| Windows 7: HDD Help needed |
03 Mar 2013
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#11 | | Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit |
Hello? Can anyone help me? :'( | My System Specs |
| Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell Inspiron 530 OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit CPU Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 4400 @ 2.00GHz Motherboard Intel(R) Centrino(TM) 2 Memory 4.50 GB RAM Graphics Card Radeon X1300/X1550 Series Sound Card Realtek HD Audio Monitor(s) Displays Philips 170B Screen Resolution 1280x1024 Keyboard Intex Keyboard Mouse Imation mouse |
03 Mar 2013
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#12 | | Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 X64/ linux in VM NW Florida |
Where did you get the Windows 7 installation disk and what version do you have? | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built- Always under construction OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 X64/ linux in VM CPU Intel i7-3770K Motherboard Asus Maximus V Extreme Z77 Memory 8GB G.Skill Ripjaws Z DDR3-2400 (2X4GB) Graphics Card EVGA GTX 670 SC 4GB Sound Card On Board Monitor(s) Displays Asus 24" LCD Screen Resolution 1920X1080 Keyboard Logitech G510 Mouse Logitech G500 PSU CORSAIR AX850 Case Cooler Master HAF X Cooling Custom Water Cooling Hard Drives Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB, Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB, Samsung 830 256GB, Samsung HD103SJ 1TB . External HD- Black X dock esata 1TB Samsung Spinpoint, Rosewill USB 3.0 dock 1TB Samsung Spinpoint Internet Speed carrier pigeon speed Antivirus MSE/MBAM Browser ie8 Other Info 2nd Rig,Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 X64, i7-2600K, Asrock P67 Extreme 4, 8GB DDR3-2133, HAF XM case, Noctua NH-D14, Gigabyte HD6950 OC 1GB, 2 X Crucial M4 128GB, Asus 24" LED.
Laptop- Samsung RF711-SO1 17" i5-2310M, 8GB DDR3-1333, Crucial M4 and OCZ vertex2, Nvidia GT540M.Win 7 HP X64 SP1. |
04 Mar 2013
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#13 | | Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit |
It's an original version I bought from the electronic store near me, and its Windows 7 Home Premium x64. | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell Inspiron 530 OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit CPU Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 4400 @ 2.00GHz Motherboard Intel(R) Centrino(TM) 2 Memory 4.50 GB RAM Graphics Card Radeon X1300/X1550 Series Sound Card Realtek HD Audio Monitor(s) Displays Philips 170B Screen Resolution 1280x1024 Keyboard Intex Keyboard Mouse Imation mouse |
04 Mar 2013
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#14 | | Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1 Mt. Crumpit/Whoville |
Your User file is definitely not empty, both the Properties and WinDirStat show it is quite big.
when you say format, did you actually reformat the HDD? Some people say format to mean install Windows but are entirely different things.
Do this exactly as shown. Disk Management - Post a Screen Capture Image | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built Desktop By DataTech OS Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1 CPU Intel i5-2550K, Differing ~4.4-4.8GHz No built in GPU Motherboard ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 Memory 16GB G.Skill Sniper 2133MHz 4x4GB Graphics Card ASUS ENGTX460 DirectCU/2DI/1GD5 GeForce GTX 460 Sound Card Onboard Realtek 5-1 Monitor(s) Displays Samsung P2570HD Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Old, beat-up Dell USB From 10 yrs Ago Mouse Gigabyte m6900 wired PSU Corsair HX650W Case Inwin Dragon Rider Cooling Hyper 212 EVO w/two Noctua fans, push-pull, @1300 RPM Hard Drives Crucial M4 128GB for OS, 750GB Seagate MomentusXT for data, 500GB Seagate Constellation for storage Internet Speed 8-19 Mbs down, 3-4 Mbs up Comcast Cable Antivirus Norton Internet Security Browser IE 9, Opera when needed Other Info 4 case fans, LG BluRay-RE, ASUS DVD-RW, Mr. Fusion power generator with flux capacitor, 1.21 gigawatts. |
04 Mar 2013
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#15 | | Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit |
I know what I'm saying when I said "format" , i followed the complete tutorial of how to do a clean install, and heres the screen capture: | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell Inspiron 530 OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit CPU Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 4400 @ 2.00GHz Motherboard Intel(R) Centrino(TM) 2 Memory 4.50 GB RAM Graphics Card Radeon X1300/X1550 Series Sound Card Realtek HD Audio Monitor(s) Displays Philips 170B Screen Resolution 1280x1024 Keyboard Intex Keyboard Mouse Imation mouse |
04 Mar 2013
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#16 | | Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 X64/ linux in VM NW Florida |
Brightstar, do you have copies of your user files on a separate hard drive or other media? Would you like to reinstall and fix this problem? If so, I assume you have only the one hard drive installed, it being a laptop. If you would like to try this, WE will guide you. Pleas let us know when you are ready. | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built- Always under construction OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 X64/ linux in VM CPU Intel i7-3770K Motherboard Asus Maximus V Extreme Z77 Memory 8GB G.Skill Ripjaws Z DDR3-2400 (2X4GB) Graphics Card EVGA GTX 670 SC 4GB Sound Card On Board Monitor(s) Displays Asus 24" LCD Screen Resolution 1920X1080 Keyboard Logitech G510 Mouse Logitech G500 PSU CORSAIR AX850 Case Cooler Master HAF X Cooling Custom Water Cooling Hard Drives Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB, Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB, Samsung 830 256GB, Samsung HD103SJ 1TB . External HD- Black X dock esata 1TB Samsung Spinpoint, Rosewill USB 3.0 dock 1TB Samsung Spinpoint Internet Speed carrier pigeon speed Antivirus MSE/MBAM Browser ie8 Other Info 2nd Rig,Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 X64, i7-2600K, Asrock P67 Extreme 4, 8GB DDR3-2133, HAF XM case, Noctua NH-D14, Gigabyte HD6950 OC 1GB, 2 X Crucial M4 128GB, Asus 24" LED.
Laptop- Samsung RF711-SO1 17" i5-2310M, 8GB DDR3-1333, Crucial M4 and OCZ vertex2, Nvidia GT540M.Win 7 HP X64 SP1. |
04 Mar 2013
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#17 | | Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit |
1. I have everything I need backed up on an external hard drive.
2. My computer is a desktop computer not a laptop. Inspiron 530.
3. I'm ready to format/reinstall anytime. | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell Inspiron 530 OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit CPU Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 4400 @ 2.00GHz Motherboard Intel(R) Centrino(TM) 2 Memory 4.50 GB RAM Graphics Card Radeon X1300/X1550 Series Sound Card Realtek HD Audio Monitor(s) Displays Philips 170B Screen Resolution 1280x1024 Keyboard Intex Keyboard Mouse Imation mouse |
04 Mar 2013
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#18 | | Windows 7 Home Premium x64 Indiana/Florida U.S.A. |
Clean Install Windows 7 Is the place to start,imho. Format a HDD or USB
Just curious, did you ever do a "clean disk"? Wondering where all those files came from is all. If you're downloading lots of videos maybe you could change destination folders to off disk storage, i.e. external. | My System Specs | | Computer type Laptop System Manufacturer/Model Number Asus G74Sx OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 CPU Intel i7 2670 Qm @2.20 Motherboard AsusTek G74Sx,1.0 Memory 16 GB DDR3 Graphics Card Nvidia Geforce GTX 560M -2040mb Monitor(s) Displays Generic Screen Resolution 1600 x 900 Hard Drives Crucial M4 128 gb SSD Internal/ 500gb Western Digital internal @ 7200 rpm (love the dual internal drives!)
1t Western Digital External, 500gb Western Digital External
500gb Seagate External x 2 Antivirus Avast Free Browser Opera/Maxthon3/Comodo Dragon (very rarely) |
04 Mar 2013
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#19 | | Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit |
Dude, I told you I didn't download/install anything except for Google Chrome LOL.
I have no videos. No documents. Nothing.
It's empty. Literally.
And I followed every single step in that tutorial. | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell Inspiron 530 OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit CPU Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 4400 @ 2.00GHz Motherboard Intel(R) Centrino(TM) 2 Memory 4.50 GB RAM Graphics Card Radeon X1300/X1550 Series Sound Card Realtek HD Audio Monitor(s) Displays Philips 170B Screen Resolution 1280x1024 Keyboard Intex Keyboard Mouse Imation mouse |
04 Mar 2013
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#20 | | Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 X64/ linux in VM NW Florida |
Ok, disconnect all hard drives except the one you want Windows installed on, change your bios, if necessary to boot from the DVD, insert the Installation DVD, save and exit. On startup you should get a message to boot from DVD press any key, do so, you only have about 5 seconds. Then you should see windows loading files. At the first screen, do not select your language, hold down the shift key and press F10. That should bring up a command prompt. You are going to erase everything on that hard drive, there will be nothing left. After you press shift + F10 you will get a command prompt window. I will tell you what to type, press enter after each command do not type what is in parenthesis, it is just for your info. Type these commands: diskpart (press enter and wait for the screen to reply diskpart) List disk ( enter, you should have only 1 disk numbered 0) select disk 0 ( the window should reply disk 0 is the selected disk) clean all (press enter, go have lunch. It will take several hours and will seem to be doing nothing, but it is. It will tell you when it is finished, wait until it is finished, it is wiping you hard drive clean) create partition primary(press enter, it will only take a couple of seconds and will say completed) select partition 1 (enter. You are selecting the partition you just created it will respond partition 1 is the selected partition) format fs=ntfs quick (enter,you are formatting the partition. It will tell you when it is finished) atctive ( you are marking the partition as active for Windows to boot from) exit (press enter,this will exit from diskpart, but you will still be in the console under X:sources) exit (enter, this will exit the command prompt and you will be back at the select your language window.)
continue as usual with the install. do not format the disk, when you get to 'where do you want to install windows, select the drive and begin the install. If you have any problems, let us know. It should go smoothly. When you are finished, and installed your drivers and all windows updates, please post a screenshot of disk management. If you have any questions, let us know. It will look like this, except you will have only 1 drive showing and will select drive 0, and you will put format fs=ntfs quick, and you do not have to put the label tag unless you want to, but if you do wrap the name in quotation marks.
Last edited by essenbe; 11 Mar 2013 at 01:37 PM..
| My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built- Always under construction OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 X64/ linux in VM CPU Intel i7-3770K Motherboard Asus Maximus V Extreme Z77 Memory 8GB G.Skill Ripjaws Z DDR3-2400 (2X4GB) Graphics Card EVGA GTX 670 SC 4GB Sound Card On Board Monitor(s) Displays Asus 24" LCD Screen Resolution 1920X1080 Keyboard Logitech G510 Mouse Logitech G500 PSU CORSAIR AX850 Case Cooler Master HAF X Cooling Custom Water Cooling Hard Drives Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB, Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB, Samsung 830 256GB, Samsung HD103SJ 1TB . External HD- Black X dock esata 1TB Samsung Spinpoint, Rosewill USB 3.0 dock 1TB Samsung Spinpoint Internet Speed carrier pigeon speed Antivirus MSE/MBAM Browser ie8 Other Info 2nd Rig,Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 X64, i7-2600K, Asrock P67 Extreme 4, 8GB DDR3-2133, HAF XM case, Noctua NH-D14, Gigabyte HD6950 OC 1GB, 2 X Crucial M4 128GB, Asus 24" LED.
Laptop- Samsung RF711-SO1 17" i5-2310M, 8GB DDR3-1333, Crucial M4 and OCZ vertex2, Nvidia GT540M.Win 7 HP X64 SP1. HDD Help needed problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 07:53 PM. | |