| Windows 7: no format option during the installation |
18 Oct 2009
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no format option during the installation same procedure as somebody's, custom --chose partition ,but no advance option seen. is there anything wrong?
1 daemon tool with iso
2 disk installation.
but no advance option at all. why ?? | My System Specs |
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18 Oct 2009
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how many partitions do you have?
are you booting your computer from the DVD? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Too many to list. OS XP, Seven, 2008R2 CPU AMD, Intel, VIA Motherboard Various Memory Corsair, Kingston, etc. Graphics Card ATI, NVIDIA Monitor(s) Displays Samsung Keyboard qwerty Hard Drives Maxtor, Western Digital Internet Speed 22 Mb/s @ home, 1 Gb/s @ server Other Info All of my systems still run fastest on XP 32-bit for the most part. Win7 is fun to play with, but I still prefer XP for raw speed, security, and functionality. |
18 Oct 2009
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5 partitions i got . boot from dvd also try daemon tool, and mount . | My System Specs | | |
18 Oct 2009
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Could you attach a screenshot of Disk Management?
You should try write the ISO to a DVD and boot from it. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Too many to list. OS XP, Seven, 2008R2 CPU AMD, Intel, VIA Motherboard Various Memory Corsair, Kingston, etc. Graphics Card ATI, NVIDIA Monitor(s) Displays Samsung Keyboard qwerty Hard Drives Maxtor, Western Digital Internet Speed 22 Mb/s @ home, 1 Gb/s @ server Other Info All of my systems still run fastest on XP 32-bit for the most part. Win7 is fun to play with, but I still prefer XP for raw speed, security, and functionality. |
18 Oct 2009
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i did write the iso to dvd ,but it has same problem. | My System Specs | | |
18 Oct 2009
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it looks fine to me. Shouldn't be any problems.
What partition are you trying to format? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Too many to list. OS XP, Seven, 2008R2 CPU AMD, Intel, VIA Motherboard Various Memory Corsair, Kingston, etc. Graphics Card ATI, NVIDIA Monitor(s) Displays Samsung Keyboard qwerty Hard Drives Maxtor, Western Digital Internet Speed 22 Mb/s @ home, 1 Gb/s @ server Other Info All of my systems still run fastest on XP 32-bit for the most part. Win7 is fun to play with, but I still prefer XP for raw speed, security, and functionality. |
18 Oct 2009
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it's so weird. just can not see the option. it is killing me. | My System Specs | | |
18 Oct 2009
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what partition are you trying to format? did you click on it, then click advanced? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Too many to list. OS XP, Seven, 2008R2 CPU AMD, Intel, VIA Motherboard Various Memory Corsair, Kingston, etc. Graphics Card ATI, NVIDIA Monitor(s) Displays Samsung Keyboard qwerty Hard Drives Maxtor, Western Digital Internet Speed 22 Mb/s @ home, 1 Gb/s @ server Other Info All of my systems still run fastest on XP 32-bit for the most part. Win7 is fun to play with, but I still prefer XP for raw speed, security, and functionality. |
18 Oct 2009
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Quote: Originally Posted by sup3rsprt what partition are you trying to format? did you click on it, then click advanced? C drive -i wanted to format. but even i tried other partitions , there was not any advanced to be seen? | My System Specs | | |
18 Oct 2009
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you can't format the C: drive unless you boot from the DVD.
it means put the DVD in your drive, restart your computer, and select DVD-ROM as first boot device. Press any key to boot from DVD... | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Too many to list. OS XP, Seven, 2008R2 CPU AMD, Intel, VIA Motherboard Various Memory Corsair, Kingston, etc. Graphics Card ATI, NVIDIA Monitor(s) Displays Samsung Keyboard qwerty Hard Drives Maxtor, Western Digital Internet Speed 22 Mb/s @ home, 1 Gb/s @ server Other Info All of my systems still run fastest on XP 32-bit for the most part. Win7 is fun to play with, but I still prefer XP for raw speed, security, and functionality. no format option during the installation problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 04:41 PM. | |