Ok, so after like 2 weeks, I FINALLY got a clean ISO and put it on a usb, only to get the same error as before, 0x80070057. On the bright side, I know that my disc is fine... Any help?
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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Greg Carmack 24,780 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator2016-02-26T04:27:32+00:00 Where did the ISO come from?
How did you write the ISO to stick?
Other steps here to Troubleshoot Windows 7 Installation Failures
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Anonymous
2016-02-27T00:06:32+00:00 I used rufus, and I had it set to mbr partition. So im now trying for the gpt setting...
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Anonymous
2016-02-27T00:26:34+00:00 ok, so Im getting a SLIGHTLY different error message now, Instead of saying that the error occured while formatting the partition, it now says the error occured while preparing the partition selected for installation, however, the error code is the same 0x80070057(this is after I hit custom, then selected my disk, then hit install)
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Greg Carmack 24,780 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2016-02-27T01:35:20+00:00 Where did you get the ISO? Does the official HASH match?
Will it queue up to install on another PC?
Did you try the steps to clear the hard drive in Troubleshoot Windows 7 Installation Failures ?