Formating in Win7 (Full Format)

theog · 05 Oct 2009

Hi Marty

This tutorial may be of help:

Clean Install Windows 7

Marty · 05 Oct 2009

Dave76 said:

You do know this will wipe out everything that is on the partition?
If it's your OS partition, it will be completely gone.

chuckr said:

Since you have w7 already installed, and you just want to "know how"...

(You're now getting into: "know when", and "how to", etc.)

Hope this helped...

This is precisely what I want to do... tonight as a matter of fact. And yes, you have all been very helpful. But: do I format the entire drive then partition, or partition and then format each partition individually?

Dave76 · 05 Oct 2009

theog said:

Hi Marty

This tutorial may be of help:

Clean Install Windows 7

Marty said:

Dave76 said:

You do know this will wipe out everything that is on the partition?
If it's your OS partition, it will be completely gone.

chuckr said:

Since you have w7 already installed, and you just want to "know how"...

(You're now getting into: "know when", and "how to", etc.)

Hope this helped...

This is precisely what I want to do... tonight as a matter of fact. And yes, you have all been very helpful. But: do I format the entire drive then partition, or partition and then format each partition individually?

We are trying to help you from getting into a situation where you might not be able to get your computer to do anything.

The best way for you to proceed from here is to follow theog's suggestion and read, then follow the tutorial: How to Do a Clean Installation with Windows 7

Marty · 05 Oct 2009

Sorry, I know I'm a pest but, in addition to this question ^^^, should I remove the existing partitions first?

Marty · 05 Oct 2009

Dave76 said:

We are trying to help you from getting into a situation where you might not be able to get your computer to do anything.

I really do appreciate your concern, but I am aware of risks, and would appreciate some info.

Should I remove the existing partitions first? Then, do I format the entire drive then partition, or partition and then format each partition individually?

Cheers,

Marty.

logicearth · 05 Oct 2009

Remove the partitions, create news ones, then format those partitions.
* BTW doing a a non quick format can take a long time, sometimes hours.

Marty · 05 Oct 2009

Yeah i know man, just trying to work out the labyrinth of diskpart now. Lucky i got a laptop as well that I'm surfing on for help, lol. Thanks man.

Dave76 · 05 Oct 2009

Marty said:

Yeah i know man, just trying to work out the labyrinth of diskpart now. Lucky i got a laptop as well that I'm surfing on for help, lol. Thanks man.

Try the free partition manager:
Partition Wizard Home Edition Free!

I haven't formatted an entire HDD with it, but it should do it.

Main Features
Create , Delete and Format partitions with simple steps.

It may require a startup disk to do this.

Set your BIOS to boot from your install media, DVD or USB stick, which ever you are using to first on the list and your normal OS HDD second. Before you format.
As a second option you can press F12 (depends on your BIOS) when the computer first starts to get the boot option screen, so you can choose which device to boot from.

When finished formatting, put in DVD or USB stick, re-start computer.

swarfega · 05 Oct 2009

If you dont select quick format then your doing the full format. That simple really

Marty · 05 Oct 2009

swarfega said:

If you dont select quick format then your doing the full format. That simple really

There's no way to actually deselect quick format, hence the purpose of this thread.