Format Hard Disk Before Installing Windows 7?
Apr 12, 2012Do I need to format my hard disk before installing Windows 7?
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Mar 10, 2011I'm building my first pc and I'm getting blocked right at the gate. I have a 64bit Windows 7 installation disk (home version, "for system builders" ). This is a fresh installation, I don't have any other OSs for this build so my options are limited.
It starts out fine, but when I get to the point where I am to pick a hard drive to install to, it won't accept anything. It will allow me to delete partitions but clicking on "New" or "Format" (under the advanced options) makes it think for a few seconds, then just stop like nothing happened.
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Aug 8, 2012I have bought a new laptop (DOS installed) and trying to install windows7After i installed windows 7, i can see only 30 gb drive in "My computer" (500 gb hard disk)When iam trying to create new volume in disk management on unallocated spaceiam getting a prompt that "this action will convert the disk to dynamic disk"when i proceeded with clicking ok i get an error message saying "Not enough space on the disk to perform the operation"Even in the windows installation screen iam unable to select the unallocated space and format.I can see the options "format", "delete" disabled for the partitionsI can see the options enabled for only few partitions.This is a brand new laptop with DOS installed and iam installing the windows for first time.
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Installing 64 Bit To New Hard Drive From Upgrade Disk?
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