Those users who independently downloaded the official installation image of the Windows 10 operating system are, of course, familiar with the special Media Creation Tool utility. This is a proprietary tool from Microsoft designed to create bootable media for installing and updating the operating system.
But sometimes you may have problem when starting Media Creation Tool. For example, the error “The installation program was unable to start correctly, please restart your computer.” Or the application does not start at all.
There may be several reasons for this phenomenon.
The most common reason is that Media Creation Tool does not work because your security system does not recognize it correctly and blocks any suspicious activity. Therefore, you should start by disabling your antivirus program and firewall.

Checking the work of Media Creation Tool. Did not help? Go ahead.
The next possible reason is that your account does not have enough rights to run the program. Try right-clicking on its icon and selecting “Run as Administrator” from the menu that appears. Alternatively, you can try to create another Windows account with administrative rights and see if the utility will start now.

The next reason why the Media Creation Tool does not work is problems with the local network. Try the following. Run . Then enter the following commands one by one:
ipconfig/release
We release the IP address if it is obtained from the DHCP server automatically.

Then:
ipconfig/renew
This will update our IP address.

And finally, clear the DNS cache:
ipconfig/flushdns

Now you need to check that you have access to the Internet and then check the operation of Media Creation Tool.

Another way that sometimes also works to fix a problem when starting the Media Creation Tool is to clear temporary system files. To do this, you need to enter the following address in the address bar of Windows Explorer:
%TEMP%
Press the “Enter” key. A folder will open that contains temporary files of software that is running or has been running on the system. It looks something like this:

We completely clear its contents and reboot.
Well, if even after that the Media Creation Tool does not work, then there is only one way out - download the installation image and create a boot disk on another computer, and then switch to this one and reinstall the OS.

Most of the errors that you encounter during the Windows installation process are quite typical, but there are also some very unusual ones that can confuse even an experienced user. You start the installation, but even before the files are copied, the process is suddenly interrupted and the wizard displays an error "The license agreement could not be found. Check that the installation source is correct and restart the installation".

This rare error can appear when installing Windows either on a virtual machine or on "iron".

Attempts to start the installation again lead to nothing, the error is repeated over and over again. There may be several reasons for such a strange problem, including those that are in no way related to licensing. When installing Windows on a hypervisor Hyper-V The error may occur if the virtual machine does not have enough RAM allocated.

For normal operation Windows 8.1 And 10 on a virtual or very real computer there must be at least 1 GB RAM, otherwise the installation will end with a crash to BSOD or, which is much less common, an error. Alternatively, if the disk is already partitioned, you can try creating a swap file on the system partition just before starting the installation. To do this, in the installer wizard window, press Shift + F10 and run the command wpeutil createpagefile /path=D:\pf.sys .

When installing the system on "iron" The error described above may occur if the Windows distribution is damaged. Check the checksums of the image used, if they match the original, rewrite it to media, or even better, use another installation image or disk. If installing from optical media, check the fit DVD-disk in the drive, it is possible that it was not positioned quite correctly, which is why the laser was unable to read part of the data.

Finally, the error may be caused by a mismatch between the edition and the system key specified in the product identifier file pid.thxt. The problem in this case is solved as follows. Create a text file in Notepad and paste these two lines into it:


OEM

Save the file as ei.cfg and drop it into the directory sources on the installation flash drive, if it is ISO-image, add the created file to the distribution, repacking the image using Ultra ISO or similar program.

About a month ago, a friend brought me a laptop with a broken operating system. I didn’t ask any more questions about what exactly happened to the laptop, but it didn’t want to boot. Unfortunately I can’t remember the error now. Since she didn’t need the data on the hard drive, “and to be honest, there was nothing there except the operating system,” I connected a USB flash drive and began installing the operating system.

The installation of the Windows 7 operating system proceeded smoothly and normally, but at the very last stage (at 100% installation), an error suddenly appeared: Windows Setup was unable to configure Windows to work with this computer's hardware (Sorry, I didn't take a photo)


I did not attach much importance to this error, and the computer rebooted. As it turned out a little later, Windows 7 refused to boot.

Once again I had to reinstall the system, but alas, just before completion I got the same error "Windows Setup was unable to configure Windows to work with the hardware on this computer."".

First solution

During Windows installation, as soon as this error appears, do not click the “Continue” button. Press the key combination SHIFT+F10 on the keyboard. A command prompt window will open.


We need to go to the folder C:/Windows/System32/oobe/ and launch the application msoobe.exe. To move between folders use the command CD. Just follow all the steps as in the picture, and you will start setting up Windows.

Cd/
- cd Windows/System32/oobe/ (Use backslash instead of /)
-msoobe.exe

We fill in the fields, and we can complete the Windows installation in the usual way.

Second solution

At that time, I did not yet know that the error could be related to the BIOS settings, but not so long ago I just encountered a similar problem. Before loading Windows I have

At one time, the error “The installation program was unable to create a new or find an existing system partition” pretty much frayed my nerves, but fortunately now I know the reason and several ways to bypass or fix it, which I share with you.

The message “Setup was unable to create a new or find an existing system partition” can sometimes be received when installing Windows 7 or installing Windows 10, the error looks something like this:

In this case, partitions on the hard drive can be created, formatted or deleted, but when you select a partition for installation and click the “Next” button, a message is displayed stating that Windows cannot be installed on this disk. Most often and as a rule, this error occurs when installing Windows from a USB flash drive.

Causes of the error “Setup was unable to create a new or find an existing system partition”:

  • In the BIOS of a computer or laptop, the first device in the boot list is not the hard drive, but any other device - DVD, flash drive, network boot, etc.
  • Your computer has more than one hard drive or SSD installed; you can disable the one you don’t need while installing Windows.
  • Incorrect boot settings in BIOS
  • The flash drive with which Windows is installed is not suitable for this; it is recommended to recreate the bootable flash drive with another program and use another Windows image, preferably the original one.

The most common reason for this error is the first one. Starting with Windows 7, the installer checks the BIOS settings and does not always do it correctly; if the installer decides that the hard drive you specified for installing Windows is not selected first in the list of devices to boot, it does not allow the installation to continue and displays the message: “The installation program was unable to create new or find an existing system partition."

To fix this error you can do the following:

1. Go to the BIOS and configure the list of devices to boot in such a way that the hard drive is always first in it; some BIOS even have a special Fixed Boot Order item - which fixes the order you specify and does not allow it to change. In some, usually older BIOSes, the boot order of devices cannot be configured; you can configure it more precisely, but when a flash drive is connected, such a BIOS for some reason always puts it above the hard drive. If you managed to configure the boot order, then use the Boot-Menu to boot from a flash drive; it can be called up with the F8-F12 keys, or less frequently Esc, F1 or F2, and then Windows installation will proceed as normal.

2. There is another more reliable way to solve this problem, you need to partition the hard drive and copy the installation files to it, make it bootable and reboot, in this case the Windows installation will be launched directly from the hard drive and will proceed as normal without problems. To do this, you need to start the installation and in the installer create one partition on your hard drive, which will be drive C, then press Shift+F10, a command line should open, you need to run several commands in it:

diskpart- the utility will start

list disk- will show a list of available disks, the list must have at least one hard drive and a bootable flash drive, based on the size it is easy to understand which disk you need to select, remember its number, to select the disk with which we will work, enter the command:

select disk 0(select disk 0, if you have a hard disk with a different number, indicate it)

list part We display a list of partitions on the disk, in the installer you should have created one partition, remember its number and indicate it in the following command, for example, we need partition number 1:

select partition 1

active- make this section active, that is, it will be used when loading

Now all that remains is to format our system partition, to do this, enter the commands:

format fs=ntfs quick

assign letter=C(C is the drive letter that you want to assign to the partition; if C is busy, you can choose another one, remember it, it will be useful to us at the stage of copying files)

exit- exit the disrpart utility and continue working on the command line.

We need to determine the letter assigned to the flash drive in order to copy files from the flash drive to the newly created and formatted partition on the hard drive. To search for the letter of the flash drive, you can type the command cd e: or simply e: where e is a possible letter of the flash drive, sometimes letters are assigned not from the beginning of the alphabet, but from the end, try if the disk with the letter you selected does not exist, you will receive an error message, if there is a disk with the same letter, the command will be executed, in this case, run the command DIR it will show a list of folders and files - from them you can understand which drive the letter belongs to. Once the letter assigned to the flash drive has been found, you can begin copying files.

For example, the letter of the flash drive is E, the letter of the hard drive partition is C, then the command for copying files will look like this:

xcopy E: C: /e /h /k

when copying is finished run the command:

bootsect /nt60 c:(where c is the letter of the partition on the hard drive, do not confuse it)

The last command makes disk C bootable, after which you can remove the flash drive, configure the BIOS to boot from the hard drive and reboot the computer. If everything is done correctly, then Windows installation should start and proceed normally without any problems with selecting a partition or disk for installation .

After the installation process is completed, you can remove unnecessary entries from the boot menu using the msconfig command, as well as delete installation files from your hard drive; they will most likely no longer be needed.

I hope this detailed instruction will help you find the reasons and fix the error: “We were unable to create a new or find an existing system partition.”

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