Fix error that cannot install Windows, cannot Format computer

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An error that I see many people encounter today is that when installing Windows, the message appears that the hard drive partition cannot be formatted.

The error code is Failed to format the selected partition.[ error: 0x8004242d]. And this error appears when you install Windows 7, 8 or later, so what is the cause of such error?

This techtipsnreview article will guide you in detail how to fix this annoying error, please refer to the following article:

During the Windows installation process, you will see a message like this:

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The above notice has the following content:

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

Translated into Vietnamese, it looks like this:

“Windows cannot be installed on this hard drive. The partition you just selected is MBR. On EFI systems, Windows can only be installed to a hard disk in GPT standard. ”

So the reason is clear, your computer is in UEFI standard and the hard drive is GPT format, but you install it according to the old standard Lagacy – MBR, so the above situation happened.

With the UEFI standard and a GPT formatted hard drive, you cannot Format and install Win in the normal way.

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To learn about UEFI and GPT, you should read more about this article: Is your computer using UEFI or Lagacy standards?

#first. Fix error that cannot install Windows

To fix this, we have many ways but most of it is a bit difficult for those who are less computer-savvy. Because you have to enter the BIOS to reset.

But miserably, each computer has a different BIOS interface, so I cannot give specific instructions. That is why I will guide you the following 4 ways for your reference.

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Method 1: Reset BIOS

You just need to enter your computer’s BIOS and turn off UEFI mode (first) => then Convert your hard drive to MBR format and can install as usual (2).

Offer:

Method 2: Create USB to install the computer according to UEFI – GPT standards

Other than the above, there is a simpler plan for you that is to create a USB according to the standard that your computer is using. This one, I have guided you from before, you can follow the following instructions:

See the instructions:

Method 3: Delete the partition and convert GPT to MBR

Note: Note that with this method, all data on the hard drive will be erased. Therefore, you should save the data in a safe place before proceeding or choosing another way.

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This way, we will delete all hard drive data and convert hard drive format from GPT to MBR quickly right at the win interface. To do this you do the following:

You just proceed with the installation as usual, then to enter the key, you press the key combination Shift + F10 (some machines cannot, press Shift + Fn + F10) to open the window cmd.

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Enter the commands in turn as follows:

  • Enter an order diskpart Press Enter.
  • Enter an order list disk to see if your hard drive is in GPT standard? If there is an accent * In the GPT column, your computer is in GPT format, I just demoed it ?

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Please pay attention, choose the correct hard drive that you want to convert format. Because here my computer only has one hard drive, so in the list of drives only Disk 0 stop it.

You enter the command select disk 0 => and press Enter.

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You enter some commands as follows:

  • Enter an order clean and press Enter.
  • Enter next convert MBR and press Enter.
  • Enter an order exit to exit.

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OK, now you can continue with your Windows installation: D, you can switch back and forth to GPT> MBR and vice versa.

Method 4: Edit Windows Setup

You open that iso file (should use Ultraiso) to edit. You delete the following files in turn in the installer.

Note: You should copy 2 copies to accidentally delete the mistake, then you will have to download it again: D, if you don’t come up and catch it, it will be very tired ^^!

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Go to the directory efi > boot and delete the file bootx64.efi go.

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Go to the directory efi > microsoft > boot and delete all file cdboot.efi, cdboot_noprompt.efi, efisys.bin, efisys_noprompt.bin, memtest.efi

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Finally click on the icon Save to save.

Tips: When you go to the boot menu of your computer, choose the line without the word UEFI. For example, I use a usb boot to the computer like this:

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I will choose to boot KingstonDataTraveler 108PMAP. Okay, now you can safely install Windows without worrying about errors anymore ?

#2. Epilogue

So I have detailed instructions for you 4 ways to fix Windows error for formatting and you cannot install Win on your computer.

In my opinion, you should switch to the UEFI – GPT standard to use because it works much faster and more secure than the old standard.

Hope the article is useful to you, wish you success!

Kien Nguyen – techtipsnreview

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