Windows 7 Repair Disk Reformatting


  1. Posts : 2
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64
       #1

    Windows 7 Repair Disk Reformatting


    Hello!
    I recently had some issues with my wimpy work laptop, and they were quickly resolved by making a repair disk with my gaming rig.
    However, when I tried to reformat the disk, it seems to be read-only and only formattable to some weird file system.
    Is this purposeful? Are these disks forever repair disks?
    I guess it might be useful to have one lying around, but I would like to recycle the disk.
    Thanks,
    Evan
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  2. Posts : 6,285
    Windows 10 Pro X64
       #2

    How are you trying to reformat the disk? Normally you would do this during the Windows 7 install process.
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  3.    #3

    Follow these steps closely to get a perfect Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7
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  4. Posts : 2
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64
    Thread Starter
       #4

    Ztruker said:
    How are you trying to reformat the disk? Normally you would do this during the Windows 7 install process.
    I created the disk using the "Create Repair Disk" option on the Backup menu.

    I have successfully repaired my computer, so there's no reason to keep the repair disk.

    EDIT: Wow, I'm mentally hitting myself. It's a DVD-R, so I can't reformat.
    Argh, I thought I grabbed a -RW. D'oh well.
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  5.    #5

    You do not use a Repair CD to reformat and reinstall Win7. You use a DVD burned with the ISO image file of your licensed version, which I provided you in the blue link above.

    During install, delete all partitions to Create and Format New ones as you wish. See Steps 6/7 here for illustration: Clean Install Windows 7
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