Crabhunter Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Hi, I have a hard drive that has been partitioned many times by different partition tools including OSX which I believe to be the culprit. At the moment I cannot install Windows 7 or 8 as it says it cannot create a partition or find one. This has happened to me before and in the past I have booted the OSX installer and repartitioned it using MBR instead of GUID, this has always worked in the past. This time it wouldn't work, I then tried GParted, and then disk part using ; Start DISKPART. Type LIST DISK and identify your SSD disk number (from 0 to n disks). Type SELECT DISK <n> where <n> is your SSD disk number. Type CLEAN Type CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY Type ACTIVE Type FORMAT FS=NTFS QUICK Type ASSIGN None of these have worked Any ideas what I can try next? Mike Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/287528-not-really-an-osx-problem/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 From a Linux Live CD (example: http://partedmagic.c...ds#.UVdq-RilqC8 a very good one) as root delete everything with dd: http://www.cyberciti...ata-empty-disk/ Then test your hard disk with the testing tool included in Parted Magic. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/287528-not-really-an-osx-problem/#findComment-1902382 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Or use testdisk from a CD-RW or flash drive Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/287528-not-really-an-osx-problem/#findComment-1902396 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 TestDisk is also included in Parted Magic Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/287528-not-really-an-osx-problem/#findComment-1902399 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 That's where the magic part comes from 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/287528-not-really-an-osx-problem/#findComment-1902408 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crabhunter Posted March 31, 2013 Author Share Posted March 31, 2013 After trying every tool I could find I got it to work by unplugging the other hard drives so that it was the only one. Worked first time after that. There's several hours of my life gone that I won't get back! Mike Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/287528-not-really-an-osx-problem/#findComment-1902474 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 There's several hours of my life gone that I won't get back! If you really love this hobby, there will be countless " hours of your life gone that you won't get back" 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/287528-not-really-an-osx-problem/#findComment-1902500 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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