
You can try the following methods to fix it.
This post focused on how to fix Windows install error 0x80300024 when installing Windows 10, 8, 7. Windows install error 0x80300024 in Windows 10, 8, 7 can be resulted from several reasons, including too many connected drive, partition error, the location is not the boot device. Here info about what happened: 0x80300024", or something like " Windows could not be installed". And this error comes with the message “we couldn’t install Windows in the location you chose.
It usually appears when you try to install or upgrade Windows 10, 8, 7 on your PC.
Make the partition active by typing ‘ACTIVE’.What happened when error 0x80300024 appearedĮrror 0x80300024 is one of Windows installation failing error codes. Change the partition to NTFS by typing ‘SET ID=27 OVERRIDE’. Type ‘SELECT PARTITION n‘ (Where ‘n’ is the number representing the recovery partition identified from the previous step, in my case it was partition 1). Type ‘LIST PARTITION’ and take note of the partition you wish you make active, in most cases the first partition in the list will be your recovery partition. Type ‘SELECT DISK n‘ (In this case it was disk 0). Type ‘LIST DISK’ this will display a list of hard disks installed on the machine. Boot up using the Windows Vista Recovery CD. This method should be useful for ALL machines with recovery partitions… Thankfully, after hours of Googling and a lot of swearing and frustration I came across a method in an article. To cut a long story short, the EISA recovery partition was still on the hard drive but could not be accessed! To make matters worse I didn’t have the recovery DVDs for the laptop. By the way, if you are looking for Windows 7 (x86 & 圆4) & Windows Vista (x86 & 圆4) Recovery CD’s you can download them from a torrent here: (These are the disks I used for this job and they worked fine, no viruses).