Recovery To New Drive Format
Nov 19, 2012
my SSD that has my windows partition on it died. So, I pretty much need to do a image restore from the windows back up program. I have an image that's only a week old and there isn't anything that recent that I can't live without. I have the new drive ready, but I'm sort of confused with the process. Do I need to first format and partition this new drive, or will the image restore do that for me as part of the process? I could do a format on another machine and move it over, but I'm not clear if that's a good idea or not.
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Oct 29, 2011
My son is running Windows 7 Pro on a sad little 1 Gb RAM PC 3.4 GHz and of course it is somewhat underpowered and the PC is badly in need of a formatiing anyway..Problem is I can't get to a Format command anywhere??????I can get into BIOS OK, set the DVD as first boot option but when I save it (F10) and then it reboots, the screen always comes up with the "Start Windows Normally" option! I can reach the "boot from any CD/DVD option but for some weird option the arrows on the keyboard will not alow me to move away from this latter choice yet the board works fins with everything else.I can't get it to boot from the original Win 7 CD, Windows Vista or even Pro OS's ................ so of course again cannot get to the format command.I have created a System Recovery Disc but I am not 110% sure how to use this disc but nonetheless cannot seem to find an option for formatting there anyway.
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Oct 3, 2012
FORMATING my C drive and how to reinstall windows 7 again with the help of recovery disc.
my computer was formated and windows were reinstalled but it was not done by me. I have the recovery discs provided by the hp laptop company.
i have windows 7 home premium 64 bit.My device is HP DV6 6121tx
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Jan 11, 2013
Hard drive in 2009 Satellite P500 series notebook, Windows 7 Home Premium X64, is pre-Advanced Format Drive. The 2008, 500 GB Hard drive failed with SMART warning at every boot. (Pre-Advanced Format Drive) Replace with new 500 GB HDD (AFD) Advanced format. Repair with Toshiba supplied 3 Disc set "Recovery Media Satellite P500 series"... Boot okay, no network, Device Mgr shows 6 yellow exclamation marks, but properties all show "The device is working properly". Download latest drivers and install... no change in symptoms. Scrounge up another 2008 (320 GB) Hard drive, and the Recovery Media installs fine. System boots and everything is working great.Image Backup with three different programs, (PQ Drive Image (GHOST), Acronis, Active@Disk Image)Restore to new 500 GB (AFD) hard drive Continue to configure and customize system, and install all the latest updates. Install again, the new AFD hard drive into computer. Machine seems okay.. Use it for a couple days. Discover that Windows Update does not work. Says service is not running. but it is. I spent most of a day trying to resolve. can't fix it. Download an install a stand-alone fix does not work either.
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Aug 29, 2012
Can I format a Hard Drive with Windows 7 using a 2000 format disk. If so, what are the prompts i see and action on boot-up before I use the format C. Done it before but just forgot
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Sep 22, 2011
I have an HP G61 which was purchased from Pc World and having had 2 new hard drives with the later having software installed and now been given Recovery Disks.I want to remove/wipe everything on the hard drive and then use the HP G61 Recovery Disks to install the HP factory stuff and I presume Windows 7.I have read a thread which states you need to alter BIOS, I cant even find this on my PC.Then I want to install Windows Word & Excel etc, can anyone advise how I can install with no cost, hopefully downloadable.
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Jan 14, 2010
i've purchased a seagate 1TB external hard drive and need to format it in FAT32 format.
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Feb 8, 2013
how i can format my pen drive if window 7 and XP is unable to format it. they are saying files are in use. i have kept window xp, photoshop and some other software in it. Now please tell me how can i delete these items or format it.
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Mar 4, 2011
I am trying to delete the recovery drive and use all the c and recovery drive with windows 7. I do however want the Toshiba extras that come with it, well some of them. I also would like to use the windows experiance ratings.
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Apr 12, 2012
I bought a HP Laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium pre-installed. I got rid of any bloatware and as I'm typing this, Macrium is imaging my C drive to a network drive. Now my question is, would I be able to completely format the computer, set up my own partitions and install Windows on one of them? Preferably a fresh and clean version but I wouldn't mind the bloatware one either. Things to consider, I don't have a disk-drive so it'd have to be done with a thumbdrive; I have not been able to find the actual O/S product key, if someone could tell me where to locate it.
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Oct 31, 2012
I have a Hp pavilion g6, I've lost my recovery partition and I need to format my computer, when i start it, I have windows 7 on DVD but when I insert it and I click on F11 this message appears :
Windows failed to start. A recent hardware of software change might be the cause. To fix the problem:
1. Insert your Windows installation disc and restart your computer
2. Choose your language settings, and then click "Next."
3. Click "Repair your computer."
If you do not have this disc, contact your system administrator or computer manufacturer for assistance.
File: BootBCD
Status: 0xc0000225
Info: An error occurred when attempting to read the boot configuration data
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Apr 6, 2012
how to format acer aspire windows 7
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Oct 22, 2011
looking for a free version of something like this Memory Card Recovery Software to Recover Lost Photos - CardRecovery that will allow me to recover a bunch of HD video clips that were mistakenly erased
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Mar 4, 2010
i am planning to install windows 7 very soon but am worried that while installing windows 7,vista will be completely formatted if doing a fresh installation in-case if i don't like it, can i re-install vista using the recovery disc?my pc came with vista installed on it so i dont have a guniene DVD for vista.
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Feb 14, 2010
I have two hard disks-500GB and 80GB,so installed win 7 on 500GB HDD and 80GB was kept as slave.And i locked a drive present in 80GB using Bitlocker.Since week when i use win 7 ,after 20 min the display screen turned to black screen.So installed XP on 80GB drive.Now when i try to open the drive which i locked using Bitlocker is asking for format,that drive has important information.How can i retrieve the data from that drive?
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Feb 3, 2011
My 160 GB Win7 drive on my laptop failed (single partition), but thankfully I had a backup that I created on a 750 GB drive using EASUS Partition Master COPY. The backup drive is FULLY BOOTABLE, I've been booting into Windows 7 from an eSata external interface with no issues. It has a partition with my backed up Win7 installation and the rest is just unallocated space.
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May 22, 2011
My system got infected with some kind of virus, which severely slowed down the PC and caused me a lot of frustration. So I simply installed Win 7 on my H: drive. Now I want to completely format the C: drive, the location of the previous Win 7 install. During the install itself, for some reason there was no option to format the C: drive and re-install the windows there. And now that I'm trying to format C: drive, I get an error message: 'Windows was unable to complete the format'.
How can I wipe clean the C: drive and keep it for general use, with the Win7 now on my H: drive?
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Aug 13, 2009
i have a problem...
i have windows 7 installed on E drive and my C drive contains old vista...
now i want to delete vista and want to format c drive.
when i start Windows 7 and try to format C drive by right clicking on it, it says "windows was unable to complete the format"
please help me, i want to format it, i need some space in my pc urgently
make sure that my dvd drive is not working
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Aug 22, 2012
i had windows xp pro before and i had my c drive cleaned out and windows 7 starter installed by someone. it never worked good since then. after much frustration now i want to remove windows 7 starter and reinstall xp pro. is there any way i can perform thsi myself.
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Oct 19, 2012
I m facing a problem that my pen drive is not working because it is read only i m changing it from property but again it change in read only.
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Jun 16, 2012
When I try to access drive D it says this "you need to format the disk in drive d before you can use it". I don't even know whats in Drive D, my computer is new. But when I right click properties for used space it says 0 bytes and free space 0 bytes. But it still says its full. [URL]. After I press cancel [URL]. Drive Space [URL]. What should I do?
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Sep 11, 2012
I have 2 format programs recommended by GEEK, easus and mini tool partition...they will not allow me to do partition...The disk layout is C: system and files D: hp recovery data E:hp files...When I start I can do resize and get an allocated file, then on the allocated file I click create and then I get message this is not a primary, and I cannot find a way to change it....and if I use the other program(mini) it says there is no boot files.
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Jul 17, 2011
Every 5 minutes or so , a pop up saying "You need to format the disk in drive g before you can use it" comes up. Problem is, I have no disk in drive g, and nothing connected to my usb ports. So i have no idea what this means. Add to this that the device manager keeps refreshing and will not let me click anything.
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Jun 26, 2012
I have a customer's laptop that will not start. Upon start up, it looks like bootmgr is corrupted or missing. I have managed to boot using a Windows 7 disc and get into the CMD promt. However, when I try to run "diskpart" it just gets stuck and will not give me a prompt to start erasing/formatting the drive(s). I have tried re-installing Win7, as well as tried repairing so that I could roll back the drive, and none of those work. This is an HP G72 laptop (Win7 - Core I-3).
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Oct 24, 2012
With the new pc parts I just got I also got a wd 1TB hardrive I want to use the whole drive as a single formatted drive can Windows 7 do this because I am told that XP can't handle that large of a single format.
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Jul 2, 2009
installing build 7264.
mounted the ISO in magic disk and did custom installation.
the only options is load driver and i see the partition but i can't format it.
what to do?
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Jul 24, 2009
i have 3 partition in my pc...
C drive contains vista home basic...D drive contains some data and E drive contains new Windows 7 7260
now...i am not using vista anymore..so can i format my c drive directly...
and one more thing..i have lenovo y510 laptop...and it has a one key recovery option...so if i format my c drive....will i be able to use that one key recovery feature in future ???
and apart from 3 partition...i have one more partition which is hidden...in computer management tool...it shows "OEM".
so what do you say ??? is it safe to format my C drive now to get more hdd space ??? but please...i should be able to use "one key recovery".
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Oct 24, 2009
How do i format system drive, from windows?
can i use command prompt?
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Jul 9, 2010
I am getting this popup: "You need to format the disk in drive x before you can use it". In my case it's drive H:. I have unchecked "Use AutoPlay for all media and devices" in the Control Panel. I did this a week ago when I started getting these popups and it seemed to work till today when it all started up again. I just noticed that the popup is not appearing, but the drive is appearing and disappearing from my file manager (I use Q-dir).
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Dec 19, 2011
This weekend a installed the windows 7 64bit over a vista 32bit. During the installation I left my Samsung S2 HD 500gb plugged in.After the installation the windows didn't find a mass storage controller drive and my HD appeared as Local Drive ( F: ). When I try to access it, this msg comes up: you need to format the disk in drive f before you can use it. I tried plugging in all usb port I could find. And even the win xp 32bit showed the same msg. I also tried the "Easy Recovery Pro". But it didn't worked. When a click on any of the recovery option the software doesnot find any hard drive in my pc. Then I tried the "GetDataBack for NTFS". After 24 hours of scanning, it didn't find any of my files. Tonight, I will try the "diskdigger" and the "Recuva". But I am not putting too much faith on those software due some post I read here. I really need to recover same work data.
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Dec 15, 2010
I have formatted it 5 time and it's constantly asking to format it..... My laptop is an MSI that's all I know.
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