How To Format C Having An Earlier Copy Of Windows 7
Jun 22, 2011
i had windows 7 beta version installed on my C: drive earlier later i installed the full version on drive f: as the windows on C: got corrupted....but now i want to format the drive C:i was able to delete the files like windows program files, etc by taking the ownership from trustedInstaller and blah blah ...but when i try to take the ownership of the drive C...it is unsuccessful.i tried formatting using cmd etc etc all.it is of no use my DVD drive is defective too so i cant boot from a cd like in xp setup and delete the files + on trying to boot from USB..it seems my PC gets hung so what shall i do now? any help would be appriciated ... it is using almost 5 GB of my space ( i guess the space is what OS installs itself into) ....this 5 gb can be put into much useful processes.
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My question is this:
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1. It is familiar :-)
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