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while trying to install windows 7 on laptop I am getting error 0x80300001

I installed the Raid drier to drive the card. and then the windows 7 found the hard drive and formated it. but it will not let me install it.
can you please explain what this error is all about.
The laptop is a portage m400 toshiba

Darren S

This would be a good place to start:

http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7install/thread/ce0a2db8-a093-40ac-ab90-fc0739c36089

explorer648

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that link had no relevant information.
Please try again

Darren S

are you installing from an internal dvd drive or external?

explorer648

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from the DVD drive internal

Darren S

I have found this on another site which fixed the issue for a few people. I originally thought it related to another error when installing from an internal dvd drive but now I think not:

1. Load the RAID driver from CD. (Vista driver will work)
2. Install the driver and create partitions.
3. Remove the driver CD and insert the Windows 7 DVD.
4. Click on Refresh and the error should disappear.

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After placing 2 4 gig sodimms in the machine the error went away. I tried it on another machine and that too worked. so windows 7 will only load if you have 8 gigs or more of ram on the toshiba m400