Windows wants a partition formatted as NTFS

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  1. Posts : 12
    Windows 10
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    Windows wants a partition formatted as NTFS


    I currently only have a MAC so after building my new computer I made a USB to install Windows 10 Home.
    Everything was going fine until I received an error which brought me back to the start.
    Once I got back to the page where you select where to install windows, 3 partitions had been made all of them not available to install windows.

    I have included a picture of the error message I first received along with the message I get on Drive 0 Partition 1.

    I'm not sure if I messed something up with the USB or if there is an easy fix but any help would be greatly appreciated.
    Thanks:)Windows wants a partition formatted as NTFS-e3643949-9f02-48dc-a4be-d74832900483_1_105_c.jpegWindows wants a partition formatted as NTFS-19068cd2-672c-4185-b9fb-024ea14bf2d6_1_105_c.jpeg
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  2. Posts : 197
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    Braeden Kostreb said:
    I currently only have a MAC so after building my new computer I made a USB to install Windows 10 Home.
    Everything was going fine until I received an error which brought me back to the start.
    Once I got back to the page where you select where to install windows, 3 partitions had been made all of them not available to install windows.

    I have included a picture of the error message I first received along with the message I get on Drive 0 Partition 1.

    I'm not sure if I messed something up with the USB or if there is an easy fix but any help would be greatly appreciated.
    Thanks:)Windows wants a partition formatted as NTFS-e3643949-9f02-48dc-a4be-d74832900483_1_105_c.jpegWindows wants a partition formatted as NTFS-19068cd2-672c-4185-b9fb-024ea14bf2d6_1_105_c.jpeg
    Well of course you cannot install Windows onto the 100MB EFI/System partition. You need to delete all partitions again before trying again. Right next to the "Refresh" button under the error pop up is the "red cross" to delete each and every one so that the entire drive is freed up for Windows install again. What may be happening with your setup is that instead of booting off the new install disk after initial setup your your machine is booting form the USB stick again and you go back to the same setup loop. So watch out and pull the stick when it reboots the first time or hit a boot select F Button on your Keyboard which depends on your machine. Can be F10 or F12 or otherwise and select the disk instead of the USB stick to boot from.
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  3. Posts : 12
    Windows 10
    Thread Starter
       #3

    I deleted all the partitions and tried again and immediately got the same error(the first image in my post)
    The error comes up as soon as the installation starts at 0%
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  4. Posts : 30,599
    Windows 10 (Pro and Insider Pro)
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    You made installation USB on MAC?
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  5. Posts : 12
    Windows 10
    Thread Starter
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    Yeah, I downloaded the iso and then used MAC terminal to format the USB.
    I should also add that i've tried deleting the partitions and trying again a few times with the same result. I also tried installing the 3rd partition which is the 931.4GB one and it says it cannot create or locate a partition.
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  6. Posts : 5,330
    Windows 11 Pro 64-bit
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    Can you post screenshot please.
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  7. Posts : 30,599
    Windows 10 (Pro and Insider Pro)
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    Braeden Kostreb said:
    Yeah, I downloaded the iso and then used MAC terminal to format the USB.
    I should also add that i've tried deleting the partitions and trying again a few times with the same result. I also tried installing the 3rd partition which is the 931.4GB one and it says it cannot create or locate a partition.
    This is what you get from Google if ask it : Windows Installation USB made on MAC

    To be clear, I didn't get to the best answer yet, but discover a lot of problems.. Some of that links are also solutions. Sorry, it's late I have to go, but guess you won't wait till morning

    Update: this is not the problem.. probably wrong partition to install.
    Last edited by AndreTen; 08 Dec 2020 at 03:35.
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  8. Posts : 12
    Windows 10
    Thread Starter
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    These are the screens I see back to back.
    Windows wants a partition formatted as NTFS-img_4508.jpeg
    Windows wants a partition formatted as NTFS-img_4509.jpeg
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Windows wants a partition formatted as NTFS-e3643949-9f02-48dc-a4be-d74832900483_1_105_c.jpeg  
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  9. Posts : 30,599
    Windows 10 (Pro and Insider Pro)
       #9

    Is you new computer set to EFI in BIOS?
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  10. Posts : 5,330
    Windows 11 Pro 64-bit
       #10

    Looks good for now let us know if there is any error message while installation happening.
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