How to Format Windows 7 to have empty C:

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  1. Posts : 3
    windows 7
       #1

    How to Format Windows 7 to have empty C:


    Hello

    im new on the forum, and i will ask probably only this one question.

    Im selling my old laptop that has right now Win 7 on it, i will sell him with blank disks. And as i hawe ne experiance with windows 7 i dont know how to format disk C:

    Please help or give me a link on forum with answer..

    Sorry for dumb question, but im new and as newbie the forum is for me immense


    Thank you
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  2. Posts : 31,242
    Windows 11 Pro x64 [Latest Release and Release Preview]
       #2

    try the partition wizard boot disk

    Partition Wizard is a Magic Server Partition Manager Software for Windows Server 2000/2003/2008 and Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7.

    You will find that win7 does not allow you to format the system drive (C)
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  3. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #3

    Have a look at this one: Active@ Kill Disk Hard Drive Eraser. Low Level Format. It can be operated from a bootable CD. http://www.killdisk.com/bootablecd.htm
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  4. Posts : 3
    windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #4

    Again me

    I need to wipe the drive, i read some aticles on forum

    I Want To Sell My Laptop...

    thats my situation :)

    but answers are welcome
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  5. Posts : 6,285
    Windows 10 Pro X64
       #5

    Answers were already provided. Did you read the information at the links given?
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  6. Posts : 3
    windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #6

    Thanks alot
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  7. Posts : 71,977
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #7

    Hello Bero, and welcome to Seven Forums.

    In addition, you can use the Clean All command in a command prompt at boot to completely wipe the hard drive without the need for a 3rd party program.

    Hope this helps,
    Shawn
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  8.    #8

    Is there only one Hard Drive in the machine? If so you'll need to run the Diskpart CLEAN command from Win7 or Vista install DVD.

    Boot the DVD, select Repair on second screen, click through to Recovery Tools list to open a Command Line, type:

    DISKPART
    LIST DISK
    SELECT DISK # (replace # with # given for your Win7 HD)
    CLEAN ALL
    EXIT

    This is the deepest clean. if the disk is large it will take hours. If you don't want to wait remove the word "ALL" from Command.

    Edit: The commands are explained more fully in Brink's tutorial just posted
    Last edited by gregrocker; 10 Apr 2010 at 23:59.
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  9. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #9

    Brink said:
    Hello Bero, and welcome to Seven Forums.

    In addition, you can use the Clean All command in a command prompt at boot to completely wipe the hard drive without the need for a 3rd party program.

    Hope this helps,
    Shawn
    I wonder how this works if you apply it to C.
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  10. Posts : 10,200
    MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
       #10

    Bero said:
    Hello

    im new on the forum, and i will ask probably only this one question.

    Im selling my old laptop that has right now Win 7 on it, i will sell him with blank disks. And as i hawe ne experiance with windows 7 i dont know how to format disk C:

    Please help or give me a link on forum with answer..

    Sorry for dumb question, but im new and as newbie the forum is for me immense


    Thank you
    If you find that you can't "clean yourself" using DiskPart, then
    Make yourself a system repair disk,
    boot from the system repair disk
    If you get a screen with two radio buttons shown, choose the default (top) one.

    Now choose Command Prompt from that menu.

    Now you will be able to use Diskpart to CLEAN ALL

    What happens is that the repair disk has installed a mini version of Win7 into ram and made that area a ram drive with the letter of X:


    CREATE A SYSTEM REPAIR DISK
    START | type System Repair | Enter key | Create Disk button

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