After windows is installed you can just go to toshiba website and download the drivers. YOur wifi won't download right away either, you will have to download form site. IF you look up your drivers windows vista/7 should install them for you. Google toshiba and drivers. I also formated the hard drive using Ubuntu live disk. Boot to Windows 7 Disc. Go to start Windows, and browse for drivers. Select the usb drive, and load the sata controller drivers. You wont be able to see the drivers on CD because setup can't see your disc. Once you can get Windows to see the DVD drive, it'll see the hard drive since they are on the same sata controller.
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Summary
In this article we will discuss Windows Setup error 'Windows cannot be installed to this disk' which appears with different messages during Windows installation. This guide covers 8 types of Windows setup errors, explaining causes and providing step-by-step solutions for each situation. This is a common but annoying issue, as it blocks the Windows installation process. If you are facing this problem, you can click the link below in line with the exact error information on your computer to view solutions.
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Fix 1: Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk is of the GPT partition style.
You may receive the error message 'The selected disk is of the GPT partition style' when installing Windows OS to a GPT-style disk, see picture below. You will ask why Windows cannot be installed to this GPT disk. Generally, the main cause is motherboard. There are two types of boot modes: BIOS Boot Mode and UEFI Boot Mode. Most Windows versions have UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) boot mode, while some versions since older days of Window XP have BIOS (Basic Input Output System) boot mode. Due to different boot modes, there are two types of partitioning schemes: MBR (Master Boot Record) and GPT (GUID Partition Table). If you want to boot system from GPT disk, the motherboard should support UEFI; while on BIOS you should use MBR partition table. Thus, if you install Windows on BIOS system and GPT partition table comes in your way. The installation will be blocked by the error.
Solution 1: Configure BIOS settings (boot mode)
First of all, you should ensure the Boot Mode in your BIOS is set to Legacy BIOS instead of UEFI. At present, most motherboards support both legacy BIOS boot and UEFI boot. Thus, you need to make sure the proper boot mode is selected in BIOS setting. The picture shows the boot mode is modified to Legacy. Please note that the BIOS menu may look different on your computer, as it varies based on the models of the PC you have.
Solution 2: Clean up the disk and convert to MBR using Command Prompt
Step 1 Backup all of your data on the GPT disk you want to convert, as the process will erase all data.
If you can't afford to clean the disk or do not want to take efforts to back up data, you can convert GPT to MBR following steps in Solution 3 which does not disturb existing data.
Step 2 Run Command Prompt. Boot computer from the Windows installation disk and go to System Recovery Options where you can choose Command Prompt.
Step 3 Type diskpart in the command prompt and press Enter.
Step 4 Type in list disk and hit Enter key to view which one is of GPT style. The GPT disk is marked with asterisk in the GPT column. Remember the disk number you need to clean and convert.
Step 5 Type select disk # (# is the disk number and you should replace it with the actual number in your computer) to select disk.
Step 6 Type clean and press Enter
Notice: this step will completely clean up selected disk and all partitions and data will be deleted. Please make sure you have a backup before performing this command.
Step 7 Type convert mbr and press Enter, and the disk will be converted to MBR. Then you can execute exit command to exit or continue creating partition on this MBR disk.
Solution 3: Convert GPT to MBR with free partition manager
DiskGenius is free partition manager for all Windows users and it is able to convert GPT disk to MBR without data loss. If you are not comfortable with using Command Prompt, DiskGenius Free can be a good alternative, as it is easier and safer to use. Also, this partition tool can create WinPE bootable USB disk so that you can manage disk or partition when system fails to boot. Besides, it can help you back up data, image system, recover lost data or partition, backup partition table, etc.
Step 1 Download, install and launch DiskGenius from your computer. If your computer cannot boot to system, you can create a bootable disk to boot computer, and then carry out rest task.
Step 2 Select the GPT disk to be converted and click Disk menu to choose 'Convert to MBR Partition Table', as below:
Step 3 Click OK button from the message box which asks confirmation for the conversion.
Tips: If capacity of the GPT disk is larger than 2TB, system can only make use of 2TB after it is converted to MBR.
Step 4 Click Save All button from toolbar and click Yes from pop-up message box to save changes on partition table.
Fix 2: 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.
When you attempt to install Windows in UEFI mode on your computer, you cannot select the disk you want. You may click Show details to view the reason which says you cannot install UEFI mode on a disk using MBR partition table and it can only install to GPT disks, as image below:
GPT (GUID Partition Table) was introduced as part of UEFI which is the acronym for Unified Extensible Firmware Interface. GPT offers more flexible approach for disk partitioning than MBR partitioning scheme. A partition or volume is a contiguous area on a physical or logical disk and it is visible to system firmware as well as installed Windows system. System firmware controls the access to a partition before operating system boots and then partitions are controlled by OS.
Currently many computers are capable of using the UEFI version of BIOS in order to speed up boot and shutdown time as well as provide security features. If you want to boot computer in UEFI mode, the disk installs operating system should be of GPT style. Many computers are able to use UEFI and they also provide CSM (compatibility support module) so that legacy version of BIOS can be used in necessary. The GPT drive format allows users to set up drivers larger than 4TB and does not limit partition number.
Solution 1: Change BIOS Boot Setting
The first try to solve the problem should be going through BIOS and changing UEFI boot settings. You can manually switch boot mode to legacy BIOS compatibility instead of UEFI mode.
Step 1 Restart computer and enter BIOS by pressing specified key prompted by your motherboard manufacturer. The prompt appears on screen before system boots.
Step 2 Go to Boot tab and locate boot order option. Then disable EFI Boot Source and change boot mode to Legacy.
Step 3 Save changes and exit.
Solution 2: Convert MBR disk to GPT using DiskGenius
DiskGenius Free Edition is able to convert MBR disk to GPT without losing data and the process is quite easy to follow:
Step 1 Install and launch DiskGenius Free. You can download this free partition manger free of charge from download center.
Step 2 Locate and select the MBR disk to be converted to GPT in DiskGenius and click Disk menu to choose 'Convert To GUID Partition Table'.
Step 3 Click OK button on the message box. Then click Save All button to make the converting work
When the disk is converted to GPT, you can retry installing Windows again and check if the error is fixed.
Fix 3: Windows cannot be installed to this hard disk space. The partition contains one or more dynamic volumes that are not supported for installation.
The 'The partition contains one or more dynamic volumes that are not supported for installation' error is likely to appear when you attempt to install Windows on a dynamic disk. Users are allowed to make a fresh Windows installation on a dynamic volume only when the volume was converted from a basic disk and retained an entry in partition table. However, simple volumes (except system or boot volumes before conversion) that have been converted from basic disks do not have an entry in partition table, thus the installation will end up with following error.
What is basic disk and dynamic disk?
Basic disk is a storage type mostly used with Windows, providing a solution to accommodate an array which changes storage requirement scenarios. This term refers to a disk containing partitions for example primary partition and logical partition which can be formatted with a file system to storage data. Generally, basic disks use MBR partition style since the disk is used by Microsoft MS-DOS operating system and all versions of Windows. Also, it supports GPT partitions on systems that support it. With basic disks you can create and delete primary, extended and logical partitions as well as format a partition or mark is as active.
Dynamic disk provides features that basic disk does not, for example, it is able to create volumes crossing multiple disks as well as create fault-tolerant volumes. Both MBR and GPT partition styles can be used by dynamic disks as well. Dynamic disk provides greater flexibility for volume management, as it makes use of database to track information for volumes and other dynamic disks. Besides, dynamic disk volumes can be created on noncontiguous scope or physical disks, while volumes on basic disk should locate on contiguous extents on one disk.
Solution 1: Convert dynamic disk to basic disk in Disk Management
Step 1 Back up all volumes and data on the dynamic disk to be converted to basic, as this converting method removes all partitions and data on the disk.
Step 2 Open Disk Management. Click Start and right click Computer to select Manage. Click Disk Management in the Computer Management window.
Step 3 Delete all volumes on the disk. Right-click each volume on the disk you want to change to basic disk and select Delete Volume.
Step 4 Right-click the disk and select Convert to Basic Disk. Once the disk is converted to basic disk, you can create partitions on the disk.
Solution 2: Change a dynamic disk back to basic disk using command line
Warning: If you want to keep your files on the disk, back up files or copy data to another disk before starting following steps.
Step 1 Open Command Prompt. If there in not operating system on your computer, you can use Windows installation CD or bootable disk to boot computer and open CMD. Choose Repair your computer and then Troubleshoot to locate Command Prompt.
Step 2 Delete all volumes on the dynamic disk by typing following commands with pressing Enter after each command.
diskpart list disk select disk # (# is the number of the dynamic disk)
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detail disk select volume=0
To delete other volumes, you can continue typing select volume=1 -> delete volume one more time.
Step 3 After all volumes are deleted, type convert basic and the empty will be converted into a basic disk.
Solution 3: Convert dynamic disk to basic disk without data loss
Both methods above require you delete all volumes and data before converting, thus you should make sure there are not important data or create a copy beforehand. Here is an alternative solution which is able to complete the conversion without losing data. DiskGenius is a professional dynamic disk converter, it is able to convert dynamic disk to basic without deleting volumes within several seconds. Let's see the entire converting process.
Step 1 Run DiskGenius and you can see the dynamic disk on the main interface.
Step 2 Locate and right-click on the dynamic disk and select Convert to Basic Disk option, as below:
Step 3 Click OK button from the pop-up message box to make the changing work.
Fix 4: Windows cannot be installed to this disk. Windows must be installed to a partition formatted as NTFS
Due to compatibility problem on file system, most versions of Windows operating system can be installed to partitions formatted to NTFS only and few versions can be installed to FAT partition. If the volume is formatted to an improper file system, you'll receive error 'Windows must be installed to a partition formatted as NTFS'. Since target partition has a file system issue, we can fix this error easily by changing its files system to NTFS.
Solution 1: Convert FAT file system to NTFS using Convert.exe
Step 1 Click Start button and enter cmd in searching box and press Enter.
Step 2 Type convert G:/fs:ntfs in command prompt and press Enter.
G is the drive letter of the partition that you want to change file system. You can open Windows Explorer to view the drive letter. Make sure the drive letter is correctly entered here. If it asks to enter the volume name, type in the name and press Enter.
Step 3 Convert.exe attempts to convert file system into NTFS and the process won't take too long.
Solution 2: Format partition into NTFS
Step 1 Copy the folder where DiskGenius installs to your bootable disk and then use the disk to boot computer.
Besides, you can create a bootable disk with DiskGenius: Click 'Tools' menu and choose 'Create WinPE Bootable USB Drive of DiskGenius' option.
Step 2 Launch DiskGenius and right-click the system partition you want to format to select Format Current Partition.
Step 3 Set the file system as NTFS and click Format button. As to options like Cluster Size, Volume Label, Surface Scan, etc. you can follow the default value set by partition manager.
Step 4 Click Yes from the message box which prompts all files on this partition will be lost after formatting.
Fix 5: Windows cannot be installed to this disk. This computer's hardware may not support booting to this disk. Ensure the disk's controller is enabled in the computer's BIOS menu
You may receive the warning message 'Windows is unable to install to the selected location. Error: 0x80300001…This computer's hardware may not support booting to his disk. Ensure the disk's controller is enabled in the computer's BIOS menu' when you try to install Windows. If you click Next to continue and you will receive another error 'Windows cannot find a system volume that meets requirements for installation'.
This error may indicate that BIOS settings of your computer are not properly configured, thus you can try setting BIOS to factory and go back to default setting. Also, this issue is caused by hard disk mode; in that case, you need to change AHCI to Compatibility in BIOS. If there is not Compatibility option, you can select IDE.
Fix 6: Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The disk may fail soon. If other hard disks are available, install Windows in another location
There might be something wrong with the hard drive if you get the error 'Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The disk may fail soon. If other hard disks are available, install Windows in another location.' You should be cautious if hard drive is damaged, as data on that disk may get lost. Similar to system warning Windows detected a hard disk problem, you should have a check for hard drive's health condition.
Step 1 View hard drive S.M.A.R.T. information. Select the hard disk that may fail soon and click Disk menu to choose View S.M.A.R.T. Information. If the health status is NOT Good, then backup data and verify bad sectors following Step 2.
Step 2 Verify bad sectors for hard drive in questions. Still in DiskGenius, select the disk you want to check and click Disk to choose 'Verify Or Repair Bad Sectors'. Then click Start Verify button to start scanning sectors for selected area.
If hard disk contains bad sectors, you can try repairing it with the program. Ensure that all files are backed up first, because bad sector repairing destroys. It's normal some bad sectors caused by physical damage cannot be repair. In that situation, you can manually create a hidden partition on that area to isolate bad sectors. Moreover, operating system shouldn't be installed to a hard drive that contains bad sectors.
Fix 7: Windows is unable to install to the selected location. Error: 0x80300001
While install Windows 7 you might run into an error saying 'Windows is unable to install to the selected location. Error: 0x80300001'. This error typically occurs when you are asked to exchange hard drives in order to install required drivers on the system and the system disk hasn't been put back. It can also be caused by other reasons, so you may have to try more than one solution to solve it.
Solution 1: Reconnect Windows installation disk
Step 1 Boot computer using Windows install CD or USB disk to the setup wizard. Go to the step which requires selecting a partition and click Load Driver. When you see the error message, ignore it.
Step 2 Reinsert the install disk and click Refresh link and then Advanced Drive Options to create a new partition with any size. If Windows prompts it has to carry out some operations, click OK. Then you can see a new system partition and a new primary partition.
Step 3 Select the new primary partition and click Next button and the setup will continue without any errors.
Solution 2: Change boot order
It's possible that this error occurs when the disk is not set as boot disk provided that you are not using RAID. In that circumstance, you can get rid of the problem by changing boot order in BIOS.
Step 1 Enter BIOS Setup Utility. Turn on or restart computer and watch message appearing on screen, and a particular key such as Del or F2 will be displayed to enter BIOS. Press that key.
Step 2 Select the Boot tab. All BIOS utilities look different, but boot option is definitely included. Locate and select it.
Step 3 Set the hard drive where you want to install system as the boot disk. Any attached storage devices like hard drive, USB flash drive, floppy drive, etc. are listed here and you can change their order manually. Save changes and exit.
Fix 8: Windows cannot be installed to Disk 0 Partition 1
People who try to install Windows using internal SAS controller for hard drive will encounter the message 'Windows cannot be installed to disk # partition #'. Usually this issue occurs due to SAS driver issue or corrupted MFT. The Microsoft Windows partition manager is out of touch with driver after changes were made on partition. Here is an approach to troubleshoot the problem.
Realtek wireles ethernet controller driver windows 10. Step 1 When the Windows installation process asks where you want to install Windows, load the SAS driver from USB key. If the disk is larger than 2TB and needs to be converted to GPT, you can follow steps in previous solutions to do the conversion.
Step 2 View and check all possible partitions available for system installing. If the disk does not show up, have a check whether the driver is correctly installed.
Step 3 Delete partitions until there is only Unallocated Space on the disk. Click New and you can see recommended partition size. Continue OK and you can see 3 partitions: system partition, MSR partition and large partition. For this step, you can use DiskGenius to repartition the disk and choose GUID partition table, which is easier and intuitive.
Step 4 Select the big partition and click Refresh. Then click Next to start installation.
Conclusion
This guide includes 8 cases that 'Windows cannot be installed to this disk' error appears during Windows se tup process. If selected disk is of improper partition table style corresponding to BIOS settings, Windows installation will be blocked by errors. This article provides step by step solutions to each situation. If you have better solutions, please feel free to contact us or share with other readers; many approaches in this article such as formatting disk and delete partitions lead to data loss, please make sure files and partitions are backed up beforehand; the free partition manager DiskGenius provides proper and effective functions to help fix this error occurring in different cases, and it is a qualified partition and disk management as well as data recovery program for both average and professional users.
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Recently I came across a problem when attempting to install Windows 7 onto a Dell Precision 7710. I would boot up with a DVD that had an .iso image of Windows 7 installed on it, but when after clicking the install windows button, I would get a notice that the installer couldn't locate the CD/DVD driver and I needed to browse to locate it. Well, I thought I would be smart and instead do the install via a USB device. Same error. Well, how does this make sense? It's asking for a DVD driver when using a USB device. That's like your car throwing a CEL for the carburetor not working when you're using fuel injection.
This issue is caused because the installer media doesn't have a driver to install through a USB 3.0 port. You might ask, well why did the DVD drive throw the error? Well, that's because the DVD drive was an external because there is no internal DVD drive on this model laptop. So I now know my problem. USB 3.0 drivers need to be added to the boot media. Follow this guide and I'll show you how to accomplish this using the CMD line and the DISM utility.
9 Steps total
Step 1: Download the USB Drivers
Now, I had all intention of describing this how-to specifically for adding USB 3.0 drivers, but it can also be used for adding any number of drivers to the boot media as well.
First thing you're going to do is to download the USB drivers from either your computer's manufacturer or from your motherboard's manufacturer. With the Dell Precision 7710 I went to http://www.dell.com/support, punched in my service tag number and proceeded to download an entire driver pack in .CAB format.
Step 2: Extract the drivers
Depending on the type of file you downloaded, it could be an .exe, a .cab, or a .zip, so you'll need to unzip the drivers out of this file. Driver files are historically mainly .inf files, but you don't need to pick and choose the individual files because this next process makes it automatic for you. The DISM (Deployment Image Servicing and Management Tool) is smart and will automatically grab the correct files.
1. Create a folder on your desktop named 'Drivers'. 2. Create two folders inside of the 'Drivers' folder, 'mount' and 'USB'. 3. Extract or copy/paste the driver files directly into the 'USB' folder. I used 7-zip to extract my driver files directly into the 'USB' folder.
Step 3: Cut the 'boot.wim' and 'install.wim' files
Locate these two files from within your boot media. This is easy if you are using a USB drive instead of a DVD, so that you don't have to reburn the DVD once we finish modifying these files.
Example: If the USB drive is plugged in and has been given drive letter 'P:' you will locate the 'boot.wim' and 'install.wim' files within the path: P:sources
It is best to just cut them out of the install media, but if you want to have a backup copy you can copy and paste. You are pasting into the 'Drivers' folder on the desktop. Just make sure to overwrite the old files with the new updated ones once we're finished with this process.
Step 4: Open up CMD prompt as Administrator and navigate to the 'Drivers' folder on the desktop
Windows 7: 1. Start, type in cmd, right click on the icon and choose Run as Administrator Windows 8: 1. Windows Key + Q 2. Move mouse to top right corner and search, type in Command Prompt, Right click and Run as Administrator.
Next, you will need to change the directory path so that it isn't pointing to the default of C:WindowsSystem32.
Type in: cd C:Users%currentuser%DesktopDrivers - Then press Enter. *Note: Make sure to change the %currentuser% to that of the user profile where the 'Drivers' folder was saved.
Step 5: Update the 'boot.wim' file.
In the cmd line now displaying the cd pointing to the right directory, type in these commands pressing enter after each one.
dism /mount-wim /wimfile:boot.wim /index:2 /mountdir:mount Explanation: This command mounts the boot.wim file, index points it to the correct boot parameters for the correct OS, and /mountdir:mount points it to mount the file to the 'mount' folder we created in this directory earlier.
dism /image:mount /add-driver:'USB' /recurse Explanation: This command automatically grabs the driver files that it locates in the 'USB' folder that we created earlier and copied the drivers to. This can take a while depending on the number of driver files that it locates.
dism /unmount-wim /mountdir:mount /commit Explanation: This command unmounts the boot.wim file and saves the information. Think of this as a file transfer/compression process.
Step 6: Determine which index you're going to update the driver files for on the 'install.wim' file
This process wasn't necessary on the 'boot.wim' file, but it is in the 'install.wim' file. Each version of Windows can have a specific index number and we will need to locate which one it is in order to issue the command for the version of Windows you plan on installing. This is specific to the install media you are using because some install media only comes with one version of Windows 7, such as Professional, but some others may have multiple version of Windows 7, such as Home, Ultimate and Professional, just to name a few.
Issue the following command to determine what your version is:
dism /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:install.wim
You'll see in the screenshot that I have an index of 1.
Step 7: Update the 'install.wim' file.
You should still be pointed to the correct directory, so now issue the following commands to update the 'install.wim' file, using the index information you got from the step above.
dism /mount-wim /wimfile:install.wim /index:1 /mountdir:mount Explanation: All exactly the same as the boot.wim file command, except the index is the only difference.
dism /image:mount /add-driver:'USB' /recurse
dism /unmount-wim /mountdir:mount /commit
Step 8: Cut/Paste or Copy/Paste your new 'boot.wim' and 'install.wim' files
Since I used the Cut/Paste method to remove these two files from the P:sources location, I'm going to do the same to remove them from the C:Users%currentuser%DesktopDrivers folder and place them back into the P:sources folder.
Wait for the transfer to finish. This is going to take a little bit longer to copy back over to the flash drive because the files going back in are larger than they were before due to the driver files that you've added to it.
Step 9: You're Done!
Take out the flash drive and pop it into the machine you want to reinstall Windows 7 on. You should now find that you no longer receive the pesky CD/DVD driver missing notice.
Thank you all for reading through this. These commands can be adapted to suit whichever folder names you want to use. Good luck!
Published: Jan 20, 2016 · Last Updated: Nov 06, 2017
103 Comments
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Capef3ar Jan 28, 2016 at 06:39pm
Nice read - haven't run across this yet but good info to have just in case. Thanks!
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bethernet Mar 17, 2016 at 10:56pm
THANK YOU! I only wish I had found this 3 hours ago.. It worked exactly as your directions said it would, and Windows 7 is installing now!
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jimnowotny Apr 4, 2016 at 02:48pm
Thanks! The problem with an older OS and really new hardware.
Thank You! I just ran into this issue and this resolved my problem!
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nicoserup Jun 10, 2016 at 08:43pm
Question for point 6: In my Windows image, I have unlocked all the versions, so which one should i pick? - I haven't tried the guide yet though.
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palehmkuhl Jun 13, 2016 at 01:22pm
Choose whichever version that you plan on installing Windows with.
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nicoserup Jun 16, 2016 at 02:41pm
It doesn't work for me yet. In my version I have unlocked all of the versions, starter to ultimate. I chose to mount it to proff. But when i boot, I never get as far as to choose which windows version I want, before the message: Missing CD/DVD comes.
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palehmkuhl Jun 16, 2016 at 03:16pm
Ok, so you're booting into the Windows ISO using your image on a bootable USB drive and that's when you're getting the message about it missing the CD/DVD drive. Sounds like something didn't go as planned if you did the process I outlined above. Either that or the driver that you added to the USB drive isn't the right one for that computer.
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scotthowell Jun 16, 2016 at 03:39pm
For some reason I'm unable to mount the install.wim. When i try to run dism /mount-wim /wimfile:install.wim /index:1 /mountdir:mount I get an error: 5 'access is denied' error no matter which index I use.
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palehmkuhl Jun 16, 2016 at 04:14pm
Did you run the command line as an administrator during this process?
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scotthowell Jun 16, 2016 at 05:53pm
Yes, and the boot.wim worked just fine. I am using a Dell proprietary Win7 installation image, though.
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palehmkuhl Jun 16, 2016 at 06:02pm
That might have something to do with it. I used a Win7 image that I downloaded from the Microsoft VLSC website. Generic. I don't believe this process is restricted to specific images, but you want to have the access to modify files in those directories. Try using a different Win7 bootable and see if you get different results.
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mikemccormack Jun 20, 2016 at 04:45pm
Excellent KB..worked flawlessly - thank you for posting this!
Have a great week!
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christernordell Jun 29, 2016 at 03:35pm
scotthowell: I experienced the same problem getting error 5 when mounting install.wim. Found out its McAfee that is blocking, see https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=KB76867. Deactivate McAfee during the mounting of install.wim solved the problem for me.In my case I had a rule that stopped handling .scr files and the mounting stopped when it reached the file bubbles.scr.