Solved - Setup was unable to create a new system partition or locate an existing system partition

Hi , my name is Miguel from avoid errors dot net .

In this tutorial , I'm going to be showing you guys how to fix the error setup was unable to create a new system partition or locate an existing system partition .

This same process applies to windows , seven windows , 8.1 and windows 10 .

What I'll be doing is installing windows from the hard drive instead of a USB or an installation disk .

If you want to try simpler options instead of the uh process , I'm about to show you you can go to my post .

The link is in the description box below .

Ok .

Now once here , make sure that any external hard drive is unplugged from your PC .

And if you're installing windows from a USB or disc , leave that plugged in nothing else .

Now , press shift plus F 10 , this will bring up the command prompt here , type disc part and hit , enter , then type list disc and hit , enter .

This will list all hard drive connected to the PC .

I only have one , you should only have one as well if not be able to identify the installation hard drive .

So I'm installing windows to this hard drive , which is a 60 gig dis zero .

So I need to select it by entering satellite space , disc , space zero and then hit enter now type clean to delete all information on that drive .

Once done type , create partition , primary size equals I'm gonna make this a five gig .

So I'll enter 5000 megs and hit enter .

You can find all the commands in my website .

Again , the link is in the description box below .

Now type format space FS equal NTFS space quick for a quick format .

Once done now type assign to assign a drive letter then active to make that partition usable .

Now type list volume to list any partitions and or drives .

In this case , I have my DVD drive that has my windows seven installation disk and my newly created partition .

In this case volume one drive letter C which is the uh five gigabyte partition we just created .

What we're gonna do is copy the installation files from the disk to the C partition .

If you're using a USB to install windows , it's exactly the same process .

Now go ahead and exit now change directory to the location where you have your windows , installation files .

In this case , the DVD drive letter E so enter CD space , E colon and now type X copy space , E colon space , C colon forward slash E forward slash H forward slash K and hit enter .

This will copy the installation files from the DVD to the C partition .

This could take quite some time but once done , make sure to eject the installation disk and or USB then type exit and X out of here to reboot the machine .

Now , once it reboots , it'll start installing windows .

You need to be careful uh when installing windows this way because you have the installation partition here .

If you notice here , this zero partition one is a five gigabyte partition we created earlier .

You don't want to delete this .

All you need to do is just select the unallocated space and then hit next and you're good to go .

Now , once Windows has been installed , we need to edit the boot loader to remove this black screen from coming up to do that .

Just run command prompt as administrator .

If you're prompted , click yes to the U AC and here type B CD , edit and hit .

Enter , locate where it says description , windows set up under the boot loader .

We need to use this identifier .

OK .

That key .

So enter B CD , edit space forward slash delete space , open bracket and then the identifier number and then close bracket .

Hit , enter , that's it .

Now , once you restart , it'll restart without uh giving you that uh black screen on the boot loader .

Thank you for watching this video .

My name is Miguel .

If you have any questions , feel free to post them in the comment section below .

Thank you .