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    Error Installing Windows 7 Ultimate 64 on a HP Pavilion dv6t-7000

    Discussion in 'HP' started by rafael.soteldo, Feb 6, 2014.

  1. rafael.soteldo

    rafael.soteldo Newbie

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    Hi there:

    I have a HP Pavilion dv6t-7000, I started to make a new installation on my HP Pavilion dv6t-7000 of Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bits.

    I deleted all hard disk partitions and created two new partitions, one for the SO and other for Data.

    But when the installer is finishing installation I get an error saying that it couldn´t configure Windows 7 in my hardware.

    I can't install Windows 7 Ultimate nor Windows 7 Proffesional.

    I've been searching for others having the same problem but found a few f them, none of them got a solution.

    Could you please help me with this issue?

    Thanks in advance

    Rafael
     
    rafael.soteldo, Feb 6, 2014
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  2. OldMajorDave

    OldMajorDave Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm wondering what hard drive and size you have but.....

    Try doing a fresh Win 7 install and when prompted delete "all" partitions and re-format the drive (NTFS). When (if) the install completes, you will be left with two partitions. One partition will be for the OS (labeled Local Disk/ c) and the other will be a hidden (system reserve partition visible only through the windows disk manager).

    Provided the clean OS install to a clean hard disk works, you can then create an additional partition for data if that is your preference... though personally I see little to no benefit.

    Best and hope that helps,
    Dave
     
    OldMajorDave, Feb 7, 2014
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