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Windows 7 refusing to install due to a partition error during installation

3 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/windows-7-refusing-to-install-due-to-a-partition-error-during-installation.178178/

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rahulpatel112 Original post #1
Sep 30, 2013 at 5:03 PM
When I started my computer, it gave me this error:

Disk error occurred. Press ctrl+alt+del to restart.
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Reboot and select proper boot device, or insert boot media in selected boot device and press any key.
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As a solution, I started a new installation of Window 7 from a pen drive. It started but when I got to selecting the partition to install, it gives me this error:

Windows could not format a partition on disk 0 - error code 0x80070057.
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whitestar_999 #2
Oct 1, 2013 at 12:47 AM
Windows could not format a partition on disk 0 - error code 0x80070057 - Microsoft Community
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rahulpatel112 #3
Oct 1, 2013 at 2:54 PM
Solved
Windows 7 refusing to install due to a partition error during installation - Super User