OS won't install

[maaasha]

Hi,I have an old laptop(HP Pavilion dv 6700) and it has an old HDD(WD Scorpio 160GB).
I want to make it usable in 2022 and install an SSD and maybe run Windows 10 or Linux.
The problem is when I try to install Windows(windows says it can not install on this partition),I tried everything that I read on internet,formated partition changed from GPT to MBR and vice versa,tried to mess with BIOS settings but there is not much to mess with,its soo simple and without many features.
When I try to install Linux,everything is fine until it says to restart comp,after that its says to unplag media drive and hit eneter and than OS should boot from SSD but after it restarts comp says OPERATING SYSTEM NOT FOUND.
I can install and boot from HDD.Please give me suggestions here and i will as you say and post pictures.
Thanks and I hope yall can help me.

 

[beers]

Did you wipe the partition table within the Windows installer? If you installed on a GPT volume from Linux when using an existing partitioning scheme, your BIOS has no idea what that is and wouldn't be able to boot from it, so it would look like an installation finished since data was written to the drive. If you used a liveCD you'd probably see data on there from within another OS.

Can you provide an image of the Windows installer where it lists out your disk?