Recently one of my coworkers brought a computer to me with a "Operating System Not Found". So the PC was sent to me to re-install Windows and I'm running into some problems.
I'm using a legal copy of Windows 7 64-bit w/ Service Pack 1
1. Trying to install Windows to the harddisk produces an error "Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk has an MBR partition table. On EFI systems, Windows can only be installed to GPT disks." and then it says "Windows cannot be installed to this disk. This computer's hardware may not support booting to this disk. Ensure that the disk's controller is enabled in the computer's BIOS menu".
2. Formatting the disk does nothing. I deleted the partition and tried to recreate it and it will not create a partition at all (I'm guessing it's related to the first problem)
3. Trying to go into "Repair Your Computer" on the disk produces the following: "This version of System Recovery Options is not compatible with the version of Windows you are trying to repair. Try using a recovery disc that is compatible with this version of Windows."
4. I tried changing settings in the BIOS but to no success. It gives me a Windows 7 option but because the disk is empty, it fails to boot.
I have another computer (the one I'm typing this on) that I can download and install applications to a USB key. Can anyone recommend any programs that I can install to a bootable USB stick to fix the MBR / GPT problem? I'm really lost on this one on how to fix it so I can install Windows again.
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Recently one of my coworkers brought a computer to me with a "Operating System Not Found". So the PC was sent to me to re-install Windows and I'm running into some problems.
I'm using a legal copy of Windows 7 64-bit w/ Service Pack 1
1. Trying to install Windows to the harddisk produces an error "Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk has an MBR partition table. On EFI systems, Windows can only be installed to GPT disks." and then it says "Windows cannot be installed to this disk. This computer's hardware may not support booting to this disk. Ensure that the disk's controller is enabled in the computer's BIOS menu".
2. Formatting the disk does nothing. I deleted the partition and tried to recreate it and it will not create a partition at all (I'm guessing it's related to the first problem)
3. Trying to go into "Repair Your Computer" on the disk produces the following: "This version of System Recovery Options is not compatible with the version of Windows you are trying to repair. Try using a recovery disc that is compatible with this version of Windows."
4. I tried changing settings in the BIOS but to no success. It gives me a Windows 7 option but because the disk is empty, it fails to boot.
I have another computer (the one I'm typing this on) that I can download and install applications to a USB key. Can anyone recommend any programs that I can install to a bootable USB stick to fix the MBR / GPT problem? I'm really lost on this one on how to fix it so I can install Windows again.
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