BIOS loaded it not in legacy mode, but in UEFI, then just deleted partition, pressed Next on allocated space and thats it!
Looks like the problem is that BIOS in legacy mode can't create boot record on NVMe SSD
answered Jan 16 '18 at 4:48
Eugene BurachevskiyEugene Burachevskiy
1
1
I don't see any reference in the question to an NVMe SSD.
– Blackwood
Jan 16 '18 at 5:05
Asus tp200sa has such by default, and looks like this is common issue for this model
– Eugene Burachevskiy
Jan 17 '18 at 5:45
add a comment |
So I got same problem on ASUS TP200SA and finally found a solution.
I had to create boot USB with "GPT for UEFI" instead of old regular "MBR for BIOS or UEFI", so BIOS loaded it not in legacy mode, but in UEFI, then just deleted partition, pressed Next on allocated space and thats it!
Looks like the problem is that BIOS in legacy mode can't create boot record on NVMe SSD
answered Jan 16 '18 at 4:48
Eugene BurachevskiyEugene Burachevskiy
1
1
I don't see any reference in the question to an NVMe SSD.
– Blackwood
Jan 16 '18 at 5:05
Asus tp200sa has such by default, and looks like this is common issue for this model
– Eugene Burachevskiy
Jan 17 '18 at 5:45
add a comment |
So I got same problem on ASUS TP200SA and finally found a solution.
I had to create boot USB with "GPT for UEFI" instead of old regular "MBR for BIOS or UEFI", so BIOS loaded it not in legacy mode, but in UEFI, then just deleted partition, pressed Next on allocated space and thats it!
Looks like the problem is that BIOS in legacy mode can't create boot record on NVMe SSD
answered Jan 16 '18 at 4:48
Eugene BurachevskiyEugene Burachevskiy
1
So I got same problem on ASUS TP200SA and finally found a solution.
I had to create boot USB with "GPT for UEFI" instead of old regular "MBR for BIOS or UEFI", so BIOS loaded it not in legacy mode, but in UEFI, then just deleted partition, pressed Next on allocated space and thats it!
Looks like the problem is that BIOS in legacy mode can't create boot record on NVMe SSD
answered Jan 16 '18 at 4:48
Eugene BurachevskiyEugene Burachevskiy
1
answered Jan 16 '18 at 4:48
Eugene BurachevskiyEugene Burachevskiy
1
answered Jan 16 '18 at 4:48
Eugene BurachevskiyEugene Burachevskiy
1
answered Jan 16 '18 at 4:48
Eugene BurachevskiyEugene Burachevskiy
1
1
1
I don't see any reference in the question to an NVMe SSD.
– Blackwood
Jan 16 '18 at 5:05
Asus tp200sa has such by default, and looks like this is common issue for this model
– Eugene Burachevskiy
Jan 17 '18 at 5:45
add a comment |
1
I don't see any reference in the question to an NVMe SSD.
– Blackwood
Jan 16 '18 at 5:05
Asus tp200sa has such by default, and looks like this is common issue for this model
– Eugene Burachevskiy
Jan 17 '18 at 5:45
1
1
I don't see any reference in the question to an NVMe SSD.
– Blackwood
Jan 16 '18 at 5:05
I don't see any reference in the question to an NVMe SSD.
– Blackwood
Jan 16 '18 at 5:05
Asus tp200sa has such by default, and looks like this is common issue for this model
– Eugene Burachevskiy
Jan 17 '18 at 5:45
Asus tp200sa has such by default, and looks like this is common issue for this model
– Eugene Burachevskiy
Jan 17 '18 at 5:45
add a comment |
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So you only have a single disk, and you've blown away all partitions? Are you sure you're not picking the USB drive you're trying to install from? :)
– Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007
Oct 1 '13 at 18:08
@techie007 No the size is showing about 500 GB. This is where I want to install. The USB drive has only 8 GB space.
– Tushar Khatiwada
Oct 1 '13 at 18:12
@Ramhound It's HP Pavilion dm4-1160us
– Tushar Khatiwada
Oct 1 '13 at 18:21
I solved this problem but don't know the reason behind it. I clean installed Windows 7 and I created partitions during installation. The installation was successful. After the installation I again tried to install Windows 8.1 and this time there was no such error message. It was also a clean installation process. The installation was successful. What was happening previously? Any Reasons?
– Tushar Khatiwada
Oct 2 '13 at 5:18
There just isn't enough detail on what you did and what the partition's state were. Too many possibilities, and since the problem went away, not much we can do about it to figure it out.
– Nelson
Feb 14 '15 at 9:20