Fix - Setup was unable to create a new system partition or locate an existing system partition

In this tutorials we will show you how to fix this error when installing Windows from a USB pen drive.

"Setup was unable to create a new system partition or locate an existing system partition"

To solve the problem, do the following.
Unplug your USB flash drive and after a few seconds, plug it back in.
Click on "Refresh" button in the Setup.
The error should be gone.
If that does not solve the problem, try to use a different USB flash drive.
Some flash drives can cause errors.
Another thing you can try is to change "SATA mode" in your computer's BIOS to "IDE".

Thank You for taking time to watch this video.

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Music:Kevin MacLeod
Title: Mining by Moonlight

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[whcpastor]

After spending 5 hours using every "fix" I could find - with no success - I stumbled on your video. WOW! In less than a minute my computer booted to Windows 7 install and no further problems. THANK YOU!

[David-ymvk]

Watched multiple videos and scoured through multiple forums. What finally worked was I changed the Sata mode to IDE in the bios. Thank you very much. :-)

[marios]

YOU SAVE MY LIFE, MY CHILDREN'S LIFE, MY MOTHER'S LIFE, MY WIFE'S LIFE AND MY DOG'S LIFE

[danivegh]

Thank you very much, very clear, understandable video, and it works fine.

[dusanbako]

Thank you, you saved me hours of work. Greetings from Slovakia :)

[BryanDumaguina]

Unplugging the pen drive and plugging it back in worked on a fresh install of Windows 7 on a Sony VAIO, Y Series, VPCYB15AG. Thank you very much.

[stevemilwa]

Thanks, I cant believe this works! I've wasted an hour using cmd line interface formatting and all sorts. Can't believe it's this simple.

[morehandle_utb]

Thank you very much! It works for my computer.

This solution is simple and clean. It saves us a lot of time by avoiding the "diskpart" command. Cool!

[siddgurung]

thank you so much the very first trick shown in this video worked for

[bojorgeorge]

It's great! I tested, worked on laptop after many headaches. Many thanks!

[binuradodangoda]

Thank you very much... I was burning with this problem. You did a great work !. Thanks again.

[bhicks]

Cheers 🍻 I unplugged and put it in another USB 2.0 port and voila.

I started out using the USB 3.0 port which gave another error about not being able to find drivers. Then this error came up.... Super annoying but I'm very glad I tried your video.
Thank you!!

[mrsmyle]

Ba tu esti maladet !
sps, ai salvat viata lu Cristinica!
thank very much

[rankovicmilos]

Thank you so much, this is by far the best fix for this problem ! :)

[MahmoudAbobakrMahAbobakr]

Thanks a lot.
I tried to solve this problem many hours and it saved the remaining time :D

[viraj]

Thank you very much. Such a simple solution. Worked like a charm.

[SeifEddin]

It did work like a charm. Thanks a lot, you saved me much trouble.

[Mantis_Toboggan]

omg yes!!! thanks soooo much i have spent 8 hours 43 minutes and 3 secs on this and i was so mad the only thing wrong is i didnt pull out the flash thats it

[jin]

Dude, so simple. Tired diskpart a couple of times and it did not work, this did!

[rhyanparreno]

thanks ah lot. i tried a lot of method but it ddnt work but this one is amazing simple and effective👍