Solved Problem loading Win8, Dual boot with 7?

musiclover7

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Well, after trying the OS out in a virtual machine, I made up my mind to try it in native form. I set aside 30gb on my primary hard drive where Win7 currently lives, in a separate partition, gave it a name, and boot from a usb drive containing an active load of all files for win8. I get up to the point where I am to select a partition to load 8 on, where by I get a message that setup cannot load Windows on my selected partition, please view setup log for details. Where do I find this setup log, and does anyone have any idea what might be the problem? Driver issue? 7 loaded fine. Any advice appreciated!!
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro 64 Bit
    CPU
    Processor AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 635 Processor, 2800 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
    Memory
    8gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GTX 460
The partition for Windows 8 must be free - no files.
Select custom install and format the partition in question again.

Windows 8 can be installed to primary or logical partition.
Win8 boot files will go to active partition (either "System Reserved" if you have one or Windows 7 partition).
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    XP, Win7, Win8_Eval
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Notebook
    CPU
    Intel
There are no files on it. I have tried deleting the the partition, and recreating both from within windows 7, and from within setup. It still does not want to work for some reason. It should be a completely clean 30gb partition on the same hard drive where I currently have my windows 7 installed. The hard disk is essentially has 4 partitions currently. One the sys reserved for win 7, another the OS for win 7, a 3rd for my profiles in Win 7, a 4th for Win8 at 30gb. No matter which program I use to format, partition, whether win 7 or win 8 setup, it fails. Any further advice?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro 64 Bit
    CPU
    Processor AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 635 Processor, 2800 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
    Memory
    8gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GTX 460
See how much space you have in the 100mb partition.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    7/8/ubuntu/Linux Deepin
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
I cannot because it is hidden. No way of knowing how much is free and how much is used that I can see.. It does not show it in setup, and it does not show this info in disk management either..
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro 64 Bit
    CPU
    Processor AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 635 Processor, 2800 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
    Memory
    8gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GTX 460
Rt click it in disk mgmt and give it a letter
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    7/8/ubuntu/Linux Deepin
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP COMPAQ Presario CQ57
    CPU
    AMD E- 300 APU with Radion HD Graphics 1.30GHz
    Motherboard
    inbuilt
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI
    Sound Card
    High Definition Audio on-board
    Monitor(s) Displays
    notebook
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    Seagate ST9500325AS
    Google drive 15GB
    Skydrive 25GB
    BT Cloud
    PSU
    external 20v
    Case
    Laptop
    Cooling
    pretty good
    Keyboard
    inbuilt
    Mouse
    touchpad
    Internet Speed
    BT Infinity Unlimited - 80 up 20 down =70/16 really
    Browser
    Chrome Canary usually
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender and Malwarebytes
    Other Info
    no Start menu modifications
    Upgraded with no issues to 8.0 and to 8.1
I just had to disconnect all of my usb drives. That worked.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro 64 Bit
    CPU
    Processor AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 635 Processor, 2800 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
    Memory
    8gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GTX 460
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