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Spectre x360 convertible Model 15-eb0053dx ProdID: 9GB30UA#ABA
Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

I disabled the Intel Optane in BIOS without first disabling it in the Intel RST application (I know, I messed up). After booting back up, it states it cannot find an operating system. There is no place in my BIOS to re-enable Optane, and no where to change my SATA to AHCI. 

 

I've created a bootable USB to attempt to reinstall Windows 10, however when it is time to select where to install windows, it says; 

"Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk has an MBR partition table. On EFI systems, Windows can only be installed to GPT disks.

 

Windows cannot be installed to this hard disk space. Windows must be installed to a partition formatted as NTFS.

 

Windows cannot be installed to this hard disk space. This partition is of an unrecognized type."

 

I'm not a computer whiz by any means, but I'm also not tech illiterate either. I've done many clean installs of windows,  but this is the first time I've been so limited in Bios options (I cannot seem to gain access to advanced BIOS settings)  as well as my first go with anything having the Intel Optane RST.

 

Any advice would be helpful. My warranty expired in September (go figure) and I'm a little upset that I currently have a $1600 paper weight.

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Hi:

 

I recommend that you use the HP cloud recovery tool to create a bootable USB recovery drive that will reinstall W10, the drivers and the software that originally came with your notebook.

 

Here is an info link for how to use that utility...You will need a 32 GB USB flash drive to create the bootable media with.

 

HP Consumer PCs - Using the HP Cloud Recovery Tool (Windows 10) | HP® Customer Support

 

If for some reason that doesn't work, you can fix the "Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk has an MBR partition table. On EFI systems, Windows can only be installed to GPT disks,' so you can clean install W10.

 

Watch this video...It is for W8, but the procedure would be the same for W10.

 

Windows cannot be installed to this disk. the selected disk has an MBR partition table - YouTube

 

 

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