Comments on: Windows: Windows is unable to install to the selected location. Error: 0×80300001 http://insanelabs.com/windows/windows-windows-is-unable-to-install-to-the-selected-location-error-0x80300001/ Umm... Unorthodox? Fri, 18 May 2012 10:25:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Robert Chase http://insanelabs.com/windows/windows-windows-is-unable-to-install-to-the-selected-location-error-0x80300001/comment-page-1/#comment-3757 Robert Chase Wed, 16 May 2012 13:45:06 +0000 http://insanelabs.com/?p=834#comment-3757 I was loading storage drivers for a Cisco UCS chassis and installing windows on some LUN's on the SAN and thought there was an issue with my storage driver or the LUN's. I tried looking up the error on Microsoft's site and got nothing useful other than their usual garbage docs. Googled the error message and got this VERY USEFUL blog post. This is a catastrophic usability bug and makes it painfully apparent that Microsoft does not QA their installers at all. Instead of providing some cryptic error message how about "unable to read installer media". Google Chrome 19.0.1084.46 Mac OS X 10.6.8 Mac OS X 10.6.8
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I was loading storage drivers for a Cisco UCS chassis and installing windows on some LUN’s on the SAN and thought there was an issue with my storage driver or the LUN’s. I tried looking up the error on Microsoft’s site and got nothing useful other than their usual garbage docs. Googled the error message and got this VERY USEFUL blog post.

This is a catastrophic usability bug and makes it painfully apparent that Microsoft does not QA their installers at all. Instead of providing some cryptic error message how about “unable to read installer media”.

]]> By: James http://insanelabs.com/windows/windows-windows-is-unable-to-install-to-the-selected-location-error-0x80300001/comment-page-1/#comment-3739 James Sat, 18 Feb 2012 15:59:32 +0000 http://insanelabs.com/?p=834#comment-3739 Thanks Dude, Just busted my nuts on a SBS 2011 server on HP ML150 G6 with same error for 2 hours. With drivers on USB and Win CD in ROM installed fine. Thanks for the post! Firefox 10.0.2 Windows Vista Windows Vista
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Thanks Dude, Just busted my nuts on a SBS 2011 server on HP ML150 G6 with same error for 2 hours. With drivers on USB and Win CD in ROM installed fine. Thanks for the post!

]]> By: Ali http://insanelabs.com/windows/windows-windows-is-unable-to-install-to-the-selected-location-error-0x80300001/comment-page-1/#comment-3735 Ali Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:48:50 +0000 http://insanelabs.com/?p=834#comment-3735 Pull the USB drive as directed. Unknown iPhone iPhone
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Pull the USB drive as directed.

]]> By: David McLaughlin http://insanelabs.com/windows/windows-windows-is-unable-to-install-to-the-selected-location-error-0x80300001/comment-page-1/#comment-3733 David McLaughlin Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:00:19 +0000 http://insanelabs.com/?p=834#comment-3733 Awesome! Google got me to you, and this was my exact problem. I put in the Windows 7 installation disk, and vola it worked! Google Chrome 16.0.912.63 GNU/Linux GNU/Linux
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Awesome!
Google got me to you, and this was my exact problem.
I put in the Windows 7 installation disk, and vola it worked!

]]> By: Jon http://insanelabs.com/windows/windows-windows-is-unable-to-install-to-the-selected-location-error-0x80300001/comment-page-1/#comment-3732 Jon Mon, 02 Jan 2012 04:33:52 +0000 http://insanelabs.com/?p=834#comment-3732 You just saved me a ton of time tonight! Thanks! Internet Explorer 9.0 Windows 7 x64 Edition Windows 7 x64 Edition
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You just saved me a ton of time tonight! Thanks!

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