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  • I've tried this a few times, and deleted all partitions on the drive and let Windows installer re-create them. It still errors on We couldn't create a new partition or locate an existing one when the main volume on the drive is selected.
    – Scottmeup
    Commented Aug 2, 2022 at 10:52
  • Are you selecting Unallocated space, or an existing partition?
    – harrymc
    Commented Aug 2, 2022 at 10:53
  • I started with unallocated space and selected that. Windows 11 installer created 3 partitions and errored. After that I selected the largest partition that Windows isntaller had created and it errorred again.
    – Scottmeup
    Commented Aug 2, 2022 at 10:55
  • I can think of these reasons for error: (1) The unallocated space was not large enough, (2) The installation lacks a driver for the disk (very unlikely), (3) The disk has a hardware problem. For the third point, try to format the disk with slow format (not quick) for all sectors to refreshed. This will take some time for a large disk.
    – harrymc
    Commented Aug 2, 2022 at 11:00
  • I'll give it a shot. The system was working until I wiped it. It's a 1TB SSD and the install worked a couple of weeks ago. I'm wondering if letting a linux partition manager touch it has left any traces that windows doesn't like.
    – Scottmeup
    Commented Aug 2, 2022 at 11:05