Ali Aboosaidi Umm… Unorthodox?

Windows: Windows is unable to install to the selected location. Error: 0×80300001

Well… all these years of development and Microsoft still can’t get the installation part right. If you have a storage controller or using motherboard RAID it’s quite possible that you see this error message after loading the driver, IF you removed the installation CD and insterted your RAID manufacturer’s driver disk (single CD drive system). It’s likely to happen if you have a USB drive connected to your port as well.

If your driver CD is still in the drive (or USB drive) and Windows CD out on your desk, you won’t be notified properly. Instead, you will see the above error message which was very frustrating in my case. Remember to replace the driver CD with Windows, wait until you hear it spin and then you will notice the Next button is no longer grayed out. It is not safe to assume that Windows would give you a hint. I wonder how much the missing error message was going to cost Microsoft that they decided not to add it.

Frustrating… very unprofessional of Microsoft to say the least.

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