i reset the setings but still no hint of uefi anywhere... gonna go offline for a bit ne nack inayne an hour... oh and also, i never updated my bios, just remembered that...
MBR partition table? Windows 7 won't install on hard drive that previously had win7.
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(long story) Alright, so I have had this same exact harddrive for a while, and out of nowhere, I get a message: Microsoft Windows has stopped responding. I think, oh ****! I gotta restart it! And so I hard-restart it and now windows won't load. I get the bios, but not the OS. So I try to save my files and reinstall windows7 by using a linux usb to save my stuff, except that doesnt work. So I accept my fate, use GParted to format the partition to NTFS and then I restart and boot up from the windows install disc. And I go to install windows on the empty partition (also I guess I should mention there is another partition that's 100mb and says sytem reserved, I never touched that one) and I get this and I quote "Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk has an MBR partition table. On EFI systems, Windows can only be installed to GPT disks." and thats it. And the weird thing is, I installed win7 on that SAME harddrive before with now problems. So did my Hard drive poop out on me? Is windows just being a butt? Help pls, I NEED my computer, I am in a programming for game design class and I need my PC in order to make my end of the year project. (Oh, I guess I should also mention I am currently using a Lubuntu usb stick to type this... if that is relevant at all...) Oh, and the windows version is 7 ultimate.
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2016-02-14T22:31:10+00:00 ok finally did it the clean all command took foroever. and i converted it, so just go throught the install normally?
Just give it a try and you will find out if it did the trick, it it doesn't work convert it back to gpt and try it again, from the information obtained in other posts it appears that the machine is UEFI capable so it should install on GPT disk.
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Greg Carmack 24,780 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator2016-02-14T22:26:34+00:00 Normally this is called CSM but the firmware is old. Often in UEFI firmware this is not a hard drive setting but a UEFI firmware setting that allows Legacy installs to MBR disks without UEFI.
And what are the other settings choices? If the wiped drive converted to MBR doesn't succeed, then try UEFI and then see if the DVD drive shows up in BIOS Boot Menu Key as a UEFI device.
Normally deleting all partitions will suffice for the installer to reset formatting GPT<>MBR.
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2016-02-14T22:08:37+00:00 pk when you say compatibility mode, are you referring to the hard drive? cause thats what its set to... i swear, if thats wahts been throwing this off, im gonna be pissed...
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Greg Carmack 24,780 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2016-02-14T21:50:13+00:00 The PC ships with UEFI but the last Update is 2011 which was when UEFI was still very rough and needing regular Updating. I'd still check if you have the latest version in BIOS setup. Laptops :: Lenovo V Series laptops :: V570 Laptop (Lenovo) :: 1066 - Lenovo Support (US)
The Manual has nothing about this. However there is some discussion here about it: V570 - Clean Install Problems and Some Solutions - Lenovo
The suggestion here to reset BIOS to defaults is also a good one in many cases:
V570 no EFI settings in BIOS - Lenovo Community
After resetting BIOS to Defaults, check again for any evidence of UEFI, CSM, Compatibility Mode, Legacy BIOS or mode, Secure Boot and BIOS Boot Priority order. There is some suggestion that DVD drive needs to be set first in BIOS setup so you can also try that though it rarely makes a difference.
If in doubt about any settings please post back pictures showing all tabs and choices. If you see SATA settings make sure the AHCI choice is selected.