“We couldn't create a new partition or locate an existing one”
While attempting to install Windows 8 on a VHD I was booting from I received the following error message: We couldn't create a new partition or locate an existing one . For more information, see the setup log files I created the VHD in Windows, rebooted and attempted to install from the Windows 8 DVD I had burnt. Regardless of what I tried, I couldn’t get the install to work with the VHD I had created – despite being able to see it (by mounting via diskpart…) and even format it. This isn’t the first time I’ve run into the issue, but this time it frustrated me enough to merit further investigation. Hitting SHIFT-F10 in the windows installer provided me with a command prompt and I identified the location of the log files on X:\Windows\Panther. There were multiple files, but the setuperr.log caught my eye for obvious reasons. Opening the file I found the following error message: 2012-03-02 22:20:51, Error [0x06069e] IBS ...