Article ID: 928231 - Last Review: March 15, 2007 - Revision: 1.4 The destination hard disk does not appear in the "Where do you want to install Windows?" disk configuration window when you try to install Windows VistaSYMPTOMSWhen you try to install Windows Vista, the hard disk on which you want to install Windows Vista does not appear in the Where do you want to install Windows? disk configuration window. CAUSEThis issue occurs if the hard disk partition contains an invalid byte offset value. For example, this issue occurs if the partition has a byte offset of zero (0). RESOLUTIONTo resolve this issue, remove the partitions on the hard disk, and then run the Windows Vista Setup program to install Windows Vista. To remove the hard disk partitions, follow these steps. Important These steps remove all the information from the hard disk.
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300415
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A description of the Diskpart command-line utility
For more information about Diskpart.exe, visit the following Microsoft Web site:http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/ca099518-dde5-4eac-a1f1-38eff6e3e5091033.mspx?mfr=true
(http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/ca099518-dde5-4eac-a1f1-38eff6e3e5091033.mspx?mfr=true)
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