Hard Disk changed, Windows 8 doesn't install

Skyanime
Skyanime Member Posts: 4 New User
edited March 2023 in 2017 Archives
Hey all, Recently i bought a new Hard Disk for my Acer aspire E1-570G laptop since the old one broke. I tried installing windows 8 and during the installation it did several errors. After that i tried to format the hard disk attaching it to another pc, then i tried to reinstall windows again and again. Nothing. After i ran the installation (on the partitions menu) it seems that you cant select partitions, and when you can select one and click "next", it fails with some kind of error after a while (ranging from "error 0x80070057" to "error 0x80300024"). Everytime i restart the windows installation, the pc creates new partitions everytime, and noone of them work.
I hope you guys can help me fix this issue. Thanks.

Answers

  • ven98
    ven98 ACE Posts: 4,073 Pathfinder
    There is corruption with the 'system reserved' partition. I suggest you to delete all partitions from the drive(you don't need another PC). When you boot from the USB drive and enter in recovery menu, press F11 to open command prompt. 
    In command prompt enter
    diskpart then
    list disk(take note of the disk number you want install windows on) then enter
    select disk x(x is the number of the disk that you want to install windoes on) then enter
    clean all(this will format the drive and delete all partitions)
    It may take long time until the disk is formatted. After the process is finished enter exit to exit from command prompt.
     
    Always post the following characterisitcs of the device:
    -Model number
    -Part number(not required, but helpful)
    -CPU
    -GPU
    -Operating system

    Helios 300 and Nitro 5 users DO NOT update the BIOS to version 1.22 if you don't want the keyboard's backlight to turn off after 30 seconds even when the device is plugged in.


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  • Skyanime
    Skyanime Member Posts: 4 New User
    ven98 said:
    There is corruption with the 'system reserved' partition. I suggest you to delete all partitions from the drive(you don't need another PC). When you boot from the USB drive and enter in recovery menu, press F11 to open command prompt. 
    In command prompt enter
    diskpart then
    list disk(take note of the disk number you want install windows on) then enter
    select disk x(x is the number of the disk that you want to install windoes on) then enter
    clean all(this will format the drive and delete all partitions)
    It may take long time until the disk is formatted. After the process is finished enter exit to exit from command prompt.
     
    Already tried this method, but i went with it anyway again to see if this time worked. Tried to delete all partitions, but it didn't let me for an error (0x8007045d), opened command prompt and did all the diskpart thing, but when i typed "clean all" and waited a while, it did another error, wich said "The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error"

  • ven98
    ven98 ACE Posts: 4,073 Pathfinder
    I think something is wrong with the hard disk. Have you tried running the hdd as a second drive on other device to see whether ot will appear and how it will perform?
    Always post the following characterisitcs of the device:
    -Model number
    -Part number(not required, but helpful)
    -CPU
    -GPU
    -Operating system

    Helios 300 and Nitro 5 users DO NOT update the BIOS to version 1.22 if you don't want the keyboard's backlight to turn off after 30 seconds even when the device is plugged in.


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  • Skyanime
    Skyanime Member Posts: 4 New User
    ven98 said:
    I think something is wrong with the hard disk. Have you tried running the hdd as a second drive on other device to see whether ot will appear and how it will perform?
    Yes, i attached it with a IDE SATA adaptor on another pc and it works, i also initialized it with another OS , then i formatted it ,and it appears to be working, since it appears on the second drives.
  • ven98
    ven98 ACE Posts: 4,073 Pathfinder
    edited November 2017
    Can you repeat the same process, but this time instead of 'clean all' enter 'clean'?
    Always post the following characterisitcs of the device:
    -Model number
    -Part number(not required, but helpful)
    -CPU
    -GPU
    -Operating system

    Helios 300 and Nitro 5 users DO NOT update the BIOS to version 1.22 if you don't want the keyboard's backlight to turn off after 30 seconds even when the device is plugged in.


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  • Skyanime
    Skyanime Member Posts: 4 New User
    ven98 said:
    Can you repeat the same process, but this time instead of 'clean all' enter 'clean'?
    Already tried, doesnt work
  • ven98
    ven98 ACE Posts: 4,073 Pathfinder
    I don't understand why it doesn't let you format the disk. After you have selected the disk(select disk x) enter
    chkdsk /f it may or may not work. What it does is that it will scan and fix any error on the drive.

    If it doesn't, then I don't have any more ideas in mind. Someone else might have a solution.
    Always post the following characterisitcs of the device:
    -Model number
    -Part number(not required, but helpful)
    -CPU
    -GPU
    -Operating system

    Helios 300 and Nitro 5 users DO NOT update the BIOS to version 1.22 if you don't want the keyboard's backlight to turn off after 30 seconds even when the device is plugged in.


    Hit 'Like' if you find the answer helpful!   
    Click on 'Yes' if the comment answers your question!