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I sent my computer off to the geek squad to be repaired, but it was a 'junk out', and thus I received a new one, although, unlike my last one, this computer has Windows 8 installed on it, which I did not want.
I have a windows 7 install disk, but it is not working when I try to install it. When I try to install it, it says that:
Windows Setup cannot find a location to store temporary installation files. To install Windows, make sure that a partition on your boot disk has at least 686 megabytes(MB) of free space. Error code: 0x80070490
Not sure how to proceed.
It won't allow me to boot anything besides my USB drive. – jatmdm – 2013-02-07T23:12:03.827
@jatmdm Then, boot using USB drive. You can make a bootable USB drive from Win 7 disk. – Apple II – 2013-02-08T00:49:12.393
You should be able to define bootable devices under the BIOS, if not you can always put the Windows Setup program directly on a USB stick with a tool such as Windows 7 USB/DVD download tool that you'll find here : http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/html/pbPage.Help_Win7_usbdvd_dwnTool there is also WinToFlash. If you want more help you should put the brand/model of your computer so people can check out the specs and docs.
– Aybe – 2013-02-08T00:50:59.070