Diskpart "Clean All" Hangs

Hello everyone. I've recently received a Lenovo H405 series computer that is completely wiped and only can run BIOS. I have all of the repair disks, the Windows 7 installation disk, along with a disk to install all of the drivers.

I've been unable to fully install Windows 7 thus far after trying 4 times, usually it fails at the installation phase or gives me an error when I try to format my main partition. So I decided to re-wipe the HDD after someone suggested it to me.

So what I did was start up the Windows 7 installation from the disk, opened command prompt at the language screen, and have been waiting about 40 hours. It's a 500GB WD HDD if that helps. Can anyone tell me what's going wrong?

Brink said:

Hello thejt, and welcome to Seven Forums.

If you like, go ahead and start over, but use the "Clean" command instead of "Clean All" for it to be quicker. Hopefully, it'll successfully finish. :)

Disk - Clean and Clean All with Diskpart Command

Thanks! The clean command worked in seconds. I'll try and start the installation again and see if it solved my problem :)

Ztruker said:

Sounds like a defective hard drive.

Check the hard drive with the manufacturer's diagnostic tools.
7 Free Hard Drive Testing Programs
Hard Drive Diagnostics Tools and Utilities (Storage) - TACKtech Corp.
Bootable Hard Drive Diagnostics

If there is a hard drive test built into BIOS, run that and see what it shows.

Dang, you type faster than I do Shawn :)

I'm worried that it is defective. I'm going to buy a new SATA cable and HDD while they're on sale, just in case.

My BIOS doesn't seem to have a repair tool built-in. I'll see if I can run of the the programs through a USB though.

If not after testing HD with maker's HD Diagnostic extended CD scan if it passes work through the steps for Overcoming Windows 7 Installation Failures - Windows 7 Help Forums.