[ale] can't install windows on ST3000DM001

[Jim Kinney]

I'd almost put money on it either being 32-bit winders doesn't like that spiffy new big drive or 64-bit OS and needs UEFI turned on.

Either way, I'd throw winders in a VM so I could have a "works" snapshot to fall back on.

On August 3, 2015 3:28:41 PM EDT, Paul Cartwright <pbcartwright at gmail.com> wrote:
>ok, I have an older DELL XPS desktop, from about 2011. It originally
>had
>a 1TB drive in it. I added a 2nd drive to insstall linux on, multiple
>linux OSes... it was dual-boot windows 7 & linux, worked fine.. THEN
>finally I was getting HD errors on the original drive, so I replaced it
>with a nice big Seagate ST3000DM001 . couldn't install windows, didn't
>recognize the drive.. oh well.. I installed windows 10 preview in a VM,
>added my programs, kept on truckin. I REALLY want to be able to
>dual-boot this thing with windows 10, and I even have my MS windows 7
>product key, so I am legal, I just CAN'T get this thing to install
>windows into the drive!!! grub works, and I even have ubuntu on the
>drive & it boots /dev/sda5 ubuntu just fine, but the windows 7 & 10 CDs
>puke, can't find a drive to install to. Is there an issue with a 3TB
>drive in this??
>it is an AMD processor, 64 bit, not intell.. dell shows in delivered
>feb
>2011..
>
>advice?
>
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>Paul Cartwright
>Registered Linux User #367800 and new counter #561587
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