Errors when installing win 7 to a spare HD for dual boot

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I have Win10 one HD. I have tried to clean install Win 7 on a second new HD to dual boot.
After the install gets passed expanding the Win 7 folders, I gaet the following error messages:

Windows cannot access the installation sources. Verify that the ibstallation sources are axxessible and restart the installation.

also:

Windows could not update registry data in the installation.
 

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That second error implies the format of the HD you are attempting to install Windows 7 onto is incorrect.

Have you formatted this hard drive or at least a partition on it to NTFS format?
 
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Yes, it is formatted with NTFS! It is a new HD, but I have never had these errors before, and have tried two different Win 7 Pro install DVD's which installed fine on another desktop. I did this to check the DVD's in case either is faulty. But they both worked perfectly.
 

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