How to Restore ‘Couldn’t Create a New Partition or Locate an Existing One’ Error Message

If you’re trying to upgrade an older version of Windows to Windows 10, you may encounter this problem. You can also get this issue if you want to install Windows 10 from an external device (such as a bootable DVD or flash drive). Fortunately, the solution to this issue isn’t impossible to find, but you … Read more

The error 0x8004242d “Could not format selected partition” has been fixed

The “Selected partition could not be formatted” error (error 0x8004242d) occurs when a user tries to format, merge or install an operating system to disk using Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10 installation media. Most of the affected users who encounter this problem try to install the operating system properly, but this error prevents … Read more