We couldn't install Windows in the location you chose: 0x80300024

After many (I mean many) failed attempts to install 1709 over the last week, I decided to do a clean install.

Bad luck... also that failed.

Can't do a clean install - tried various times.

My last attempt was to (again) boot from USB (with 1709),
then do : diskpart clean
Reboot
select drive
format
then [next]

"We couldn't install Windows in the location you chose. Please check your media drive. Here's moreinfo about what happened: 0x80300024"

Is there another solution rather than having to detach all the drives (many), being a complex job as the connectors are difficult to be reached. Microsoft can't expect users to detach the hardware...



the drive is a SSD

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

Delete the partition on drive 1, then highlight the unallocated space that will be on drive, then click next.

NavyLCDR said:

Delete the partition on drive 1, then highlight the unallocated space that will be on drive, then click next.

I had this exact problem with Win 10 Pro 2004 and after much work and misdirection, this worked for me!

BillinDetroit said:

I had this exact problem with Win 10 Pro 2004 and after much work and misdirection, this worked for me!

This is a very old thread. Major updates and fresh install would not not install.
Tried endlessly, for days... there is a separate thread about this on this forum.
until I learned that Windows should be installed on drive 0. In my case drive 0 was some backup drive, installed later.
I disabled the drive in the BIOS, drive 1 (SSD) then changed into Drive 0. Install went fine after that.

see: "1709 Fails to install and how to remove multiple recovery partitions?"
1709 Fails to install and how to remove multiple recovery partitions? Solved - Page 4 - Windows 10 Forums

tfwul said:

This is a very old thread. Major updates and fresh install would not not install.
Tried endlessly, for days... there is a separate thread about this on this forum.
until I learned that Windows should be installed on drive 0. In my case drive 0 was some backup drive, installed later.
I disabled the drive in the BIOS, drive 1 (SSD) then changed into Drive 0. Install went fine after that.

see: "1709 Fails to install and how to remove multiple recovery partitions?"
1709 Fails to install and how to remove multiple recovery partitions? Solved - Page 4 - Windows 10 Forums

Which drive # you install Windows to is of no consequence. You can just as easily install Windows to drive 1, 2, 3 or 10.