Installation error

[Colstar]

I’m trying to install Win 8 on to a new drive but it won’t happen. I keep getting the error 0x8030002(??). How do I fix this? Should the drive be formatted first??

[veeg]

Hello

Is this a clean install? Or your OS is corrupted. Please give us your complete pc spec’s.. Does the drive have a previous OS on it?

@Bruce @Rustys

[Colstar]

Thanks for replying.

It’s a clean, brand new drive.

[Bruce]

also, how are you installing Win8, from DVD or USB?
and the new drive, it’s the only drive or the original drive with Windows is still installed?
how far into the setup do you get? do you get to the part where it lets you wipe all the partitions and create a new one?

[Colstar]

All I can tell you off the top of my head is it’s a quad core system, 16 gig and it’s a SATA drive

[Colstar]

I’m installing from DVD and I get pass the setup period and then to the page where it has options like new ,format etc. I haven’t formatted or partitioned it yet.

[Bruce]

All I do is remove any partitions that may already be there (shouldn’t be your case as it’s a new one) and leave it unformatted and let Windows do the work as it installs.
the new drive is the only drive in the system?
any reason why you wouldn’t take the opportunity to upgrade to Win10?

[Colstar]

Can I run Format Disk via DOS?

[Rustys]

What SATA port on the motherboard is the new drive on?

The other thing is this a new HDD or used?
You can also get this error if the drive has partition and other disk formats.

[Colstar]

Complete new drive, straight out of the box. Couldn’t tell which socket it’s connect right now. I was thinking perhaps I could use a rescue disk to load into DOS and then try formatting it to see if that helps.

[Colstar]

Do I not have to format the drive first? Have tried to run setup again and had two different messages. One gives 0x80070017 and the other says ‘Partition is to small,make size at least 8501mb or select another’

[Bruce]

no need to format the drive, Windows will handle all that during the install.
one of the first few questions it asks during the installation process is how to setup the drive, tell it to delete all current partitions (you have to select each one and hit Delete) then continue on and it will setup the drive with a format and partitions as it deems fit.

also, don’t assume because the drive is new that it hasn’t been used before.
I bought a brand new one, unsealed it from the bag only to find data already on the unit.
must have been tested, refurbished or something in the factory.

[Colstar]

I think my best option is to return it.

[veeg]

Probably not a bad idea..

[phillpower2]

Any update Colstar?