I am trying to install Windows 10, Windows 8 or Windows 7, and I have “Windows cannot be installed to this disk. the selected disk has an mbr partition table on efi system”

 
Hello everybody! It’s P&T IT BROTHER. It’s been a while since we uploaded a blog post regarding Windows 8 and 7… Today’s topic is an error message you may face during installation of Microsoft Windows 8 and Windows 7. We also heard that this issue exists with Windows 10 installation. So no matter what version of Windows you are installing, when you see the same message, just try our solution. It’s not a common error message that you see, but we know that many of you trying to install Windows have this problem. This error message looks like the picture below:

windows_cannot_be_installed_on_this_disk

Actually, we did have the same problem today when we were installaing Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit version on a normal desktop computer. What is the solution anyways ? I want to fix it quickly ! 😀 😀 😀 We all know that you are looking for the solution!
 

How to fix this Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk has an MBR partition table. On EFI systems, Windows can only be installed to GPT disks.

 
The message above sounds like that you need to format the hard drive to GPT, but you don’t really have to. To fix this:

Solution: “Remove all other partitions if you see any other hard drive partitions”

 
Yes. Right. You are done. There is no more things to do. Just as it is, If you see any other hard drive partitions, delete them all, and try to install Windows again. This will let you finish Windows installation without any problems. 😀 😀 😀 We hope this was helpful for all of you. If you have any questions or problems, feel free to leave a comment here anytime.

Thank you.

 

 

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