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Help, I'm so confused. I did more or less what's been described here:

I formatted Vista and installed Windows 7 over it. Problem is that I'm now unable to boot

  • I'm installing Windows 7 on top of Vista on an ACER AS1410 Notebook
  • When it comes to the part where I choose where to install, I pick the partition labeled C:\ but instead of keeping windows.old files (what would I want them for?)

  • I choose to go and carelessly format the partition (my bad). It shows me this error:

    Setup was unable to create a new system partition or locate an existing system partition. See the Setup log files for more information.

  • Now the only option is "Load Driver". I have tried installing every single one from ACER website, none of them are useful. I even flashed the original BIOS.

I've tried going back and choose "Repair" like in the picture: alt text

but I only get an error:

Failed to save startup options.

I think this is weird, what else can I do?

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ocurro
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Delete the partition, then skip format, just choose the unformatted partition as the target, let Windows 7 setup do the rest.

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Moab
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I found a forum post with a similiar problem and they have several suggestions using the bootrec.exe tool on the Windows 7 Disc.

rlb.usa
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Boot from Hiren's Boot Disc, format the partition as you'd like it, and then start the installation again. This time Leave the file-system intact.

This problem occurred to me too.

adeelx
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