Solved Accidentally formated Recovery and System partitions

MegaTheJohny

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As title says, I was re-installing Windows 8.1 and I accidentally formatted all 3 partitions (Primary partition, Recovery and System).
After that I couldn't finish installation of Windows. Tried to reset PC and no success.
Now, I can't even choose partition to start Windows installation. (I have message "The selected disk is of the GPT partition style)

Please guys help. :cry:
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    I7-5930K (All stock clock)
    Motherboard
    Asus Rampage V Extreme BIOS 1401
    Memory
    16 GB Gskill DDR4, F4-2666C15Q-16GRR
    Graphics Card(s)
    SLI GIGABYTE nVidia GTX 980 (Stock clock)
    Sound Card
    /
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Asus PG278Q and Dell U2414H
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 850 EVO (1TB)
    PSU
    Seasonic 860watt Platinum
    Case
    Corsair 900D
    Cooling
    full custom water cooling loop
    Keyboard
    Razer BlackWidow TE
    Mouse
    Razer DeathAdder 2013
    Internet Speed
    10mb dl 3mb ul
    Browser
    Chrome
    Antivirus
    AVG Free
At the present time your PC is booting in legacy mode.. Your prior OS was setup with UEFI-GPT..

Go into your bios setting and disable legacy support.. then restart the windows setup
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 3.1 > Windows 10
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS 8700
    CPU
    I7
    Memory
    24 GB
I can't find any "legacy support" option in my bios.. sry I am nob.. how do I do it ? thanks
I have Asus Rampage Extreme V board.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    I7-5930K (All stock clock)
    Motherboard
    Asus Rampage V Extreme BIOS 1401
    Memory
    16 GB Gskill DDR4, F4-2666C15Q-16GRR
    Graphics Card(s)
    SLI GIGABYTE nVidia GTX 980 (Stock clock)
    Sound Card
    /
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Asus PG278Q and Dell U2414H
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 850 EVO (1TB)
    PSU
    Seasonic 860watt Platinum
    Case
    Corsair 900D
    Cooling
    full custom water cooling loop
    Keyboard
    Razer BlackWidow TE
    Mouse
    Razer DeathAdder 2013
    Internet Speed
    10mb dl 3mb ul
    Browser
    Chrome
    Antivirus
    AVG Free
I guess you formated your SSD as an MBR style partition. I suggest that you boot from the installation disk again. On the first screen, hold SHIFT key and Press F10. A command windows should pop up:
  1. Type : diskpart
  2. Type: list disk
  3. Type: select disk #
    Where # is the # of your SSD on the list
  4. Type: clean
  5. Type: Exit
  6. Close Command Prompt Windows
  7. Continue with the installation, select Custom.
  8. Select the unallocated partition then click Next and let Windows create the needed partitions for installation.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    8.1x64PWMC Ubuntu14.04x64 MintMate17x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home Brewed
    CPU
    I7 4970K OC'ed @4.7 GHz
    Motherboard
    MSI-Z97
    Memory
    16 GB G-Skill Trident X @2400MHZ
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
    Sound Card
    X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual HP-W2408
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1200
    Hard Drives
    256 GB M2 sm951, (2) 500GB 850EVO, 5TB, 2 TB Seagate
    PSU
    Antec 850W
    Case
    Antec 1200
    Cooling
    Danger Den H20
    Keyboard
    Logitech
    Mouse
    Logitech Performance Mouse MX
    Internet Speed
    35/12mbps
    Browser
    Firefox
I did all what u said, Installation started, and after 50% I got error: Windows cannot install required files. The file may be corrupt or missing. Make sure that all the files required for installation are available and reset the installation. Error code:0x80070570

Also, I saw that 2 discs where created... primary partition and system, but there is no recovery disc.

Plz help
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    I7-5930K (All stock clock)
    Motherboard
    Asus Rampage V Extreme BIOS 1401
    Memory
    16 GB Gskill DDR4, F4-2666C15Q-16GRR
    Graphics Card(s)
    SLI GIGABYTE nVidia GTX 980 (Stock clock)
    Sound Card
    /
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Asus PG278Q and Dell U2414H
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 850 EVO (1TB)
    PSU
    Seasonic 860watt Platinum
    Case
    Corsair 900D
    Cooling
    full custom water cooling loop
    Keyboard
    Razer BlackWidow TE
    Mouse
    Razer DeathAdder 2013
    Internet Speed
    10mb dl 3mb ul
    Browser
    Chrome
    Antivirus
    AVG Free
I guess you formated your SSD as an MBR style partition. I suggest that you boot from the installation disk again. On the first screen, hold SHIFT key and Press F10. A command windows should pop up:
  1. Type : diskpart
  2. Type: list disk
  3. Type: select disk #
    Where # is the # of your SSD on the list
  4. Type: clean
  5. Type: Exit
  6. Close Command Prompt Windows
  7. Continue with the installation, select Custom.
  8. Select the unallocated partition then click Next and let Windows create the needed partitions for installation.


Ok this was the right solution !!! THANKS so much...

I was getting Error code:0x80070570 because my memory was on XMP profile, and as soon as I reset i it back to default, setup was finished without errors. Thanks so much for help
:thumbsup:
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    I7-5930K (All stock clock)
    Motherboard
    Asus Rampage V Extreme BIOS 1401
    Memory
    16 GB Gskill DDR4, F4-2666C15Q-16GRR
    Graphics Card(s)
    SLI GIGABYTE nVidia GTX 980 (Stock clock)
    Sound Card
    /
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Asus PG278Q and Dell U2414H
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 850 EVO (1TB)
    PSU
    Seasonic 860watt Platinum
    Case
    Corsair 900D
    Cooling
    full custom water cooling loop
    Keyboard
    Razer BlackWidow TE
    Mouse
    Razer DeathAdder 2013
    Internet Speed
    10mb dl 3mb ul
    Browser
    Chrome
    Antivirus
    AVG Free
Great. Glad you got sorted.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    8.1x64PWMC Ubuntu14.04x64 MintMate17x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home Brewed
    CPU
    I7 4970K OC'ed @4.7 GHz
    Motherboard
    MSI-Z97
    Memory
    16 GB G-Skill Trident X @2400MHZ
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
    Sound Card
    X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual HP-W2408
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1200
    Hard Drives
    256 GB M2 sm951, (2) 500GB 850EVO, 5TB, 2 TB Seagate
    PSU
    Antec 850W
    Case
    Antec 1200
    Cooling
    Danger Den H20
    Keyboard
    Logitech
    Mouse
    Logitech Performance Mouse MX
    Internet Speed
    35/12mbps
    Browser
    Firefox
I have Asus Rampage Extreme V board.

Now, I can't even choose partition to start Windows installation. (I have message "The selected disk is of the GPT partition style)

The Asus motherboard UEFI firmware (BIOS) settings. -> link

You need to select to boot from the UEFI type (marked UEFI in the boot menu) if you want to install Windows 8 in UEFI boot mode (see screenshot below).

- You do not need to change the boot order of drives in your computer's UEFI firmware (BIOS).
- Connect your Windows 8 64-bit USB flash drive (Note: FAT32 file system) or insert your Windows 8 64-bit DVD.
- Restart the computer.
- Press F8 to enter the boot menu.
- Select to boot from the "UEFI: USB/DVD device name".

If you can see "UEFI: USB/DVD device name" option in the boot menu, then you don't need to change anything in the UEFI firmware (BIOS).

54158d1399322461-uefi-settings-asus-z77-prior-clean-install-asus-boot-menu.png


After the installation is completed, you can check if Secure Boot option is enabled in the UEFI firmware (BIOS).
- Run the following command as administrator from the command prompt:

powershell confirm-SecureBootUEFI

The result should be True.

Here is more info: Installing using UEFI Boot Mode or Legacy BIOS Boot Mode.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo G580
    CPU
    Intel Core i5-3230M
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel HD Graphics 4000
    Browser
    Microsoft Edge
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender, standard user account
    Other Info
    UEFI firmware (BIOS) embedded Windows 8 product key.
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