supra dan Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 can anyone tell me how to format a hard disk? i want to clean install windows 7 but cant get rid of xp. i cant do an upgrade it wont let me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseys Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 You need to create a boot disk/cd and boot off that then you can format the hdd. or alternatively boot off your windows cd, it should give an option there to format/partition your hdd. At least nt/xp/vista gave that option so I hope 7 does Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T2 MSW Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 You dont need to create boot disks these days. If you boot from the windows 7 CD part way through the installation you will be asked if you want to do a new install or a full one. Select full. You will then be asked which partition to install it too. There is an option to delete all the partition and recreate them. This will delete the FAT table on the disk and allow you to esentially install to a blank drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supradan Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 http://www.ehow.com/how_6026_format-hard-drive.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra dan Posted January 30, 2010 Author Share Posted January 30, 2010 thanks guys but when you format using xp it just goes on to install it again doesnt matter anyway as the problem is someting else, i am getting an error code 0x80070241, anyone know how to fix it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Put the Windows 7 installation disc into the PC. With my motherboard I can hit F8 during the boot screen and then select the DVD-RW as the first boot device. You need to boot from the Windows Disc in order to get what you want to do done. You might have to enter the bios to do this. If you are a complete noob to all this, this will be the hardest task for you. Once you have booted from the DVD just make sure you click "Advanced Drive Options" or something like that when it is asking you which drive you want to install on. Click on the drive you wish to format and just click format. This will not be a low level format though. The best way to do this is from a boot disc or diskette as previously mentioned. HTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra dan Posted January 31, 2010 Author Share Posted January 31, 2010 got it formatted now bud but turns out that wasnt the problem. dont know what that error code is do you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 when are you getting the error code? What are you doing at the time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra dan Posted January 31, 2010 Author Share Posted January 31, 2010 it loads the first files ok then stops and says cant copy some files they are missing or corrupt. how can they be missing on a blank harddrive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 They will be missing from your installation CD, possibly a bad disc or scratched etc. At what point during the install is this happening? You aren't giving me a lot to go on here, are you in a hurry when you post or something? lol Is this happening when the windows files are loading into memory via a black screen and a white progress line, or is this after all selections have been made and the installation itself has began? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra dan Posted January 31, 2010 Author Share Posted January 31, 2010 sorry scott i am at work cant be the disk as i have tried 2 different sets, both genuine. it loads the first set of files everything looks fine untill halfway through then i get the error message. i gave the fault code a quick google seems there may be a problem that needs a fix but i dont have time to go through it just now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 Are you installing windows 7? Not vista? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra dan Posted January 31, 2010 Author Share Posted January 31, 2010 yes windows 7 home premium over xp.i thought it might be my dodgy copy of xp so i bought the full version and loaded it to a new hard drive, same result Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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