Solved: Setup was unable to create a new system partition or locate an existing system partition

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  • @philzerinX
    @philzerinX 4 месяца назад +24

    Beautifully done.
    Leaving tags here so people can find this video for MULTIPLE problems this fixed:
    "Setup was unable to create a new system partition or locate an existing system partition"
    "We couldn't create a new partition or locate an existing one."
    "MBR2GPT Disk layout validation failed"
    "ASRock B650 PG doesn't recognize old ssd as a boot option"
    "BIOS/PC not detecting M.2 SSD"
    Once again, I thank you very much. Bless your days.

    • @DalesDubs
      @DalesDubs 3 месяца назад

      Good thinking with the tags!

  • @amaiaamaiaa
    @amaiaamaiaa Год назад +107

    Seriously thank you for the tutorial.... It took me a couple of tries so I want to clarify what helped me in case I can help anyone else:
    1) as many comments point out, after "clean" , type another command "convert gpt". The next step "active" won't work but you can skip it.
    2) My partition at 8000 was too small, 15000 worked.
    3) at the xcopy step, "xcopy e: c:/e/h/k " The first letter is the usb or dvd that you are booting the files from (e), and (c) is the partition you want to move them to. But if the drive where you are booting from is a different letter, like F, do "xcopy f: c:/e/h/k". Do not replace the second 'e' with f as well. the second e means something different lol.
    4) after you create the partition and copy the files there, restart the computer and REMOVE YOUR USB OR DVD DEVICE. Then try again to finally install in the partition with the unallocated space. When I tried to do it without removing the usb, it was telling me I couldn't use that partition.

    • @ViralPatelK
      @ViralPatelK Год назад +6

      Thank you for explaining the second 'e'. I thought it was a Source Drive letter. No wonder command only copied 4 files from the Source drive.

    • @skuII
      @skuII 9 месяцев назад +2

      @@ViralPatelKyea was on the same boat but found this comment . Thanks op

    • @prabhatsingh5696
      @prabhatsingh5696 7 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks

    • @nocsu4850
      @nocsu4850 6 месяцев назад +3

      Thanks man, would have been lost without the "convert gpt"

    • @kizeitheshark4285
      @kizeitheshark4285 5 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks for.the convert gpt hint. I kept getting stuck and you saved me!

  • @trident8480
    @trident8480 Год назад +35

    For anyone on a older system you might have to convert the SSD to gpt by the following you need to convert SSD to GPT via CMD during Windows installation, you need to use the Windows installation CD: 1. Boot your computer from the Windows installation CD. 2. At the Windows setup window, press the Shift+F10 key combination to launch Command Prompt Window. 3. At the CMD window, input the above commands: diskpart->list disk->select disk#->clean->convert gpt. These steps can apply to converting boot disk to GPT, but the "clean" command will erase the system and you will need an OS reinstallation. Besides, you can follow the steps to convert the disk to GPT without an operating system.

    • @ajfadam
      @ajfadam Год назад +1

      Yeah, that was the missing piece for me

    • @mikenorthrop5815
      @mikenorthrop5815 Год назад +1

      Thank you, this was also the problem for me. Even being the complete computer novice I am it was super simple to fix with your instructions

    • @jannesdeknoest9886
      @jannesdeknoest9886 Год назад

      Thanks❤

    • @dubuthetofu
      @dubuthetofu 11 месяцев назад +1

      thank you, i needed this info!

    • @bjplayss
      @bjplayss 10 месяцев назад +1

      Omgggg your a absolute legend for this thank you so much I wish he said this in the video as I was so confused but then found your comment which has just fixed my problem 👌🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @rucksterman
    @rucksterman 2 года назад +131

    So thankful for this. I spent all day trying to get Win10 installed on my new PC build, only to be stymied at every turn by the USB installer's refusal to play with my M.2 NVME drive. This was the solution! Thank you! Note: I did need to run the "convert GPT" command after the "clean" command to change drive from MBR to GPT. Also upsized the partition from 5 to 8gb for safe measure.

    • @davidl1547
      @davidl1547 2 года назад +18

      @thomas mitchell: this also did the trick for me. Thanks for sharing. Also note that the step "active" won't be necessary then (it's only for MBR).

    • @andrei3582
      @andrei3582 Год назад

      Thanks

    • @ALIENrobot
      @ALIENrobot Год назад +1

      jfc I spent literally all day try to install win11 on new PC and finally!!

    • @jebcrack
      @jebcrack Год назад

      I also had to convert the drive to GPT, then existed cmd prompt, back to windows installation option, formated the drive, then I was able to continue with the installation via a USB drive.

    • @FROGxDELIVER
      @FROGxDELIVER Год назад

      This worked in my case as well, thanks for the tip!

  • @tonybell1489
    @tonybell1489 3 года назад +96

    Your knowledge is supreme. I've deployed Windows on hundreds of machines, but had not encountered this particular issue before. I was dead in the water, until I encountered your 5 minute video. Thank you a million times.

    • @mizrah2907
      @mizrah2907 2 года назад +4

      Same exact experience here ☺️

    • @KhachaturStepanyan
      @KhachaturStepanyan 2 года назад +2

      exact same situation!

    • @semaph0re
      @semaph0re Год назад

      install linux

    • @Yuniverse7
      @Yuniverse7 Год назад +1

      Me too

    • @Odin3v
      @Odin3v Год назад

      This only happens when using a usb 3.0 thumb drive with Win 7. Switching to a usb 2.0 thumb drive and the issue goes away. Only happens with Vista and Win 7 in my experience.

  • @acwokas
    @acwokas 5 лет назад +246

    I can't thank you enough for this simple and clear step-by-step tutorial. I was pulling out what little hair I had left until I found your video. You have a new fan and follower today. Have a great day ahead with much happiness.

    • @familybetancourt6307
      @familybetancourt6307 4 года назад +1

      Going through this process made me realize that I messed up my bootloader in BIOS. That probably was causing the W10 setup to fail. Either way, this way worked and I'm super grateful!

    • @bryanoraza2718
      @bryanoraza2718 4 года назад +2

      Im drunk while doing like wtf? Lemmi play the video again or its a scam..
      3 replay. I did it! Wtf! Thank you men! Cheers!

    • @shortmovies3778
      @shortmovies3778 4 года назад

      What if we have data in other partitions and we don't want to loss that diskpart clean whole hard disk

    • @queenda_baby7759
      @queenda_baby7759 4 года назад

      Nnkm

    • @HieuNguyen-jz7nz
      @HieuNguyen-jz7nz 3 года назад +1

      Hello. This video make things more complicated. You just acess laptop BIOS and change boot order, set the drive that you want to install windows to first boot device. Have done!

  • @DrEwTiMe42o
    @DrEwTiMe42o 4 месяца назад +20

    Definitely a solid video. All i needed to do was convert the drive (m.2 NVME) to GPT. I didn't need to do any other steps. You do that by completing the following commands in CMD:
    1) Shift + F10 (gets you to CMD)
    2) diskpart
    3) list disk
    4) select disk (select drive here you want to convert)
    5) clean
    6) convert GPT
    Done! You may need to refresh so installation see the changes but this worked for me in less than 2 minutes. Great video!

    • @haydenbuss5058
      @haydenbuss5058 4 месяца назад +1

      Seconding this, cause it helped me as well!

    • @Kymkin2
      @Kymkin2 3 месяца назад +1

      Bro just saved my life. When I say I've been trying to get this to install for 6 hours after the other hard drive completely failed, I was ready to pull my hair out.

    • @spectified
      @spectified 3 месяца назад +1

      Thank you, this worked right away

    • @DrEwTiMe42o
      @DrEwTiMe42o 3 месяца назад +1

      ​@@Kymkin2- lol glad I could help save you

    • @zachmorrisey8825
      @zachmorrisey8825 3 месяца назад +1

      This worked for me. Ur a lifesaver

  • @TinMan445
    @TinMan445 Год назад +4

    7 years later this is still saving people, thank you very much

  • @Oklahomachaser
    @Oklahomachaser 4 года назад +67

    Thank you from a 15 year IT professional. Ran into this problem for the first time and your video was the one that worked. Others did not.

    • @radu6281
      @radu6281 4 года назад +2

      It's a joke, right? 15 years IT profesional? i'm dumbass, but you

    • @radu6281
      @radu6281 4 года назад

      @JALAL Bhaw This means, you need to buy a new HDD. :/ ( Sry for my romanian english)

    • @rihan3002
      @rihan3002 4 года назад

      @Emon Salman need to get a different hard drive

    • @HieuNguyen-jz7nz
      @HieuNguyen-jz7nz 3 года назад +1

      Hello. This video make things more complicated. You just acess laptop BIOS and change boot order, set the drive that you want to install windows to first boot device. Have done!

    • @henterpriser5779
      @henterpriser5779 3 года назад

      Yup, the solution was very smart and easy to follow

  • @tellisecfive9410
    @tellisecfive9410 3 года назад +36

    A 4 year old video saving your life 2020.
    Thank you.

  • @merrickmonroe
    @merrickmonroe Год назад +77

    THANK YOU! I fought with an SSD for a full day before attending this route, and it was 95% effective! Only thing I had to do different was to convert the disk from MBR to GPT after cleaning it and BEFORE creating the partition to copy the install files. Your tutorial was absolutely the smoothest part of this whole process haha thank you again!!

    • @ryanyazzen602
      @ryanyazzen602 Год назад +11

      YES! The only thing missing today is the MBR to GPT conversion as mentioned!

    • @michaelsj7968
      @michaelsj7968 Год назад +1

      @@ryanyazzen602 how do you do that?

    • @vlyix8627
      @vlyix8627 Год назад +3

      @@michaelsj7968 "convert gpt" then wait for a moment

    • @aunger97
      @aunger97 Год назад +2

      What do I do if I didn't know I needed to convert to gpt BEFORE making the partition? I'm worried this video has made my problem worse and I can't install onto this drive now because MBR.

    • @imair1153
      @imair1153 Год назад +3

      Im very confused. My installation errors out with "windows cant be installed, disk is gpt partition" if I do the gpt fix, but if I leave it mbr it keeps the same error of "setup was unable to create new system partition ", idk how to move forward!
      Edit: fixed by unplugging the second hard drive I had. Suddenly none of these errors persisted and the install was successful

  • @leviatn8364
    @leviatn8364 2 года назад +38

    Man this is how all tutorials should look like! Step by step information from start to finish, very clear explanation. Thank you!

  • @legmog
    @legmog 3 года назад +132

    Peeps! At 3:08 of the video... DON'T make the mistake of replacing the 'e' in e/h/k bit of 'xcopy e: c:/e/h/k' with a different letter.
    I (like others here) saw that my OWN dvd drive was not named as E (but rather D)... So I figured ''Ohh ok, so for this line here, I just have to replace ANY instance of 'E' with 'D''.... Which is true, EXCEPT for the e/h/k bit!
    So lets say your DVD / USB is labled as Z.... You could write...
    xcopy z: c:/e/h/k
    Hope that helps! It won't copy across all the files otherwise!
    If you caught this and need to start over.... Just literally repeat the process of this video from the start again and you'll be ok :)

    • @noaht5654
      @noaht5654 3 года назад +1

      @dark angel

    • @bobobaggin1300
      @bobobaggin1300 3 года назад +2

      Lifesaver!

    • @akashkallooa975
      @akashkallooa975 3 года назад +5

      Broblem 0 file copied. :(

    • @seatslider
      @seatslider 3 года назад +1

      Thanks! Got it working ! Thanks a million!

    • @joshj1221
      @joshj1221 3 года назад +1

      I figured it would be common sense to check your drive letters to make sure you matched them correctly lol.

  • @businessmanager6906
    @businessmanager6906 3 года назад +135

    Thank you! this worked for me. Thanks to commenters for pointing out that after step 5, I needed to "convert gpt" to avoid a later error message, and that once converted to GPT, step 9 "active" no longer applies.
    Also, for anyone who gets thrown like I did by different drive letters in xcopy: the first letter is the source drive, the second letter is the destination drive, and the next three letters are all parameters for xcopy. In other words, change the first two letters to match your actual drive letters, but leave the last three letters alone.

    • @loreoflegends69
      @loreoflegends69 2 года назад +6

      THANK YOU FOR POINTING THIS OUT OMG

    • @lui1483
      @lui1483 2 года назад +35

      To be more clear: “step 5” is after the ‘clean’ step.
      Type “convert gpt” (without quotations) AFTER the clean step is completed, and it should convert.
      Then continue video from there.

    • @royk8721
      @royk8721 2 года назад +8

      yeah after 6 hours i got to this video only to use up another 3 hours to get to this comment. its going smoothly now. everytime i go to install windows 10 on a computer, i get a days work of problems. the good news is years of microsofting has taught me how to pirate software. you injected your own tail with the venom, Bill

    • @christophermolekela2971
      @christophermolekela2971 2 года назад

      to change the first two letter ? this where im lactking can please explain me better

    • @AshIyn
      @AshIyn Год назад

      My savior!

  • @chrisfrisk6202
    @chrisfrisk6202 2 года назад +17

    You saved me a lot of time. After wasting three full days and not achieving anything, this simple and clear tutorial let me do it in a few minutes. I'm impressed!

    • @lu9thix
      @lu9thix Год назад

      Same. Steam won't run properly on win 10 so back to win 7 and this nightmare

  • @jorgep7747
    @jorgep7747 5 месяцев назад +1

    7 years later this video is still helping people. Many thanks!

  • @eviltacos7227
    @eviltacos7227 4 года назад +30

    Finally someone straight to the point with accurate info

  • @TrinidadCardonaOfficial
    @TrinidadCardonaOfficial 3 года назад +24

    Cannot use the unallocated space because the disk has a MBR partition table ??

    • @neil5010
      @neil5010 3 года назад +5

      Same thing here. Says it needs to be GPT?

    • @anthonycalarie1414
      @anthonycalarie1414 3 года назад +19

      @@neil5010 FYI after you do the 'clean' command run 'convert gpt' and it should convert the drive to GPT which will allow it to work when you go to select it in the installer.

    • @aladvs
      @aladvs 3 года назад +4

      @@anthonycalarie1414 at that point i cannot use the active command

    • @anthonycalarie1414
      @anthonycalarie1414 3 года назад +3

      @@aladvs Do you mean if you run 'clean', then 'convert gpu', then 'active' you get an error when running 'active'?

    • @benlevine292
      @benlevine292 3 года назад +2

      @@anthonycalarie1414 I'm assuming that is what he means I'm having the same problem as the rest

  • @violet-beck
    @violet-beck Год назад +4

    i cannot explain the amount of pure relief this video has given me with installing a clean windows 11 on my new computer. literal tears streaming down my face thank you so much.

  • @jamesrichter8386
    @jamesrichter8386 2 года назад +5

    I have watched at least 15 videos claiming to help you through this error and all failed. This one took it step by step, no fluff. Unreal how good this is. Thanks for making this video.

  • @kibijit
    @kibijit 4 года назад +49

    I was about ready to punch my monitor in frustration, typical bloody windows releasing an update that breaks more than it fixes. You're a life saver Miguel, and a monitor saver!

  • @Clarity-808
    @Clarity-808 3 года назад +5

    Thanks for this. Some tips for 2021:
    - you may have to make your partition bigger cuz Windows has gotten bigger
    - if you get the error "windows cannot install required files. make sure all files required for installation are available", then don't unplug your original install media. Windows can still use that to install on the Unused partition.

  • @ahoyleo
    @ahoyleo Год назад +12

    If you use UEFI boot, add "convert gpt" after the "clean" command, and omit the "active" command at the end of the sequence. Otherwise Windows will refuse to install on a MBR disk with the UEFI boot

  • @RonaldDKNchabeleng
    @RonaldDKNchabeleng Год назад +2

    I always tell my friends that RUclips tutorials are a second University and you just proved that. Thank you so much for the detailed help.

  • @ThatChampion
    @ThatChampion 3 года назад +391

    PSA: When assigning a size for your partition, DO NOT make the partition any larger than 20GB. This partition is only going to hold the install files, so it doesn't need to be any larger than 20GB. I made this partition 900GB the first time around and had to repeat the process.

    • @yunggsluxee
      @yunggsluxee 3 года назад +8

      Thank you

    • @shakiiizzda1354
      @shakiiizzda1354 2 года назад +6

      How did u delete ur 900 gb partition

    • @Dfso200x
      @Dfso200x 2 года назад +20

      @@shakiiizzda1354 you start the process again. the "clean" command from the diskpart section will take care of that

    • @raghnall9212
      @raghnall9212 2 года назад +6

      After the successful installation of OS, can I delete the partition used to hold the installation files? I made it 20gb and too big for the windows 7 installation files

    • @CrvyloOo
      @CrvyloOo 2 года назад +6

      This partition can be deleted and merged with the main one once it finishes installing though, right?

  • @monsieuralex974
    @monsieuralex974 4 года назад +48

    Man, you saved my life! Spent all day trying to restore my computer with no success. Tried again tonight with your tutorial, and BAM! it works !
    One important note though : at 3:52 clicking next will prompt you an error (well, it did in my case) about the partition being in MDR instead of GPT. For those having the same issue, at 1:28 just after entering the "clean" command and then hitting Enter, before going to the next command type "convert GPT" and hit Enter. And you're good to go and follow the rest of the tuto! Peace!

    • @PunchLine02
      @PunchLine02 3 года назад +1

      Thank u sir

    • @kusa4441
      @kusa4441 3 года назад +1

      awesome ty

    • @cubegamer3905
      @cubegamer3905 2 года назад +2

      You are a lifesaver

    • @boogiemeister9581
      @boogiemeister9581 2 года назад +5

      after typing "active" it sayins "the ACTIVE command can only be used on fixed MBR disks"

    • @olivertaylor4110
      @olivertaylor4110 2 года назад

      @@boogiemeister9581 I also get this :(

  • @tanta7396
    @tanta7396 2 года назад +10

    Do not do the xcopy part here are the proper steps
    Diskpart
    List disk
    Select disk x
    Clean
    Convert gpt
    Create partition primary size=15000
    Format fs=ntfs quick
    Assign
    Then exit and restart select the unallocated space and wallah

    • @genecole6763
      @genecole6763 2 года назад

      The first strategy went bad for me but I am still grateful… because I found this comment and it worked for me… thank you Tanta😎

    • @crypticult4148
      @crypticult4148 2 года назад

      Can't use format fs command, it says "the file system is incompatible" help?

    • @torontotimelapse7122
      @torontotimelapse7122 2 года назад

      This was a lifesaver!! Thank you!

    • @raptorsan85
      @raptorsan85 5 месяцев назад +1

      why do you create partition 15000? What is that? I have 4 drives that are about 3.8T. I don't understand that part fully.

    • @mordfustang7716
      @mordfustang7716 6 дней назад +1

  • @baron5978
    @baron5978 2 года назад +1

    Dude - this SAVED me. My boot drive died and I got stuck in a "Preparing Automatic Repair" loop and NONE of the "solutions" were working. Even installing a new windows on a different drive wasn't working the way it was supposed to. I had to use this solution by going into the command prompt and forcing a partition that way. What a nightmare it was until I found this video after 5 hours of troubleshooting. As others mentioned in the comments, I also had to convert the MBR drive to a GPT, which was easy (found another video explaining it).
    Thank you sir! Subscribed and liked! I work from home, so I HAD to get this fixed asap. You're my hero.

  • @FreakWorldGaming
    @FreakWorldGaming 4 года назад +59

    I cant thank you enough for your simple yet effective tutorials. Literally with every error I encountered, I watched your videos and they all helped PERFECTLY. Once again, thank you!

  • @Bonzi94
    @Bonzi94 3 года назад +111

    When I select the Unallocated space it says The drive has an MBR partition table and that Windows can only be installed to GPT disks
    FIXED:
    after you do the 'clean' command at the start, type: 'convert gpt' and it fixes the future issue :)

    • @dkb2375
      @dkb2375 3 года назад +8

      I tried that but then it doesn't let me use the active command because it isn't a fixed mbr disk

    • @NinjaXagor
      @NinjaXagor 3 года назад +4

      This comment needs more upvotes. I got pretty annoyed when I was going through the process and it told me it was MBR now. (I had already swapped this drive to GPT, but it still didn't want to play nice.) So. Thank you for that. Worked beautifully.

    • @NinjaXagor
      @NinjaXagor 3 года назад +17

      @@dkb2375 I'm confident that you've resolved this by now, but to hopefully help anyone else who comes across this; once you have it set to gpt, you can skip that step and it'll work just fine.

    • @stray2614
      @stray2614 3 года назад +3

      You saved my ass, thank you so much

    • @deserteroflazo6201
      @deserteroflazo6201 3 года назад +2

      You are a lifesaver. For people like you it's that this growing community gets better. Have a nice day

  • @elsdq7215
    @elsdq7215 2 года назад

    The best teacher on RUclips. His English is perfect and he’s able to make you understand with ease.

  • @warrencapes8286
    @warrencapes8286 2 года назад +1

    FIVE years later - STILL valid - STILL saving asses :) - Thank you sir

  • @g.m.9646
    @g.m.9646 4 года назад +17

    Very well done guide.. Saves the day! Applicable to windows 10 installation specially when you encounter the error of being unable to install windows on a MBR disk. This guy is a champion!

  • @babatundeatoyebi7725
    @babatundeatoyebi7725 3 года назад +24

    Another good tutorial from the man that saves his RUclips friends from tech errors. Thanks again friend.

  • @jessicali3927
    @jessicali3927 Год назад

    You saved my life!! I was reformatting and reinstalling my computer and I could just get past this error, searched everywhere online and none of them worked except yours, thank you so much!

  • @skyles146
    @skyles146 2 года назад +10

    This tuto was insane !
    In my case after installation, it reboots in loop in the partition were installation files were installed. I just removed that partition and it boots on the right one.
    Later on windows I concat the 2 partitions with diskmanager to avoid to have an "empty and unused partition" on the disk.
    Thx a lot for this dude !

    • @RomanWoooods
      @RomanWoooods Год назад

      :)

    • @bman9ful
      @bman9ful Год назад +1

      I had a similar issue and got stuck in the reboot loop where the install files were installed. Thanks for posting about just deleting the data from the original partition!

  • @roughrider8182
    @roughrider8182 6 лет назад +15

    Logged in just to comment on this to say thanks. I was having issues installing windows 10 on my new SSD and this fixed the issue easily

    • @eelexa
      @eelexa 4 года назад

      Were you getting the black screen and logo freeze?

    • @roughrider8182
      @roughrider8182 4 года назад

      @@eelexa I think this install screen wasn't letting me choose my SSD to install Windows 10 even though it was formatted.

    • @roughrider8182
      @roughrider8182 4 года назад

      @@eelexa if i recall correctly i couldn't clear the SSD and it wouldn't let me install windows on it

  • @boltez6507
    @boltez6507 4 года назад +39

    I would have killed my pc if i didnt find this youtuber ...my life was full of troubles but this youtuber ...he changed my life now i love my pc....and just salute to this great youtuber...

    • @Aurafam-
      @Aurafam- 4 года назад +1

      Literally the same but how long did ur copying take?

    • @TreyIllest
      @TreyIllest 4 года назад

      Mine took 5 seconds lmao😂😂

    • @TreyIllest
      @TreyIllest 4 года назад

      😂 😂 Just kidding dude

    • @Roguefysh
      @Roguefysh 4 года назад +1

      @@Aurafam- Can take a while and mine paused a few times during the process. Don't be tempted to abandon it, just leave it alone for 15 minutes and give it a chance to pick up again.

    • @okctrl
      @okctrl 3 года назад

      @a actually it's very well possible although unlikely. U would have to be doing this process from 2 gen 4 m.2 ssds to have speed like that.

  • @benhauber1979
    @benhauber1979 Год назад +1

    Oh my GOD, I spent HOURS going through everybody else's solutions to this problem. Bless you, sir! I finally got windows to install using your instructions.

  • @onedicherb
    @onedicherb 5 месяцев назад

    Coming from.the future , 7 years later , after multiple problems trying to install win 10 onto an older desktop , this was the only solution that worked.
    Thank you !

  • @freddiesudolsky6221
    @freddiesudolsky6221 4 года назад +17

    I bought my friend an ssd for his birthday and we spent 6 hours trying to install windows on it because of not having the correct usb drivers, after mounting them to the installation folder we got the error seen in the vid, finally because of you we got it to work! Thank you !!!

    • @HieuNguyen-jz7nz
      @HieuNguyen-jz7nz 3 года назад

      Hello. This video make things more complicated. You just acess laptop BIOS and change boot order, set the drive that you want to install windows to first boot device. Have done!

  • @countcock5694
    @countcock5694 2 года назад +9

    Wow. Just wow. I have never experienced a guide so transparent and easy to follow, props to you, good sir.

  • @thelostkingdom5238
    @thelostkingdom5238 Год назад

    I ran into this problem today in 2022, man, after 6 years of posting this video it solve the problem for me,you are the best and your way is the only way worked for me,seen alot of videos explaining that method but the way you did it is the right way,thank you from Iraq

  • @jamesp1238
    @jamesp1238 4 года назад +12

    Wow, my computer hasn't been working for over a year and I just found your video and it's fixed now. Thank you SO much!

  • @CiprianFlaviusStoica
    @CiprianFlaviusStoica 7 лет назад +5

    Of all the RUclips video's that I've seen, your tutorial helped me the most, nothing worked until I tried this out. Thank you!

  • @millenniyall_gaming2198
    @millenniyall_gaming2198 Год назад +3

    Thank you for the video. it was helpful. If you happen to run into the issue I had with the disk format being in mbr, here are the steps to convert to gpt. Reopen command prompt using shift +f10 and type the following -
    diskpart
    list disk
    select disk 1 (choose the disk you want to install Windows on)
    clean - (this will not delete the windows files previously transferred)
    convert gpt
    exit
    Another thing I ran into was with the boot loader identifier. I am unsure of what to do because I don't have an alpha numeric sequence as shown in the video. Mine just says {current}. If you know what I should do here please let me know.

  • @BrockLee3
    @BrockLee3 Год назад

    Thank you!
    I've been building PCs, and doing computer-tech work for the past 20 years. I bought a PC from someone whom told me he couldn't figure out the problem with it. I ended up give it the name Lucy...for Lucifer.
    This thing's been giving me problems from the start; and, I was able to solve all of them...but, then it gave me THIS "unable to create a new system partition or locate an existing system partition" problem. Thankfully...it's the last problem Lucy gave me. She works, now.
    Thank you, AGAIN, for the excellent tutorial. It was just about as perfect as anyone can make it. Have a beautiful day. And, best of luck/skill on all your future builds/repairs.

  • @Hanni_cxpcutedits
    @Hanni_cxpcutedits 7 лет назад +7

    Thanks - had this error on an older laptop where I was trying to install win10, this solution solved the " unable to create a new system". It was driving me crazy, almost gave up until I found your post.

  • @CFCJF
    @CFCJF 3 года назад +5

    Been struggling with Win 10 failed upgrades for weeks. Ended up in a deep dark spiral of ISOs, installation media, boot drives, ending up with this error. Was pulling my hair out, but your video literally had everything needed step by step. I’m now reinstalling Windows 10 - thank you!

  • @supersexyman1111
    @supersexyman1111 2 года назад

    Absolute Chad of tutorials couldn't have been any more helpful.

  • @chadfoley2471
    @chadfoley2471 Год назад +4

    Absolute legend! As Derrick monroe said below you might need to convert the disk from MBR to GPT. Follow the tutorial above and then after cleaning it and before creating the partition to copy the install files, type in "convert GPT". Should get you across the line :)

    • @janwerner6882
      @janwerner6882 8 месяцев назад

      Thank you so much for re commenting this…I had this issue and it helped me..thanks again!

  • @GaneshPrabhuK89
    @GaneshPrabhuK89 3 года назад +17

    This is an amazing video. I followed it by word and got my issue solved. The only thing to note is that when you create the primary partition make sure it is atleast the minimum size of the windows. (In case of windows 10, create atleast 25gb or 25600 instead of 5000.
    Rest is amazing Miguel.
    Cheers

    • @Shabangs510
      @Shabangs510 2 года назад

      Holy poo this comment helped a lot

    • @sandandstarstouring5289
      @sandandstarstouring5289 2 года назад +2

      This is what made it work for me, thanks for the suggestion. Kept failing at 5gb, worked at 30gb on first try. Its a 500 gb hard drive. Who cares if I lose some space, but the computer works instead of being a paperweight. Maybe I can delete that partition later...

    • @mohitagarwal7837
      @mohitagarwal7837 10 месяцев назад

      Can we delete this partition after successful installation?

  • @suekhan6949
    @suekhan6949 Год назад +4

    My husband and I would like to thank you very much! We were about to take a gun to our laptop, but your video saved it!! We appreciate your concise and expert guidance in helping us through this error. Thank you so much!

  • @jasperwang9481
    @jasperwang9481 Год назад +1

    Took several hours to install WIN 11 and finally figured out with the help of the video. I had to change a few commands:
    > clean
    > convert gpt
    > create partition primary size=8000
    ...
    > xcopy c: e: /e/h/k (the one in the video had the wrong order)
    Upon the installation is completed, to prevent the installer from auto starting, I had to delete the installation partition after following the installer prompts and then re-start.

    • @mauricec6551
      @mauricec6551 6 месяцев назад

      Can you explain how you were able to delete? I'm stuck in a loop with the installer

  • @thra-x1855
    @thra-x1855 Год назад +3

    you may have to type in 'convert GPT' after cleaning the drive or 'convert MBR' depending on your computer

  • @NevetsZA
    @NevetsZA 3 года назад +5

    I watch instructional videos like this daily on RUclips. This is the first one that worked EXACTLY Step by Step as described! EXCELLENT! Thank you very much! New subscriber :-)

  • @leonflaithiuil6596
    @leonflaithiuil6596 3 года назад +5

    I’ve been trying to fix my pc for 2 days, you finally helped me thank you so much you absolute legend

  • @Trenixen
    @Trenixen 2 года назад

    5 years later, still works on new systems like Windows Server 2022, thanks mate!

  • @spiushdmedia6496
    @spiushdmedia6496 8 месяцев назад +1

    This might be late, but it's after watching this video that I tried something a bit different from it and it worked. I simply deleted one empty partition (and it became "unallocated"). After I just selected that "unallocated" partition and hit next ... then the installation went on. Thanks again for this video though. If not for your video I wouldn't have tried what I did. Cheers guys

    • @recks5650
      @recks5650 7 месяцев назад

      Thanks alot, i copied a bunch of youtube videos and nothing worked. Deleted the partition that i didn't need and the SSD that i wanted to use was then available 👍

  • @PalmBeach1028
    @PalmBeach1028 7 лет назад +13

    When I rebooted, I get message "no bootable devices"...what do I do???

    • @lukasblock5881
      @lukasblock5881 7 лет назад +4

      Kandyman1028 that happened to me too, but when I loaded up in my install USB and tried installing it worked. Give it a try cause you never know, maybe it will work for you too.

    • @Toshio6K4Y
      @Toshio6K4Y 3 года назад +2

      Go to bios and set all defults!

    • @HieuNguyen-jz7nz
      @HieuNguyen-jz7nz 3 года назад +2

      Hello. This video make things more complicated. You just acess laptop BIOS and change boot order, set the drive that you want to install windows to first boot device. Have done!

    • @mrcgeraldes
      @mrcgeraldes 3 года назад

      @Kirk Bernard how?

    • @mrcgeraldes
      @mrcgeraldes 3 года назад +2

      @Kirk Bernard Yeah, its after reboot computer does not detect any boot drive

  • @Hdagoat_
    @Hdagoat_ 4 года назад +4

    Thanks for this easy to follow video. Was trying to get an old laptop setup for my son’s online classes because of COVID-19 and couldn’t get it going until this. 👍🏾

  • @sushijones
    @sushijones Год назад

    Thanks for the helpful video! For anyone who has the same issue, do check the simpler options in the description. It turns out all I needed to do was unplug my installation USB key and plug it back in.

  • @Mr.Bigglesworth
    @Mr.Bigglesworth Год назад

    Thank you for this. 6 years later and it still is of great help.

  • @Gabrieloliveiramts
    @Gabrieloliveiramts 7 лет назад +76

    you won a new subscribed!!!! I fixed my problem following your instructions. thanks a lot!!!!

    • @heliriousmath7278
      @heliriousmath7278 7 лет назад +1

      how can I install windows in another diver without program files folder and user folder ?

    • @sukmaartanugrahachuz2124
      @sukmaartanugrahachuz2124 4 года назад

      Sir after i do that, my data in disk e: cant find in disk management and my all data is lost plis help me sir

    • @MatheusKobi
      @MatheusKobi 4 года назад

      @@sukmaartanugrahachuz2124 The same thing happened to me

  • @dannyaglinao2745
    @dannyaglinao2745 4 года назад +12

    This is the most clear and understandable tutorial ever. Thank you

    • @geetindersingh1561
      @geetindersingh1561 3 года назад

      hey, did it work ? and after installing the windows, was your data safe? or was your hard drive completely cleaned? plz tell

    • @ac4694
      @ac4694 3 года назад

      @@geetindersingh1561 during installation drive is completely cleaned

    • @mammamsprincessruhi787
      @mammamsprincessruhi787 2 года назад

      @@ac4694 if i boot by usb then what should i type in cd place

    • @amaiaamaiaa
      @amaiaamaiaa Год назад

      @@mammamsprincessruhi787 cd means change directory. type cd. doesn't matter if you use a usb.

  • @Baluchishair
    @Baluchishair Год назад

    I watched this video thrice and got my laptop recovered with all instructions given by you. And let me tell you this is wonderful.

  • @Braydon-gh5zq
    @Braydon-gh5zq 2 года назад

    5 years later this video is still working thank you!!

  • @spoolindsm127
    @spoolindsm127 5 лет назад +11

    Miguel you're the man! Thank you!!!
    Just used this method to install Windows 10 after creating a bootable USB using the Media Creation Tool. Worked perfectly! 👍

    • @HieuNguyen-jz7nz
      @HieuNguyen-jz7nz 3 года назад

      Hello. This video make things more complicated. You just acess laptop BIOS and change boot order, set the drive that you want to install windows to first boot device. Have done!

  • @jaggedsphere
    @jaggedsphere 4 года назад +7

    2020 and I'm installing W7!!!?! Good video, helped me install from USB to HDD.

    • @kevinsantiagocardona9349
      @kevinsantiagocardona9349 4 года назад

      Richard Cooke why he uses “créate partition primary size-5000”?

    • @jaggedsphere
      @jaggedsphere 4 года назад

      @@kevinsantiagocardona9349 two week late but I hope you resolved your issue

  • @rollingtroll
    @rollingtroll 10 месяцев назад +1

    If only all RUclips videos were this clear, eh?
    Perfection!
    One thing; That 5gb is enough for Windows 10 Pro too. It's just a partition to install windows from, so you will lose that space once it's done. Keep it small!

  • @spencerlouch5306
    @spencerlouch5306 2 года назад

    Ran into this problem installing a new SSD into my sons pc, in my 25 years of repairing PC's, never ran into this problem. Did try the diskpart commands but they weren't working but once I followed your video, It corrected my wrongs. Thanks for making my sons Christmas and mine a peacful one lol

  • @rackemodem
    @rackemodem 2 года назад +5

    Thank you. Not often I find a tutorial like this that is clear and easy to follow and it works!
    I skipped the 'convert gtp' command that some recommend and completed all the way through copying files to the new partition. The only bump I hit was when rebooting, it didn't automatically start the windows install. Legacy boot was disabled in the BIOS & when I enabled it & restarted the pc again, I was able to choose boot from HDD and installation began. Thank you again!

    • @rackemodem
      @rackemodem 2 года назад

      And after spending another 2hrs loading apps & adjusting some settings , (during which restarts did take place) I shut it down . Came back later to fire it up again and got a message "An operating system wasn't found"! Say what? I'm afraid I might have to start over & can't even imagine why

    • @Nalpha
      @Nalpha 4 месяца назад

      did u find a fix?@@rackemodem

  • @vitoldasrogoza4179
    @vitoldasrogoza4179 4 года назад +6

    Dear, thank You so much for this video! Clear step-by-step tutorial is perfect even for not computer pros! Many thanks!

  • @avalon1734
    @avalon1734 7 месяцев назад +1

    You are the third and final video for me to successfully install Windows 11. I just bought a Sager laptop with 13th gen i9, 4060 gpu, ddr5, etc. This company doesn't come with an OS and Xoticpc where I bought it wanted $100 extra to install it. My dumbass thought I could just clone my OEM Asus drive and plug n play it. Nope, BSOD. I bought 2 Acer Predator 4Tb drives and 64Gb memory separately to save money. I had to fresh install Win11 and what a nightmare that is. Booting from a usb flash drive... didn't even see my drive telling me it wasn't GPT. Found a video where I had to load the Intel RST drivers to even recognize it. After that I got the error that your video shows and followed your instructions. My drives had different letters so I just looked closely and subbed the letters. Low and behold it worked. I got to install the OS. When it booted I was left with 2 partitions of equal size(the entire drive X2). I deleted the duplicate but now I have an unallocated space that is equal to the entire space that is active. Everything looks normal but in disk management the ssd shows an active partiton of 3.78Tb and an unallocated partition of 3.78Tb. How do I make that unallocated partition disappear?

  • @JeshuranPaul
    @JeshuranPaul 3 месяца назад

    Still works! However one thing to note:
    Make sure you have legacy boot on. On UEFI, it doesn’t boot into the newly created NTFS partition. Additionally on UEFI, you cannot install without MBR

  • @mikkaybear
    @mikkaybear 3 года назад +4

    This was a lifesaver after several days of frustration. Thank you!

  • @dallenford9592
    @dallenford9592 4 года назад +5

    This was awesome. I tried everything else I could find too fix this issue, and nothing worked. This did, Windows 10 is installing as I write this!

    • @HieuNguyen-jz7nz
      @HieuNguyen-jz7nz 3 года назад +2

      Hello. This video make things more complicated. You just acess laptop BIOS and change boot order, set the drive that you want to install windows to first boot device. Have done!

  • @TokyoXtreme
    @TokyoXtreme Год назад

    You are truly a modern-day hero in a world lacking heroes.

  • @IronMunky86
    @IronMunky86 2 года назад

    Honestly... If I could I would give you a hug right now. You fixed the problem I tried to fix 5 hours yesterday.

  • @DP-wp3qq
    @DP-wp3qq 4 года назад +7

    This is great. I would like to add a couple of items though. If you are installing Win10, you will need to make the partition larger than 5000 (more like 15000), otherwise there will not be enough space to copy the install files to the new partition. Win10 USB is 13GB. Secondly, you will probably have to delete both the 32 bit and 64 bit entries from the boot loader before rebooting the computer or it will keep loading the install screen. Other than that, this is a great tutorial video! @avoiderrors thank you for posting this!

    • @Anthony-yu6xj
      @Anthony-yu6xj 4 года назад

      How would you go about doing that last step in windows 10?

    • @DP-wp3qq
      @DP-wp3qq 4 года назад

      Anthony Pascullo he goes over the process in the video. You just delete both the 32bit and 64bit system identifiers one after the other before you reboot

    • @karoldenis5649
      @karoldenis5649 Год назад

      How do i delete 32 and 64 bit entries? I got problem with coming back to the instalation setup after installing the windows

  • @mayabaya100
    @mayabaya100 6 лет назад +48

    Yes BUT, then you need to disconect your usb drive or remove instalation CD, an THEN you need to reboot PC, and THEN while rebooting pres F9 multiple times to select boot option, and FINALY select hard drive as a boot drive

    • @ZikzakHD
      @ZikzakHD 6 лет назад +6

      Maja Nincevic BRO I LOVE ❤️❤️❤️❤️ I WAS LETTING THE USB IN MY COMPUTER EXITING AND HAD ALWAYS THE SAME PROBLEM BIG LOVE TO YOU BRO, IF YOU NEED ANYTHING I'M HERE

    • @mourningsmile
      @mourningsmile 6 лет назад +3

      Thanks alot!

    • @jennyjin6092
      @jennyjin6092 6 лет назад +2

      thank you very much!

    • @iyashidmi744
      @iyashidmi744 6 лет назад +2

      Thanks for your solution

    • @axelespinal
      @axelespinal 5 лет назад +1

      Thank you Maja, very cool!

  • @roberta6748
    @roberta6748 3 года назад +2

    Thank you Miguel, it appears to be working now -- (presently waiting for very slow installation progress). But there is one thing that confused me, initially. It was not clear to me what the environment is, in which you are running at the start of the tutorial. I thought you had to be running an existing prior Windows installation. I now realize that this is the environment obtained by booting the installation USB or DVD.

  • @GT-li8wg
    @GT-li8wg 3 года назад +1

    I can testify this works as long as you don't fat finger anything, and understand the drive letters. Also used this to get around a very old motherboard bios issue. Thanks man

  • @juanm128
    @juanm128 3 года назад +5

    Awesome mate, this was the only way to make our Windows Server 2019 work in our HP proliant gen 8

    • @HieuNguyen-jz7nz
      @HieuNguyen-jz7nz 3 года назад

      Hello. This video make things more complicated. You just acess laptop BIOS and change boot order, set the drive that you want to install windows to first boot device. Have done!

    • @juanm128
      @juanm128 3 года назад

      @@HieuNguyen-jz7nz I'm sorry mate, that should work for a laptop and with normal computers, but for this specific server, that didn't work.

  • @borislavkamenov72
    @borislavkamenov72 4 года назад +6

    Man, you don't know how much I thank you.

  • @WrandyGiron
    @WrandyGiron Год назад

    Thank you so much! I had installed Ubuntu and accidentally formatted my hard drive. Had Windows ISO on a USB but had no idea how to install it. Your video helps so much and now I am running Windows 10 on an old PC. Thank you so much!

  • @b0n3zy
    @b0n3zy 2 года назад

    Just THANK YOU. Unplugged my 2.5'' external drive and it immediately recognized the partition and moved on to the installation. You saved me a ton of time, just THANK YOU!

  • @Lorenzo-zj6yt
    @Lorenzo-zj6yt 5 лет назад +3

    OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! I was literally about to give up and buy a 200 dollar hard drive and use the original hard drive as an external one!! You just got a new subscriber and a like to your video!

    • @HieuNguyen-jz7nz
      @HieuNguyen-jz7nz 3 года назад

      Hello. This video make things more complicated. You just acess laptop BIOS and change boot order, set the drive that you want to install windows to first boot device. Have done!

  • @arnab9288
    @arnab9288 3 года назад +6

    When I select the Unallocated space it says The drive has an MBR partition table and that Windows can only be installed to GPT disks. How to fix this issue?

  • @ComeRaveInPeace
    @ComeRaveInPeace 11 месяцев назад

    Also from my side.. BIG THX for this tutorial! I had several times this issue with multiple PCs the 20years or so, and I always ended up sending the devices to the Manufacturer-Support, and waisted my money. Your tutorial on this case is gold! THX Sir!

  • @hcb1700
    @hcb1700 4 месяца назад

    Great tutorial! You saved my computer. I was installing an update one day it the computer got stuck on the booting screen. I had to restart it and nothing happened. The comupter would constantly go into reboot. I installed a new hard drive and couldn't figure out why I could not get Windows installed on the new drive via a USB flash drive. Thank you SO MUCH for this great video!

  • @raymondmccullough4854
    @raymondmccullough4854 5 лет назад +7

    Just thank you for this - I was stuck adding an SSD - this totally wroked - subscribed -

    • @Lopers94
      @Lopers94 3 года назад

      @Kirk Bernard same thing

  • @edwardbrown2142
    @edwardbrown2142 Год назад +15

    6 years later edit: make sure to "convert gpt" after running "clean"

    • @404notalive
      @404notalive 9 месяцев назад

      not convertible

    • @mud4309
      @mud4309 9 месяцев назад +2

      Well that wouldve been fuckin nice to see before, goddamnit
      Thank you btw, mad at myself and the fact I gotta redo this whole thing, not your helpful advice

    • @DarkStar700
      @DarkStar700 9 месяцев назад

      @@mud4309I’m in the same damn boat right now lol 🤦‍♂️

    • @rustyshackleford6264
      @rustyshackleford6264 7 месяцев назад

      Thank you for this update!

  • @hugs4drugs816
    @hugs4drugs816 2 года назад

    Still using this today, got a new motherboard. Man I really appreciate all of your help, it's great. Much respect brother.

  • @Franchute1986
    @Franchute1986 Год назад +1

    Thanks to your video I was able to install Windows 10 on an old MacBook Pro Early 2011 (8.1) with MacOS High Sierra. I tried pretty much any other method out there, and since I replaced my optical drive with a secondary hdd I had pretty much given up. Thank you a thousand times.

  • @126cbrulez
    @126cbrulez 4 года назад +6

    Hello! For Me it says "the selected disk contains MBR,, and in the EFI-based systems the windows can only be installed on GPT

    • @HieuNguyen-jz7nz
      @HieuNguyen-jz7nz 3 года назад +1

      Hello. This video make things more complicated. You just acess laptop BIOS and change boot order, set the drive that you want to install windows to first boot device. Have done!

    • @Zoe-vd6sr
      @Zoe-vd6sr 3 года назад

      SAme issue. Did u solved this:?

    • @126cbrulez
      @126cbrulez 3 года назад

      I Did it, try every option xD

    • @Zoe-vd6sr
      @Zoe-vd6sr 3 года назад

      @@126cbrulez which option worked?

    • @ditokelio7860
      @ditokelio7860 3 года назад

      Same problem

  • @mr.andersson3362
    @mr.andersson3362 4 года назад +4

    Thank you sooo much my man.
    This was clearly the best tutorial i found. I struggled with this for like 5 hours and your like gods gift. Thank you very much :)

    • @shsh12345
      @shsh12345 4 года назад

      Its been 30 mins for copying.
      Can someone tell how many hours it takes to finish the copy ?

  • @bambam0099
    @bambam0099 2 года назад

    I had numerous problems with installation and quickly learned about SHRINK QUERYMAX and SHRINK DESIRED= which cleared up space and then your video made installation a breeze! Win10 installed 1st shot! Thank you for taking the time to post this video....

  • @techtorilla
    @techtorilla Год назад

    Literal LEGEND. I had to change to GPT, but followed your instructions to a T. Thank you.

  • @tetraluna9955
    @tetraluna9955 5 лет назад +5

    Create partition primary.........disk part has encountered an error:data error (cyclic redundancy check)

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      @faaizhamid6558 5 лет назад

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    • @ahmedaqeel636
      @ahmedaqeel636 5 лет назад

      @@faaizhamid6558 I am so please help me

    • @faaizhamid6558
      @faaizhamid6558 5 лет назад

      @@ahmedaqeel636 contact on my WhatsApp number

    • @calvinhart1107
      @calvinhart1107 3 года назад

      Wts the solution for this erroe