The installer failed. Windows Setup was unable to configure Windows to work with this computer's hardware. How to solve the error "The installer could not create a new or find an existing system partition"
Those users who independently downloaded the official installation image of the Windows 10 operating system are, of course, familiar with the special Media Creation Tool utility. This is a proprietary tool from Microsoft designed to create bootable media for installing and updating the operating system.
But sometimes you may have Problem launching Media Creation Tool. For example, the error "The installer failed to start correctly, please restart your computer." Or the application does not start at all.
There may be several reasons for this phenomenon.
The most common reason is that the Media Creation Tool does not work due to the fact that your security system does not recognize it correctly and blocks any suspicious activity. Therefore, it is worth starting with the fact that disable the antivirus program and the firewall (firewall).
Checking the work of Media Creation Tool. Did not help? Move on.
The next possible reason is that your account does not have enough rights to run the program. Try right-clicking on its icon and select "Run as Administrator" from the menu that appears. Alternatively, you can try creating another Windows account with administrative rights and see if the utility will start now.
The next reason why the Media Creation Tool does not work is problems with the local network. Try the following. Run . Then enter the following commands in turn:
ipconfig/release
We release the IP address if it is obtained from the DHCP server automatically.
Then:
ipconfig/renew
This will update our IP address.
And finally, clear the DNS cache:
ipconfig/flushdns
Now you need to check that there is access to the Internet and after that check the work of the Media Creation Tool.
Another way that sometimes also turns out to fix the problem when launching the Media Creation Tool is to clear the temporary files of the system. To do this, you need to write the following address in the address bar of Windows Explorer:
%TEMP%
Press the "Enter" key. This will open a folder that stores temporary files for software that is running or has been running on the system. It looks something like this:
Completely clear its contents and reboot.
Well, if the Media Creation Tool does not work after that, then the only way out is to download the installation image and create a boot disk on another computer, and then switch to this one and reinstall the OS.
Most of the errors that you encounter during the Windows installation process are quite typical, but there are quite unusual ones among them that can confuse even an experienced user. You start the installation, but before the files start copying, the process is suddenly interrupted, and the wizard gives an error "The license agreement could not be found. Check that the installation source is correct and restart the installation".
This rare error can appear when installing Windows both on a virtual machine and on "iron".
Attempts to start the installation again do not lead to anything, the error repeats over and over again. There may be several reasons for such a strange problem, including licensing in no way related. When installing Windows on a hypervisor Hyper-V The error can occur if insufficient RAM is allocated to the virtual machine.
For normal operation Windows 8.1 and 10 on a virtual or quite real computer must have at least 1 GB RAM, otherwise the installation will crash to BSOD or, which is much less common, an error. Alternatively, if the disk is already partitioned, just before starting the installation, you can try creating a swap file on the system partition. To do this, in the installer wizard window, press Shift + F10 and run the command wpeutil createpagefile /path=D:\pf.sys .
When installing the system on "iron" The error described above can occur if the Windows distribution is corrupted. Check the checksums of the image used, if they match the original, overwrite it on media, or even better, use another installation image or disk. If installing from optical media, check the fit DVD-disk in the drive, it is possible that it is not located quite correctly, because of which the laser could not read part of the data.
Finally, the error can be caused by a mismatch between the revision and the system key specified in the product ID file pid.txt. The problem is solved in this case as follows. Create a text file in Notepad and paste these two lines into it:
OEM
Save the file as ei.cfg and put it in the directory sources on the installation flash drive, if it is ISO-image, add the created file to the distribution by repacking the image with UltraISO or similar program.
About a month ago, a friend brought a laptop with a broken operating system. I did not ask unnecessary questions about what exactly happened to the laptop, but it did not want to boot. Unfortunately I can't remember the error. Since she did not need the data on the hard drive, "and to be honest, there was nothing there except for the operating system," I connected the usb flash drive and proceeded to install the operating system.
The installation of the Windows 7 operating system took place in a calm and normal mode, but at the very last stage (at 100% installation), an error suddenly popped up: Windows Setup was unable to configure Windows to work with this computer's hardware (Sorry, I didn't take a photo)
I did not attach much importance to this error, and the computer rebooted. As it turned out a little later, Windows 7 refused to boot.
Once again I had to reinstall the system, but alas, just before the end, I get the same error "Windows Setup was unable to configure Windows to work with this computer's hardware".
First decision
During the installation of Windows, as soon as this error popped up, do not click the "Continue" button. Press the key combination SHIFT + F10 on the keyboard. You will open a command line window.
We need to go to the folder C:/Windows/System32/oobe/ and run the application msoobe.exe. To navigate between folders, use the command CD. Just follow all the steps as in the picture, and you will start setting up Windows.
CD /
- cd Windows/System32/oobe/ (Use a backslash instead of /)
- msoobe.exe
We fill in the fields, and we can complete the installation of Windows in the usual way.
Second decision
At that time, I did not yet know that the error could be related to the BIOS settings, but not so long ago I just encountered a similar problem. Before loading Windows I have
From time to time, during Windows setup, the system reports that the setup program was unable to create a new or find an existing system partition. This problem does not allow the installation to continue, and drives many into a stupor. However, there are some easy ways to solve it. But first, you need to understand the root causes of the problem.
What does this error mean?
Failed to create a new partition - how to get rid of it?
Let's consider several options.
Method 1
The easiest way to get rid of the error is to select the hard disk as the main boot device instead of the USB flash drive. But the question arises - how to start the installation? In fact, to boot from a flash drive, there is no need to reconfigure the BIOS. Modern computers allow you to select startup devices directly at boot time. To do this, when starting the computer, press the F8 key. In the window, select a bootable USB device without changing the settings for launching disks.
Method 2
At the time of the error, turn off the USB flash drive. Then the computer will reboot, and due to the absence of an “interfering” USB drive, the machine reads the information from drive C. After that, you can reconnect the USB flash drive and wait for the installation process to complete.
Installing an OS from an internal drive
It was not possible to solve the problem with the indicated methods, try one more option: During installation, during partitioning, create one disk, and leave the rest of the space as an unallocated area. Format the potential partition under the OS. Using the combination SHIFT + F10, go to the command line:
- First command: diskpart
- After it: list disk
The command displays a list of drives. Ideally, you will see two devices - the hard drive you created and the USB drive. Remember the number that is assigned to the disk. Let's conditionally imagine that its number is "0".
- Enter the command: select disk 0
- Now we display a list of disk partitions: list part
- Remember the partition number that you allocate for installing the OS. Enter the command: select partition 1
- Assign the value "active" to the disk: active
- Format: format fs=ntfs quick assign exit
We have left the Diskpart utility, but will continue to work on the command line. We go to the root of the flash drive. Let's say the drive letter is "D":
- Then enter the following command: cd d:
- Run the command to copy the installation files: xcopy d: c: / e / h / k
- After the end of the process, enter: bootsect / nt60 c:
After this command, drive C becomes bootable. Now, unplug your flash drive and restart your computer. When the desktop starts, press the combination Win + R and enter:
msconfig
In the window that appears, remove Windows Setup from the Boot tab. Also, get rid of the installer files from the C drive. If you have any questions . Let us know what you're having trouble with so we can help.