We couldn't install windows in the location you chose. 0x80300024

Anonymous
2023-05-16T13:24:47+00:00

Switched on my Acer laptop and got an error 'No bootable device'. Then created a bootable pendrive and loaded Windows 10. Now when I'm trying to install, I'm getting the error 'We couldn’t install Windows in the location you chose. Please check your media drive, Error 0x80300024.'

Tried diskpart in cmd, it is showing disk 0 with 930 GB but when I do list volume, it shows 'No volumes found'

I want to compeletly format my laptop and do a fresh Windows installation. Kindly help.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-11-04T11:51:36+00:00

    I DICONNECTED ALL MY exta HARD DRIVES and it worked

    only had the main SSD/HDD pluggedin

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-05-29T14:12:59+00:00

    Thank you so much it worked for me! 😄

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-04-23T02:24:23+00:00

    I had the exact same issue. I converted the SSD to a GPT disk in Disk Management and created a NTFS partition.

    When in the install process and selecting where to install windows I selected the new partition and it came back with the same error.

    In the same installation selection screen I deleted the partition and recreated it.

    Everything worked fine after that.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-03-05T08:44:17+00:00

    Racing same problem here

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-02-27T00:42:53+00:00

    Just want to confirm unplugging my USB’s worked for me lmfao

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