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Hi there, I tried to refresh my old PC so I could sell it and did a clean install of Windows 8.1. I set up the formatted drive but when trying to install Windows, I received an error: "Setup couldn't create a new system partition or find an existing one. See the setup log files for more details." Anyone have any ideas on how to fix this? Thanks!
Remove all divisions. If it was using Windows 8.1, apply the reset option.
You can run Diskpart via the command prompt during Windows setup. At the initial screen, press "shift" and "F10" to launch the command prompt. Use Diskpart to modify the HDD partition table. The commands listed will convert the drive table to MBR: DISKPART> list disk DISKPART> select disk 0 DISKPART> online disk DISKPART> attributes disk clear readonly DISKPART> clean DISKPART> convert mbr. If needed, create an OS partition later (it should handle this automatically): DISKPART> create partition primary DISKPART> select part 1 DISKPART> format fs=ntfs label="System" unit=512 quick compress DISKPART> assign letter c DISKPART> list volume I hope this helps.