Formatting HD And Reinstalling Win Vista
May 11, 2008
I have a Vista Premium PC where I installed a trial version of a program,let it expire and now I bought the full version but cannot seem to get it to install since the ghost of the old trial version seems to be haunting my PC. Before I start formatting the drive (and lose all my other programs and settings) and attempt to reinstall Vista, I was wondering whether there was some easy way to wipe all traces of the trial program? I am no great tech expert, so protracted brain surgery with registry settings may not be an option for me!
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May 9, 2008
IfsIHA.5472@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl>I have a Vista Premium PC where I installed a trial version of a program, let it expire and now I bought the full version but cannot seem to get it to install since the ghost of the old trial version seems to be haunting my PC.
Before I start formatting the drive (and lose all my other programs and settings) and attempt to reinstall Vista, I was wondering whether there was some easy way to wipe all traces of the trial program? I am no great tech expert, so protracted brain surgery with registry settings may not be an option for me!
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Mar 5, 2009
after searching for hours on google on this website i did find some threads about the whole 32bit vs ultimate 64bit and one thread will say you should update the other says no stay away from it..I cant make my mind up:/ so i thoguht maybe with my lap top specs it might help give a bettr idea of if i should? so i bought ultimate vista with both 32 and 64 bit i did install 32bit because i was stupid and did not look at both cds just wonderd why it had 2 cds, so after i realised by then i have installed everything with 32bit and have the lap top the way i like it... so is it really worth formatting re installing everything i backed up 64bit versions of drivers and nod32..etc not sure if diskeeper works with 64bit or tune up utilities those where two programs i payed for.. but also my lap top i am not sure if its good enough to have a good experience on the 64bit, i know it can install it but not sure if it will make a difference? i have HP Pavilion dv5-1111ea Entertainment Notebook ......
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Mar 19, 2009
how do you format HD in Vista. I searched in HELP section. these are entries in results:
How often do I need to be concerned with formatting disks?
What do I need to do to format a hard disk?
What file system should I use?
What's a quick format?
What are partitions and volumes?
How do I create more partitions?
How do I add a new hard disk?
under 2nd entry it says something like you need to create partitions first, then format each partition, this is RETARDED.. (ah yes, nothing with Vista is simple.. as soon as I have money I will purchase Windows XP, and ditch Vista for good...) in any other OS you right-click on drive you want to format and then hit "format"
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Nov 15, 2009
I got this message when trying to convert my HDD in Command prompt: Access Denied as you do not have sufficient privileges. You have to invoke this utility running in elevated mode. I did get it working after I did Run as administrator and it worked, but it takes ages formatting........The external HDD I was converting is 500GB, due to how long it was taking I cancelled it. Does anyone know how I can do a quick fat32 formatting or conversion in vista?
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Mar 23, 2008
i own a PC where Windows Vista was originally installed on it, but the XP OS
was installed over it. I want to reinstall Vista. The issue is that when i purchased the machine in never received a systems disk so all i have is the product key sticker that's located underneath the PC it's self. How can i go about reinstalling the Vista OS without purchasing a whole new one?
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Jun 25, 2008
My motherboard has become quite unreliable and I was thinking of buying
a new one however I can't get the same model because its no longer produced.
Would my OEM license key still work on another motherboard?
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Mar 18, 2009
My installation of Vista SP1 has started to act funkier than usual and I want to start fresh. I have good disk image using True Image, I don't have system disks--just the recovery partition in my Toshiba laptop.I am not completlely sure I have all my installation disks for the many applications I have installed What is the most efficient way to reinstall Vista without losing drivers, applications or configuration information?
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Jun 6, 2008
I recently built a new computer and I would like to move my current install of Vista to the new system without reinstalling it. My only problem is that both setups will be using a raid 0 array for the installation and I don't know if I will be able to boot off the old disks with the new hardware. My old PC was a nForce 4 based AMD rig and my new one is a P35 based Intel rig. Is there a way that I can install the drivers for the new raid array prior to booting with it?
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Jan 5, 2010
Am reinstalling Windows Vista after a virus infected my PC. I am reinstalling vista but after booting from DVD Vista does not recognise my SATA hard disk on the "Where do you want to install Windows?" screen. There are no issues with the hard disk and this happened once before but I can't remember how I solved this. My problem is the Vista installer not recognising my hard disk so I can install Vista. I have an Alienware pc with hitachi deskstar hard disk and asus a8n-sli deluxe motherboard.
I have to reinstall as a virus has caused my windows explorer to malfunction and it also installed a trojan which stole my key.I have tried a couple of ASUS raid drivers via a usb hard disk with no luck. We can't find any appropriate hitachi drivers.I think this is related to the hard disk controller?
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Mar 5, 2009
how to change the user name on a Vista operated computer without completely reinstalling the operating system software and all the applications that already installed? I need to put her name in as the user and remove mines.
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Sep 17, 2008
I may have to re-install the Vista operating system on my primary hard drive. According to Dell, installing/re-installing Vista will erase any existing files (gee, why couldn't they have configured Vista like XP which would save your data?).So as not to loose my files, my plan is to install a new primary hard drive. And once the new drive is functioning properly, to add the old one as a data only secondary drive (The drive hasn't failed, it's just inaccessable due to a user logon password issue which I'm working in another thread). Does anyone see a problem with reading the data files/folders on the old drive? Will the existance of an operating system be a problem? I'm hoping the drive will act as a ghosted drive, and the answer will be no.
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Jun 28, 2009
ok so vista doesnt let me format my comp from the desktop.
i still have the recovery disk i made like 2 mins after setting up my PC.
the only problem is will the recovery disk help reinstall vista?? or will my comp just stop working completely?
apart from the above questions i also have no idea how to format my computer, i know during the boot up process its in one of the TAB, DEL OR ESC menus what what one? and once i get into it then where do i go?
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Mar 19, 2010
I need to format my computer. I have four partitions and would like to move my o/s to a larger partition and make it my new c:. I'm running Vista business 64. I new how to do it with xp, but not sure about Vista. I could use some pointers if you have them.
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Feb 6, 2009
I now have figured out how to format a DVD-R Disk, I only have to insert the DVD and the Autoplay box comes up and I pick burn files to disk using Windows and click on Show formatting options and select Mastered Formatting option. do the same with a DVD-R Disk, I insert the DVD-R Disk and nothing happens, the Autoplay box does not come up so I can't select the format option, I go into My Computer and click on the E: DVD DRIVE and if I go and click on format it only gives me one option to fast format the DVD disk but then it will format it (Live File Format) and I want Mastered Format, How do I format the DVD +R Disk as Mastered? Sorry for all the stupid questions but I am new to using DVD'S and am
struggling to figure this out.
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Mar 11, 2008
I bought a used system and there is no vista install disk ,so to make things right can i buy a copy of 32 ultimate ,install it then use the new liscence and will it pick up the programs i am running ,or will i have to re-install right from scratch re-formatting etc. Xp was like ,you could run it over top of an old copy and all data and programs would come back
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Nov 22, 2008
I was reading how to format my HP computer and it says "Disconnect all connected devices (such as the Personal Media Drive, USB drives, printer, and fax), remove media from drives, and remove any recently added internal hardware. Do not disconnect the monitor, keyboard, mouse, and power cord." Do I really need to disconnect anything I recently put into my computer to upgrade it. This step they call for seems useless?
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May 30, 2009
I installed a new, second HDD. I initialized it and began formatting it on Disk Management. When I just came back after being away from the computer for a few minutes, I noticed that the whole HDD, not to mention its formatting process, had completely disappeared from Disk Management! The HDD is still physically connected, it wasn't taken away by a fairy. What caused this and how to prevent it from happening?
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Mar 23, 2008
When I format a CD-RW disk which is 700MB the dialog box says that it is only 473MB in size. I am trying to copy photo's which should easily fit into 700MB but the disk is full after only half have been burnt.
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Apr 23, 2010
I have a160GB external HD with three partitions. I took it out of a laptop (I was using it to run Windows on that laptop), formatted the 'main' partition (approx. 145GB), and installed Linux on it. The machine I was running Linux in is 'dead' now, so I want to format this 'main' partition again (in Windows), so I can use it for storage or whatever. The problem is that when I plug it into my machine running Vista, it 'sees' the 'recovery' partition (still there from when I was using it in the original laptop), but it doesn't 'see' that 'main' partition (the one I had Linux on). I went into Disk Management, and I can see all three partitions, but when I try to access that 'main' partition,it won't let me do anything with it. Right-clicking the partition brings up my options, but they're all grayed out. I realize that I can't open the partition in Windows, since it has Linux on it, but why can't I format it in Disk Management? I have no way to get into the Linux OS to try to uninstall or format it that way, since the machine is 'dead'.
How can I go ahead and format this partition?
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Mar 26, 2008
I had to format my HDD and re-instal Vista Ultimate OEM... it wont install. Gets to the final stages of install and then just never completes it. Does anyone know what I need to do to get my media centre working again?
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Jun 27, 2009
I was just wondering if it's possible to format or atleast re-installWindows Vista on my Laptop without the CD and Serial Number? (unlessthat's the serial number under my computer,)I really want to do this, but I have no clue how-to and what's needed and such.
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Jun 11, 2008
Why does Vista format CDR and CDRW disks before they can be used? Is there any way of stopping this?
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Jun 11, 2008
I'm finding that cell formatting (eg, dates) will no longer work in Excel 2000. Whether it is an existing spreadsheet or a new one, cell formatting does not work, and all dates entered are treated as text. This applies whether the cell formatting is done before or after the date is entered. It does appear to be a Vista/Excel 2000 conflict of some sort as it did not happen until after I got Vista. And I've just opened (from a Windows XP computer on the same network) some of the offending files, and the problem does not exist.
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Apr 12, 2008
I have an internal IDE HDD that I have put in an USB external enclosure and connected to my Dell Vista laptop. When I attempt to format the drive in Computer Management, I assign it a letter and format with NTFS. However, the result is a Healthy Partition in RAW format. When I try to attempt to reformat using quick format, sometimes it will format it again as RAW, or it will give me an error message stating that Windows cannot format the drive. Again, the HDD shows up as a Simple, Basic, Healthy(Primary Partition) with a RAW File System. I cannot access the drive and put files on it.
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Mar 23, 2008
I wish to create a (1. floppy or 2. CD) boot disk (with support software) to allow me to initialize (partition) and format my HDD drives before I actually install Vista (am not using any IDE drives). From all the (unthinkable) problems being discussed about Vista, I wish to eliminate the possibility of Windows not recognizing nor allowing use of my new drives. Is this possible? If so, How? And if not, Why not?
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Mar 27, 2008
I'm using Vista Home Premium on an Acer Aspire laptop, and recently I lost access to half my hard drive. I rang my manufacturers support line, and they told me how to create a new vloume using disk management. However, when i double click it, it says it needs to be formatted. After waiting a long time (twice!) for the volume to format, it reaches 100% completion and then an error message apears saying 'Windows cannot complete the format'. This happens when i try Quick Format too. Upon clicking OK, i get a further message saying 'Check to see that the disk and drive are connected properly, and make sure the disk is not read only'. The disk is certainly not read only, I can see the drive in MyComputer etc. but cannot open or explore it. In Properties, it says the volume is 0 bytes big! And it should be 50GB.
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Oct 18, 2009
I was wondering, since a system restore is basically restoring your system to a state it was at before, does it have anything to do with files you have deleted/moved etc. (will a system restore undo file deletions?), or does it have only to do with things like the registry? (restoring key entries in the registry) What does it have to do with and not to do with? Secondly let's say you purchased a dell, it's going to be at factory condition, meaning it has windows and a bunch of other stuff on it. You install a fresh copy of windows via a windows cd, thereby deleting every driver and utility on there and have only a seemingly useless thing.
1. Will a system restore bring your computer back to factory condition? (the way it was when you bought it)
2. I also guess you can do a system restore if and only if you have a system restore point. How do you make one and how can you tell you've made one before? (in other words how can you tell you made one at a certain point and how it is like? Or, if someone else made one for you, how can you check this and what the restore point is like?)
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Feb 11, 2010
Am trying to move some things to a CD-R disc, but nothing comes on screen for formatting when I insert new, clean CD into Dr. E. What am I doing wrong?
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Sep 3, 2009
I've used this forum A LOT to find answers to the many problems I've had with my pc - now I have one that I can't find a solution for, so here I am posting! I'm trying to format a new Seagate Barracuda 1.5TB hdd but it won't go any further than 73%. Computer Management tells me that its still formatting (i.e. NO error message) but its been there for hours. I've tried formatting from the Vista installation cd during boot but it plain refused (I forget the error message), it won't even do a quick format in Computer Management. Is my drive humped?
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Jul 29, 2009
i wan't to install another OS in my newly created partition in my Vista. but im not sure which to select in formatting: primary or local? i prevously selected local. can i still change that if i reformat it again? im all set and that's the only thing i wanna know to have a flawless installation.
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