• Trying to install custom install windows 7
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I just bought an HP laptop with Windows 8 on it. I cant stand windows 8 and wanted to put 7 back on but im running into some problems. When i finally boot from the cd and proceed to install windows, it asks me which disk I want to partition, there are five currently which are below. But i cannot install windows7 on any of the disks because i keep getting this "windows cannot be installed to this disk. the selected disk is of the gpt partition style" 1. Disk 0 Partition 1:WINRE OEM(Reserved) 2. Disk 0 Partition 2: Type System 3. Disk 0 Partition 3: MSR (Reserved) 4. Disk 0 Partition 4: Primary (I HAVE ALREADY FORMATTED MY PRIMARY.) 5. Disk 0 Partition 5: RECOVERY It will not allow me to create a new partition either. Im stuck right now because my primary disk is formatted and i cant seem to get windows 7 installed so im stuck without an OS right now. Is there anything i can do to fix this? If there is anything else you need to know just ask. Thanks for any help! Waiting for reply i need to fix this asap!
Delete all partitions, and create a new one. Edit: Either with the tool the windows installation provides, diskpart, or a Linux live CD. [editline]23rd December 2012[/editline] [url]http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/119713-diskpart-pc-startup.html[/url]
It is not going to harm my computer if i delete the Primary, System or the recovery partition?
You will loose all your data, but your computer will be fine. It wipes all of your data from your harddisks
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