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i was playing music when my pc went stuck with the blue screen message. i then want to reinstall the operating system and came across this problem. i have been familiar with reinstalling and upgrading.
starting was smooth until to the stage where requires create a partition. i press C and goes to the next. to create partition press enter and the problem is it went back to where it says to create partition press C again, it did not create a partition therefore cant format and install the operating system. u done it with another different hard-drive and it still worked well. just liked to know whats the problem and solution for this.

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This symptom — Setup refusing to create a partition and looping back to the “press C to create partition” prompt after a prior BSOD — most often points to one of three root causes: 1) the disk has hardware faults or a corrupted partition/MBR, 2) the Windows installer can’t talk to the disk because a needed text-mode storage driver is missing (common with older XP installers and AHCI/SATA controllers), or 3) bad cabling/controller or bad install media. As suggested, capturing the exact STOP code/text from the blue screen helps distinguish driver/controller errors from drive failures. (learn.microsoft.com)

Practical triage (ordered, non-interactive):

  • Verify whether the drive is visible to another OS: boot a partitioning live image (GParted Live, Parted Magic or similar) and inspect the disk and partition table; attempt to create a partition there first. (gparted.org)
  • Run SMART and manufacturer diagnostics (Seagate SeaTools, Western Digital diagnostics/Kitfox) to check for failing sectors or firmware errors; replace the drive if tests fail. (seagate.com)
  • Swap SATA cable, use a different SATA port, disconnect other drives, and try changing BIOS SATA mode to “IDE/Compatibility” (on XP this often avoids needing text-mode drivers). If XP is the target OS and the controller truly needs drivers, those drivers must be provided via the F6 path or slipstreamed into the install media. (learn.microsoft.com)

When partition table corruption is suspected, a clean slate can be created from a live environment or WinPE. Example destructive commands (confirm device IDs before running):

# zero the MBR (destroys all partitions)
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX bs=512 count=1

# or from WinPE use DiskPart
diskpart
list disk
select disk 0
create partition primary
format fs=ntfs quick
assign letter=C
exit

Both dd and DiskPart are powerful and destructive; backups are mandatory and the correct disk must be selected. If a second HDD previously installed cleanly while the original failed, the original drive is the primary suspect; if both fail, focus on controller/BIOS/installer media. As noted, third‑party partition tools often succeed where text‑mode Setup fails, but persistent I/O or SMART failures mean replacement. (demo.gurmeninyeri.com)

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Member Avatar for gerbil

Might be an idea to tell us the blue screen code..... perhaps your hdd is toasty.
Anyway, since a reinstallation is the way you wish to proceed, what was the result of the chkdsk run during the format Setup does?

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Use third part software and format c drive.

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