not able to format C drive !!!

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  1. bankerrahul
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    not able to format C drive !!!


    hi all again...
    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 win7 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
    thanks all...
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  3. sergiogarcia9
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    Download Gparted, burn to a cd/dvd and boot from the disc, and then format the drive
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  4. Zidane24
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    I would try to boot a Win7 DVD Installation and format C drive from there...just don't continue installation afterwards
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  6. bankerrahul
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    sergiogarcia9 said:
    Download Gparted, burn to a cd/dvd and boot from the disc, and then format the drive
    GParted -- Welcome
    dvd drive is not working sir
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  7. Zidane24
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    bankerrahul said:
    dvd drive is not working sir
    thats a bummer...got a USB drive to use?
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  8. Antman
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    Use diskmgmt.msc and delete the vista partition?
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  10. bankerrahul
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    Zidane24 said:
    thats a bummer...got a USB drive to use?
    yes i got usb/..2 gb
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  11. sergiogarcia9
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    Zidane24 said:
    thats a bummer...got a USB drive to use?
    that doesnt stop you from running the windows 7 install You can extract the iso, run the setup, format the drive, and then exit install. This should work.
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  12. Zidane24
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    sergiogarcia9 said:
    that doesnt stop you from running the windows 7 install You can extract the iso, run the setup, format the drive, and then exit install. This should work.
    I might be wrong but you can't do drive fomats from within Windows 7 through setup for Windows 7...I could be wrong
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  13. bankerrahul
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    Antman said:
    Use diskmgmt.msc and delete the vista partition?
    not working
    thanks anyway
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