reinstalled W7 - c drive full

I have an HP laptop. I had to reinstall Windows 7.

The hard drive has about 300 GB. After the install, the C drive is showing 39 GB and 99% full.

HUH? Any ideas?

A screenshot of the full Disk Management would help.

bassfisher6522 said:

It sounds like you've double installed 7. Why not just use HP's hidden partition/software to reset/restore laptop to factory condition.

I tried that, but no go.

So, right now, I am formatting the C drive, and gonna try from scratch.

bassfisher6522 said:

That was going to be my next suggestion....let us know how it goes.

Just finished the format, and it tells me that the C drive has 32 GB.

Makes no sense.

As I said earlier, post a picture of your Disk Management. Without that we are only guessing.

whs said:

As I said earlier, post a picture of your Disk Management. Without that we are only guessing.

I have formatted the C drive, so, I do not know how to get to the Disk Management. If you can advise, I would be happy to do so.

However, I am booting from my W7 installation disk, and this is what I am coming up with:



When I go to do the install, all it allows me to do is to use Disk 0 Partition 2 (31.9 GB free).

I see that there is 248 GB on Disk 0 unallocated space, but it will not allow me to install there, see below.



Thanx for any suggestions, I appreciate the help.

You have 4 primary partitions on this disk (I assume the partition marked 'System' is also primary). That's the reason why you cannot install. You have to get rid of Partition 1 and Partition 2 and add that to the unallocated space. Use the bootable CD of Partition Wizard for that operation. It is the last entry on this webpage:

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