When Win8 is installed on a disk, it cannot be created or partitions cannot be found. However, when it is installed to select a disk partition, the following error occurs: "partitions cannot be created, other valid partitions cannot be found ". So I searched google and baidu and found that this problem is very common. The solution also has its own characteristics. As a result, try one by one based on the above practices !! The same problem even occurs during Windows 7 installation. After a long time, I finally found the problem and solution at two o'clock AM. Based on my previous opinions on the Internet, the main factor may be the impact of external storage. I once reached another conclusion: win7 | 8 if multiple hard disks are mounted in some hardware scenarios, even if you can identify the disk partition table, the selected partition will prompt that you cannot create or locate the partition. Www.2cto.com solution: Unplug other hard disks and leave the hard disks for win8 installation. After that, everything will be successfully installed according to the original process !!! There was no problem with installing Windows 7 on multiple hard disks on this machine, and then I changed the motherboard and wanted to install win8 | this problem occurs in Windows 7. I suspect there is a certain relationship with the hardware (the specific reason is unknown, because only the jetbo series motherboard is available ). Author: ewalker