Installing win 7 on formatted in old laptop

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  1. gregrocker
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    The steps I gave you to Clean Reinstall include the latest installer and the MS tool to burn it to DVD. Please read and follow the steps. Is there some reason you cannot do this?
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  3. TWardy
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       New #32

    Awesome. Thank you
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  4. TWardy
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       New #33

    It just comes up - missing operating system
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  6. ignatzatsonic
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       New #34

    TWardy said:
    It just comes up - missing operating system
    That's not quite enough detail if you expect any help.
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  7. karlsnooks
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       New #35

    Twardy,
    You did or you did not follow the procedure given by GregRocker?

    If you did, then at which step was their a malfunction?

    Greg's instructions are clear.
    Greg's instructions are correct.

    thanks for your cooperation AND answers to the questions.
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  8. TWardy
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       New #36

    It's ok. Tried it several times and it finally read the disk. Thanks for your help and patience guys
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  10. TWardy
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       New #37

    Next issue

    Windows could not format a partition disc 0. The error occurred while preparing the partition for installation. Error code:0x80070057
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  11. ignatzatsonic
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       New #38

    Take a look at post 25 from Karlsnooks.

    What is the answer to his question?
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  12. TWardy
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    My digital life
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  13. ignatzatsonic
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    Is there ANYTHING on the drive that you care about and want to keep?

    Or are you willing to wipe it completely?
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