My friend wiped my friend's computer on a Vista installer by choosing "load drivers" or something in the partition screen and then pressing format. I can't find this anywhere, or what I mean is there are no drivers to load. When I try to format, I can only format so that my computer saves a Windows.old file. Does that get rid of viruses? Does it get rid of a slow computer?
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i messed of with something so win 7 didnt boot up i got loads of data in win 7 HD ti cant repair the OS boot up so i freshly installed win 7 OS in my secondary HD
now i want to delete previous win 7 installed in primary hard disk i cant format as i got 350GB datas i cant delete windows & program files and few other folders how to delete left out folders
i am trying to install win 7 on my laptop after formatting it loads files the gives me the option of installing when i click on install it just hang there?
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View 2 Replies View RelatedIs it possible, and if it is, how can I do it without screwing the system(the one I use) or loosing non-windows files?
I want to delete:
-Program files
-Windows folder
-Docs and sets
-Users
-All other related stuff
I have had windows 7 installed for over 12 months now but lately I am finding my pc to be a bit slow. I have just purchased some more RAM for it and I am going to get a 2tb internal HDD as well in the next few days. Then I am going to format the HDD and reinstall windows 7.Now I already have a 600gb HDD which is partitioned into 3 drives (1 of these has win 7 installed). Is it possible when I put the windows 7 installation disc in and reformat the HDD to unpartition 2 of these drives and leave the other one untouched?
View 8 Replies View Relateddue to some personal issues i need to completely reformat the whole HD.. and for some reason when i try to do it it only lets me format windows partition and i want EVERYTHING to be gone.
View 7 Replies View RelatedI have a Sony Vaio with two partitions, a main one that 412 GB and another one that is 39GB. The operating system is on the main partition (412GB) but I have been having a lot of problems with it so I want to install a new Windows 7 Home Premium version.
The problem is that I do not have an external hard disk drive and cannot afford one right now. I have the Windows 7 DVD that came with the computer (Home Premium 64-bit) and I also created a USB drive off of it, and will probably be using the USB since it's much faster and smoother.
Anyway, my question is how do i install Windows 7 to the main partition (400GB one) without having to format it? I am aware that I can probably install a new version of Windows in the same partition and then the old Windows will be moved to a folder called Windows (old) but in the past I have struggled with deleting that folder and it created more problems than anything
Is it possible to install winXp on win7 inbuilt laptop, by formatting?
View 3 Replies View RelatedI re-installed Windows 7 on a fresh partition this morning after I started experiencing some glitches. Got the new partition up and running with a fresh version of Win 7, but now I'm unable to delete / format the previous partition it was on. When I select format drive, after warning me all files will be lost, it says Windows is unable to complete the format. If I try and manually delete all the files, it tells me I need permission from "Trusted Installer" to make changes to certain folders.
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View 1 Replies View RelatedI am having problems with a VERY slow laptop. (It is 3 months old.)The booting and general browsing is slow and lags a lot! D: (I have another thread about that issue.)So should I format or reinstall my Windows 7? (I don't have any restore points.)And how do I do this? (I have no clue as I have never done this myself.)I have don't have a windows 7 CD, as it came with Windows 7 when I bought it.And do I need a Windows 7 Key to reinstall windows? (Is it the key underneath the laptop?)
View 9 Replies View RelatedI have installed windows updates on my laptop, now I want to re-format my laptop, but I want to know if I could save updates to re-install after format without need to connect to Internet and download.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI have two instances of windows 7 on my PC. I did a clean install on my C: drive, I have three hard drives c d & e. I am unable to format my e drive because I'm pretty sure that is where some win 7 system files are, I've formatted my d drive. I'd like to know how to get rid of the second win 7 boot. Its corrupted and won't complete a boot up
View 8 Replies View RelatedIs there a way of formatting a drive without deleting windows? I am trying to install windows 7 with a legitimate key on a hard drive, however I do not have a CD. Is there any way of installing windows 7 without a cd?
View 6 Replies View RelatedI had Genuine windows 7. But while trying to partition my C drive error occurred and i had to completely format my hard disk. Now how can I re install my windows 7 or regain it back as before??
View 4 Replies View RelatedI bought new hp laptop.. it came with 500 GB harddisk, windows 7 home basic, I didn't get any windows cd apart from recovery in hard disk. My windows is installed in c: and that is the only drive that it have... now the situation..
1) I want to partition my harddisk without losing windows means I don't want to format C: drive
2) I also want to install linux in dual mode with windows..
Second question is related to first one because I don't need any method that may lead to situation like I can't install any other operating system.
I have 3 identical PCs with 2 partitions: C and D.I created a system image for one PC, C only.But when I restore that system image into the other 2 PCs (using Wind7 DVD), it formats both C and D and restore.The problem is that I have data on D and I don't want it to be formatted. I only want to restore the C image.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI am signed up with the MSDN-AA program and have downloaded windows 7 professional, now I want to put it on my main PC which has the home premium.. Obviously you all know that the anytime upgrade doesn't work with these keys nor can you upgrade using the iso provided. My question is, Is there any way to get around doing a clean install? Any way to upgrade and keep all my files and settings and things without formatting the whole drive?
View 9 Replies View RelatedI have a laptop which has been giving me a hard time lately, and I need to reinstall windows 7 (for the 4th time in 1.2 years). I have never reformatted it before and all I have is the windows 7 upgrade disk that came with it (I got it back in September when all of those free upgrade deals were going on, it originally had vista.) I read that you can have activation issues after formatting the hard drive while installing using the upgrade disc. I think Microsoft let you do it if your email them to activate it, but I'm not sure and I don't know where you would do this. Since I don't feel like formatting it, installing vista, and then reinstalling 7.
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View 3 Replies View RelatedI have laptop with with following specs; Dell N5110core i74 Gb DDR3 ram500GB Hard isk2769mb GraphicsWhen I bought,it has only single disk drive "C" with registered Window 7 HomePremium,now I want to make partitions without format
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