As a result, you cannot install Windows to these kinds of disks. For detailed steps, please see the corresponding Setup Reports Error of Microsoft. The disk may fail soon. If other hard disks are available, install Windows to another location. At this time, you must stop Windows installation, and then backup important data immediately in case of a real disk failure. If there is not so much data that is required to back up, just copy and paste them to a safe place.
However, if you want to backup all or a large number of data on the disk, using a third party disk clone software to back up the entire hard disk can save you a lot of time.
If errors are detected from your hard disk but cannot be repaired, replace the dying hard disk with a new one. However, if it is under warranty, send it back to the manufacturers because they will repair the disk or give you a new one.
When installing Windows on an old disk, you may receive a Windows cannot be installed to this hard disk space message:. Windows must be installed to a partition formatted in NTFS. This is mainly caused by an incompatible file system of the partition to be installed with Windows.
Remember Windows won't allow you to format the current boot partition no matter if you turn to Disk Management or CMD. If you have no operating system to use, formatting needs more effort. Thus, to make things easier, we strongly recommend using MiniTool Partition Wizard Bootable CD to cope with different situations with one solution.
Please do the following:. Then set your computer to boot from the bootable media and finally enter MiniTool Partition Wizard Bootable. Click on the partition to be formatted and select " Format Partition " from the operations menu. Buy Now. Also you can choose to format the partition during the installation.
When you see "where do you want to install Windows", click on the target partition at first and then hit Drive Options Advanced to format it. Another solution for Windows should be installed to a partition formatted in NTFS is to clean the whole drive. If you receive one of the 6 errors during a Windows installation, I hope our solutions are useful for you. If they prove to be useful, please share to help more people. Should you have any doubts or problems, please feel free to leave us your comments in the following area or send to [email protected].
Besides, dynamic disk volumes can be created on noncontiguous scope or physical disks, while volumes on basic disk should locate on contiguous extents on one disk. Back up all volumes and data on the dynamic disk to be converted to basic, as this converting method removes all partitions and data on the disk. Open Disk Management. Click Start and right click Computer to select Manage.
Click Disk Management in the Computer Management window. Delete all volumes on the disk. Right-click each volume on the disk you want to change to basic disk and select Delete Volume. Right-click the disk and select Convert to Basic Disk. Once the disk is converted to basic disk, you can create partitions on the disk. Warning : If you want to keep your files on the disk, back up files or copy data to another disk before starting following steps.
Open Command Prompt. If there in not operating system on your computer, you can use Windows installation CD or bootable disk to boot computer and open CMD. Choose Repair your computer and then Troubleshoot to locate Command Prompt.
Delete all volumes on the dynamic disk by typing following commands with pressing Enter after each command. After all volumes are deleted, type convert basic and the empty will be converted into a basic disk. Both methods above require you delete all volumes and data before converting, thus you should make sure there are not important data or create a copy beforehand.
Here is an alternative solution which is able to complete the conversion without losing data. DiskGenius is a professional dynamic disk converter, it is able to convert dynamic disk to basic without deleting volumes within several seconds. Let's see the entire converting process. Run DiskGenius and you can see the dynamic disk on the main interface. Locate and right-click on the dynamic disk and select Convert to Basic Disk option, as below:. Click OK button from the pop-up message box to make the changing work.
Due to compatibility problem on file system, most versions of Windows operating system can be installed to partitions formatted to NTFS only and few versions can be installed to FAT partition. If the volume is formatted to an improper file system, you'll receive error "Windows must be installed to a partition formatted as NTFS". Since target partition has a file system issue, we can fix this error easily by changing its files system to NTFS. Click Start button and enter cmd in searching box and press Enter.
G is the drive letter of the partition that you want to change file system. You can open Windows Explorer to view the drive letter. Make sure the drive letter is correctly entered here. If it asks to enter the volume name, type in the name and press Enter. Copy the folder where DiskGenius installs to your bootable disk and then use the disk to boot computer. Launch DiskGenius and right-click the system partition you want to format to select Format Current Partition.
Click Yes from the message box which prompts all files on this partition will be lost after formatting. You may receive the warning message "Windows is unable to install to the selected location.
Error: 0x…This computer's hardware may not support booting to his disk. Ensure the disk's controller is enabled in the computer's BIOS menu" when you try to install Windows. If you click Next to continue and you will receive another error "Windows cannot find a system volume that meets requirements for installation".
This error may indicate that BIOS settings of your computer are not properly configured, thus you can try setting BIOS to factory and go back to default setting. If there is not Compatibility option, you can select IDE. There might be something wrong with the hard drive if you get the error "Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The disk may fail soon. If other hard disks are available, install Windows in another location.
Similar to system warning Windows detected a hard disk problem , you should have a check for hard drive's health condition. View hard drive S. Select the hard disk that may fail soon and click Disk menu to choose View S. Verify bad sectors for hard drive in questions. Then click Start Verify button to start scanning sectors for selected area. If hard disk contains bad sectors, you can try repairing it with the program. Ensure that all files are backed up first, because bad sector repairing destroys.
It's normal some bad sectors caused by physical damage cannot be repair. In that situation, you can manually create a hidden partition on that area to isolate bad sectors. Moreover, operating system shouldn't be installed to a hard drive that contains bad sectors.
While install Windows 7 you might run into an error saying "Windows is unable to install to the selected location. Error: 0x". This error typically occurs when you are asked to exchange hard drives in order to install required drivers on the system and the system disk hasn't been put back. It can also be caused by other reasons, so you may have to try more than one solution to solve it. Go to the step which requires selecting a partition and click Load Driver.
When you see the error message, ignore it. Reinsert the install disk and click Refresh link and then Advanced Drive Options to create a new partition with any size.
If Windows prompts it has to carry out some operations, click OK. Then you can see a new system partition and a new primary partition. Then, follow those steps. Here you can choose to convert multiple disks to dynamic by checking the boxes before the disks. Or you can use Diskpart commands to convert a disk to dynamic in Windows Take a closer look at how it works:.
If you have converted a disk to dynamic in Windows accidentally and want to change the dynamic disk back to basic without data loss, you can turn to a dynamic disk converter tool, AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional.
It can help you to convert dynamic disk to basic without data loss. Besides, it can help you to manage dynamic partitions. Step 1. Install and run the tool. Step 3. Two ways are offered; you can choose one based on your own situation.
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