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Because of this and other similar factors, are sometimes seen problems, especially during the installation of a Windows operating system. To resolve these issues, you may have to delete all partitions on the hard drive and choose an appropriate partitioning scheme. This erases all data and restore information, which require the use of backup recent data must be complete and valid to restore the data. However, if backup data is not updated, is corrupted or missing, you can use data recovery applications for searching and retrieving your data.

As a practical example, when trying to install Windows Server 2003, a 64-bit server version of Windows 2003 or Windows XP, you may receive the following error message:

"Setup can not install on the selected partition. Can only be installed on GPT disks on IA-64 machines and MBR disks on X-86 machines. You can only update installations on GPT disks on IA-64 machines and MBR disks on X-86 machines. To return to the previous screen, press ENTER. "

Cause

This error message occurs if both these conditions are met:

An operating system already installed on the hard drive or had an operating system, which has been eliminated.
The hard disk is formatted GPT