I'm struggling to install Windows on my newly built PC, and I'm hoping someone can help. I've researched online, watched numerous videos, but nothing seems to work. Here's my setup: I've got an MSI Pro B850M Pro Wi-Fi motherboard, 32GB of Kingston Fury RAM, an MSI MAG A850GL PCIe 5 power supply, a 1TB Kingston NVMe M.2 SSD, and a Ryzen 7 7700X processor. Everything seems to run fine until I reach the part of the Windows installer where I need to create partitions. I constantly encounter errors, regardless of whether I try formatting the disk, creating a new partition, deleting existing ones, or installing the OS. The odd part is that when I removed the SSD and connected it to my other computer, I was able to create partitions and install Windows without any issues. What could be the problem? I'm feeling pretty desperate after two days of troubleshooting!
2 Answers
When you're at the Windows 11 USB installer and you reach the screen to select your drive, can you see the drive listed there? Also, if you get an error message, a screenshot could help clarify the issue.
It sounds like your drive is recognized since you can see it, but installation is failing due to partition issues. Have you tried checking the UEFI/BIOS settings? Sometimes AHCI mode needs to be set, and secure boot could be blocking the installation. It might be worth resetting BIOS to defaults too.
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