due 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 Repliesi 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?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI 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 RelatedSo, I have my computer set up so that Windows 7 is on my C: partition, and all my programs are installed on my D: partition.
If I was to do a clean install of the C: partition, how would that affect the programs on the D:? Would I have to reinstall them all?
Would formating my hardrive and reinstalling Windows 7 speed up my laptop?Which way will be the best to do it? Do i create a partition not to lose all graphix and sounds software?
View 7 Replies View RelatedI 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 have a Toshiba laptop that came with a preinstalled copy of Windows-7 (64 bit) version purchased in July 2010. No setup disk came with the laptop, but there is a "Toshiba recovery media creator" utility. Now, I want to format my laptop, and here I have few queries regarding this:
[1] What is the better option for formatting my drive? Should I use the Toshiba media-creator or install a clean version of Windows-7 from an ISO download (am I allowed to do that? If so, what is a good site to download?) There is a "sticker-certificate" on the bottom of my laptop with a product-key. Will it work with the new install?
[2] Do I have the option of installing a 32-bit version of Windows-7 instead of 64-bit with the above license? The reason is that most applications I use are 32-bit and hence a 32-bit OS is better suited for me. But does the license allow me to do that?
[3] (The tricky part) - Since I have a good 320GB HDD, I want to dual-boot by creating two partitions - with a linux distribution (Ubuntu/openSuse) running on the second partition? Assuming I don't have the option of clean-install, will I be able to create the extra partition for linux using the Toshiba utility?
I recently installed a fresh copy of Windows on my SSD. During setup I opted to delete all my old partitions on the drive, however I did not format the drive. Will this decision have an impact on the performance of the drive? Should I have reformatted the unallocated space on the drive to get better performance?
View 4 Replies View RelatedOne of my friends has a windows 7 computer with an account for himself, his mother and his 2 sisters. All the home directorys are stored in drive C. Partition D is shared. The question is, how to get a partition layout like this?
Partition 1: OS + programs
Partition 2: home partition for himself
Partition 3: home partition for his mother
Partition 4: home partition for his sister
Partition 5: home partition for his other sister
Partition 6: shared partition for some photos.
Can I install Windows 7 over the top of Vista
View 7 Replies View RelatedMy 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?
View 9 Replies View RelatedIve had it crashing on me with 10 minutes everytime i turn it on. It was this minidump thing. I got my copy of windows 7 finally D and i was wondering if i can like... format my entire C drive and put the disk into the CD drive and do it there. I got like this boot thing in the front tht lets me choose wat i want to boot from.
View 4 Replies View Relatedi had originally windows vista on drive C and then i installed windows 7 on drive E, then i wanted to try windows 8 so i deleted windows vista form drive C and installed windows 8 ... now i tried deleting/formating Drive C to put another OS on it but i couldnt delete the windows folder, im guessing its booting from Drive C into windows 7 on drive E.i used Easy BCD to remove the windows 8 boot entry since im not using it.so what should i do now? how can i format drive C and still make windows 7 boot correctly?
View 1 Replies View RelatedMy girlfriends laptop has windows 7 home premium with the serial number located on the underside of the computer. Somehow she has messed up her computer with virus' so bad that you cant do anything. I just wanna do a clean install. I dont need to backup or save anything. This laptop came with no discs. How do I do this. I can use my computer to download or make any
View 4 Replies View Relatedi tried installing OSx86 in my secondary hard disk i got win 7 on my primary hard disk.
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
Upgrade 32 bit windows 7 rc to 64 bit without formatting
View 3 Replies View RelatedI just puchased Windows 7 Home premium SP1 32 bit Full Version OEM to replace Vista Home Premium currently on my computer, which has given me all types of problems. I want to remove completly (format the disk), but cannot do it. Is there a way, or can I just install my new windows without formating? Will new drivers be installed doing it that way?
View 1 Replies View RelatedWindows 7 DVD Maker not formatting my videos to 16:9 when I set the option. Continues to stretch them to full screen.
View 1 Replies View RelatedIs it normal for 7 to not have to format the disk?
View 7 Replies View RelatedHow can I format the hard drive on my laptop without having a recovery disc?
View 3 Replies View RelatedI had a really bad virus on my Dell Windows 7 computer. I am now trying to format the Hard drive and load a new version of XP on the system. Every time I try to format the hidden volume. I get Cannot Format x: this volume is write protected. How do I un-protect this volume so I can format this hidden volume.
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 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.
View 12 Replies View RelatedWhile I am formatting, this error is showing "windows is unable to complete the format". How can I format it?
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??
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