Hey guys!
I'm not sure if this is the correct forum for this, but I'm currently trying out Windows 10, but I'm getting an error which I believe is due to my previous dual-boot consisting of Windows 7 + Antergos w/ Grub. (My friend installed this for me, so I'm not very familiar with this stuff.
Before I began the install, I went to windows disk manager and deleted then extended the partition that had Linux on it. When I went to install Win10, it keeps giving me errors that it could not create a partition and upon further inspection, the specific error is that it could not find the boot drive.
I've been at this for quite a while now, and any help would be appreciated!
If you deleted the Linux partition w/ Grub, then you can't boot. May have to clean install, or maybe if in Windows, EasyBCD can re-create the boot for you.
I've been trying a clean install, but it keeps giving me the boot error. I looked at EasyBCD, but it requires me to have windows on the computer. I've formatted/cleaned it several times, so that does not seem to be possible.If you deleted the Linux partition w/ Grub, then you can't boot. May have to clean install, or maybe if in Windows, EasyBCD can re-create the boot for you.
Oh,sorry - was under the impression it was an upgrade - did you delete all the partitions shown in the setup dialog then try to install to the unallocated space ? or are you keeping the existing Windows 7?
BTW: Best to delete Linux partitions with GParted or similar.
Yup! I deleted all partitions and then formatted, deleted but nothing seemed to work.Oh,sorry - was under the impression it was an upgrade - did you delete all the partitions shown in the setup dialog then try to install to the unallocated space ? or are you keeping the existing Windows 7?
BTW: Best to delete Linux partitions with GParted or similar.
It's best to delete the partitions and notformat - let Windows setup do all that stuff...Yup! I deleted all partitions and then formatted, deleted but nothing seemed to work.
I've tried going with just deleting and formatting but neither seem to work.It's best to delete the partitions and notformat - let Windows setup do all that stuff...
What is the exact error? The only time I got that was when I had multiple drives (incl. SD card etc) - removing those solved it.
The exact error from the logs is: "GetMachineInfo: Couldn't find boot disk on this BIOS-based computer"What is the exact error? The only time I got that was when I had multiple drives (incl. SD card etc) - removing those solved it.
OK that's a new one for me - found this Couldn't find Boot disk error while Installing Windows 7 using USB - Page 2 - Windows 7 Help blogThe exact error from the logs is: "GetMachineInfo: Couldn't find boot disk on this BIOS-based computer"
