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Documentation Content Type Install & Setup Article ID 000006825 Last Reviewed 06/02/2020 What am I seeing? The system is using legacy BIOS boot mode and has created a RAID volume. During the initial setup of Windows* Server 2008 at the "Where do you want to install Windows?" page, you see all the available disks
(including the RAID volumes created in RAID BIOS Console). However, the following error message appears: "Windows cannot be installed to this disk. (Show details)." The installation of the operating system cannot be completed even if you create a new partition and click Next. Below is the screenshot showing the error details: Why am I seeing it? One possible reason that can cause this error is that the RAID BIOS is disabled in the controller properties. You can see if the RAID BIOS is disabled during POST when the RAID is initialized. How to fix it To resolve this problem, you can enable the RAID BIOS using the preboot RAID configuration utilities. The steps to open the utility is different depending on the Intel RAID controller you are using:
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Give FeedbackHow do I enable disk controller in BIOS HP desktop?Press the power button to turn on the computer, and then immediately press the Esc key repeatedly until the Startup Menu opens. Press F10 to open BIOS Setup. Use the right arrow key to select System Configuration, use the down arrow key to select Boot Options, and then press Enter. Check for Legacy Support in the list.
How do I ensure the disk controller is enabled in the BIOS menu?Manual Way to Enable Disk Controller in BIOS. First of all, run the Registry Editor.. For this, press Windows + R and type Regedit in the command line box.. Go to this section HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SYSTEM\ CurrentControlSet\ Services\ iaStorV.. Double-click on the Start icon and set its value to zero (0). How do I enable disk controller in BIOS Dell?Enter the BIOS by pressing F2 multiple times while the Dell Logo is shown. Go to Boot Sequence and set Boot List Option to UEFI. Go to SATA Operation and choose AHCI. In Advanced Boot Option, you click Enable Legacy Option ROMs.
How do you fix Windows Cannot be installed to this disk This computer's hardware may not support booting to this disk?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.
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