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C18 Serial 2MD20606BY Receive H8 1280t Wrong Computer Procurement Or
H8 1280t Introduction 120128 Ship Without Specified Components Proce
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2504 - ..
2505 - Summary/Objective
2506 -
250601 - Follow up ref SDS 54 0000. ref SDS 53 0000.
250602 -
250603 - Started re-installing Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit on c18, HP h8 1280t
250604 - desktop in order to correct failure of the operating system, reported
250605 - a weeks earlier. ref SDS 0 RL3H Windows setup reported EFI system
250606 - conflicted with MBR partition table, and this prevented installing the
250607 - operating system, ref SDS 0 V46N Internet research found solution to
250608 - set BIOS for booting from CD. ref SDS 0 014P Was unable to implement
250609 - changes to c18 BIOS. ref SDS 0 D35G
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250614 -
250616 - ..
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2508 -
2509 - Progress
2510 -
251001 - Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit Setup Problems Resolution by Microsoft
251002 -
251003 - Follow up ref SDS 54 7T9I, ref SDS 53 7T9I.
251004 -
251005 - Windows 7 seems to be failing on 130519 1704. ref SDS 55 Y55H
251007 - ..
251008 - Want to format c18 drive c and install OS again.
251010 - ..
251011 - This was done last year on 120419 1652. ref SDS 44 0U4K
251013 - ..
251014 - On 120419 received Windows 7 Ultimate full version with product
251015 - key. ref SDS 43 FS5H
251017 - ..
251018 - Used diskpart command instructions. ref SDS 44 UW9K
251019 -
251020 - 1. Windows 7 CD in port and started c18.
251021 -
251022 - 2. There is a prompt to run CD port, so pressed Enter
251023 -
251024 - 3. Windows 7 installation launched. First screen that
251025 - appeared was to select language with English
251026 - pre-selected...
251028 - ..
251029 - 4. Pressed Shift F10 to open command prompt, per guidance on
251030 - 120419 1652. ref SDS 44 DI9F
251032 - ..
251033 - 5. Command prompt drive "x" opened.
251035 - ..
251036 - 6. Executed commands...
251037 -
251038 - 1. X>diskpart
251039 -
251040 - 2. X>list disk
251041 -
251042 - 3. X>select disk 0
251044 - ..
251045 - 4. X>list partitions
251047 - ..
251048 - This listed 2 primary partitions on disk 0.
251049 -
251050 - Partition 1 primary 214 GB
251051 - Partition 2 primary 23 GB
251053 - ..
251054 - Note, don't need to run following commands listed in prior procedure
251055 - on 120419 1652. ref SDS 44 F37K
251056 -
251057 - clean
251058 - convert mbr
251059 - create parition primary size=220000
251060 - assign letter=C
251062 - ..
251063 - Since this disk was previously configured, these parameters remain in
251064 - effect.
251066 - ..
251067 - Executed these commands...
251068 -
251069 - 5. X>select partition 1
251071 - ..
251072 - Partition 1 has operating system.
251073 -
251074 - 6. X>format partition 1 fs=ntfs unit=4096
251075 -
251077 - ..
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2513 - 1748
2514 -
251401 - Format partition 1 complete.
251402 -
251403 - 7. X>assign letter=C
251405 - ..
251406 - Drive c is not empty and ready for clean install full version Windows
251407 - 7.
251409 - ..
251410 - Did not do execute...
251411 -
251412 - clean
251413 - convert mbr
251414 - create partition primary size=222000
251415 - active
251417 - ..
251418 - These commands are listed configuring c18 last year on 120419 1652.
251419 - ref SDS 44 F37K Since the disk 0 is already converted to mbr, and the
251420 - partition is already configured and assigned "active, may not need
251421 - this stuff.
251423 - ..
251424 - Continue install Windows 7 on c18...
251425 -
251426 - 8. X>exit
251427 -
251429 - ..
251430 - 7. Closed command prompt window
251432 - ..
251433 - 8. Selected "Next" to continue Windows 7 installation.
251435 - ..
251436 - Opened window....
251437 -
251438 - Where do you want to install Windows? ...lists...
251439 -
251440 - Disk 0 Partition 1 214.8 GB 214.8 System
251441 - Disk 0 Partition 2 23.6 GB 23.1 Primary
251442 - Disk 1 Partition 1 24.4 GB 22.7 Primary
251443 - Disk 1 Partition 2 39.1 GB 38.6 Logical
251444 - Disk 1 Partition 3 39.1 GB 33.6 Logical
251445 - Disk 1 Partition 4 135.9 GB 134.6 Logical
251446 - Disk 2 Partition 1 68.4 GB 50.2 Primary
251447 - Disk 2 Partition 2 863.2 GB 707.3 Logical
251449 - ..
251450 - There are several actions that can be selected...
251451 -
251452 - Refresh Delete Format New
251453 -
251454 - Load Driver Extend
251455 -
251457 - ..
251458 - Error message says...
251459 -
251460 - Windows cannot be installed to Disk 0 Partition 1. (Show
251461 - details)
251463 - ..
251464 - Details on this message says...
251465 -
251466 - Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected
251467 - disk has an MBR partition table. On EFI systems Windows
251468 - can only installed to GPT disks.
251470 - ..
251471 - This error occurred previously on 120419 1652. ref SDS 44 JD5G
251473 - ..
251474 - Solution may be to set disk 0 partition 1 drive c to...... "active"
251475 - shown in the record on 120419 1652. ref SDS 44 F37K, and cited again
251476 - the next day on 120420 1707. ref SDS 45 HJ4F
251478 - ..
251479 - Started over, repeating 6 steps per above. ref SDS 0 LX5F
251481 - ..
251482 - This did not solve problem, still getting error..... ref SDS 0 V46N
251484 - ..
251485 - Tried starting over and this time implementing all commands...
251486 -
251487 - diskpart
251488 - list disk
251489 - select disk 0
251490 - clean
251491 - convert mbr.......... changed to....... gpt for efi systems
251492 - create parition primary size=224000
251493 - assign letter=C
251494 - format fs=ntfs unit=4096
251495 - active.........boot partition..... not needed for gpt
251496 - create partition extended
251497 - create parition primary
251498 - assign letter=D
251500 - ..
251501 - Tried omitting size command from "create partition primary" after
251502 - create partition extended, because all remaining size will be
251503 - automatically allocated to drive d on disk 0 in partition 2, similar
251504 - to prior commands for h drive shown on 120419 1652. ref SDS 44 SI4M
251506 - ..
251507 - Install error persisted, per above, ref SDS 0 V46N, despite numerous
251508 - work arounds.
251509 -
251511 - ..
251512 - Solution Set BIOS Boot from CD Drive Rather than Boot Manager
251513 - BIOS C18 Fails Configure Boot from CD Drive Prevents Install OS
251514 -
251515 - Internet research found following recommendation...
251516 -
251517 - Microsoft Community
251518 -
251519 - http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-windows_install/windows-7-the-selected-disk-has-an-mbr-partition/5aee7be1-3038-4290-a283-75806dc1be1f
251521 - ..
251522 - Try forcing the computer to boot the Windows 7 setup disc in
251523 - BIOS mode, versus EFI mode. Just hit ESC when booting up to
251524 - take you into the EFI boot manager and select the DVD-DRIVE,
251525 - versus the ACPI(....) string.
251527 - ..
251528 - Powerered up c18 and accessed BIOS. Opened "Boot Menu" and followed
251529 - instructions using the down arrow key to select "Legacy Source" that
251530 - starts with CD drive, as called out in Internet research, above.
251531 - ref SDS 0 014P
251533 - ..
251534 - For some reason BIOS fails to accept selecting CD for boot drive.
251535 - Instructions say to press Eneter, but system fails to boot.
251536 - Instructions say to press ESC to ignore changes and use default boot
251537 - settings. Could only press ESC to advance so tried that, and system
251538 - seemed to run boot normally.
251540 - ..
251541 - When c18 powers up there is message to press Enter for switching to CD
251542 - drive; however, the problem may be that the system initially checked
251543 - the hard drive and the BIOS then sets a flag that EFI system is active
251544 - for installation.
251546 - ..
251547 - Will try instructions again, and if this fails will call HP.
251548 -
251549 - diskpart
251550 - list disk
251551 - select disk 0
251552 - clean
251553 - convert mbr
251554 - create parition primary size=222000
251555 - assign letter=C
251556 - format fs=ntfs unit=4096
251557 - active......................boot partition
251558 - create parition primary
251559 - assign letter=D
251561 - ..
251562 - This did not solve problem, still getting error..... ref SDS 0 V46N
251564 - ..
251565 - Problem may be still not booting from CD.
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