Windows 7 - Clean Install Windows 7

Hello Cammey, and welcome to Seven Forums.

If you mean the boot priority order in the BIOS, then yes, you would have your HDD set as the 2nd one and usually the CD/DVD or USB flash drive first.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Sorry no offence but I had to point that out because it's not listed in any step,or at lest I could not find it listed and if you dont realy know what your doing and it's a first time build,or a first reinstall well it's kinda important.But other than that your post helped my son(11y/o) with his first build on his own so thank you.He just could not figure out what the error message about his HDD was all about.

Cammey,

No offence taken at all. That's what we are for to help with any question. I'll add this to the note in the tutorial.

"Before doing this clean install, you should download and save all of your device drivers to DVD"

How do you do that?

Also, how can I get a list of all my installed software, so that I can go looking for the install media before I lose my current system?

Thanks.

Belarc Advisor - Free Personal PC Audit will list all that and more.

Basically clean install Windows 7 means an installation of Windows 7 on an unused partition on hard drive. In most cases, a clean install of Windows 7 means to remove an existing OS (Windows XP, Linux, Windows 7... doesn't matter) and to replace with fresh Windows 7 installation.

You're basically correct.

You will end up with a brand new, fresh OS installation. You will have to install all of your programs and update all of your drivers.

I have a question about this, your note at step #7. Don't you have to allocate a partition to get a separate 100 mb space? I am confused, and am about to set out trying to clean up a corrupt mbr, and would like the 100 mb system reserved space back. I will be using the "elevated command prompt" to clean it up, and then will be re-installing Win 7.
Your tutorials are really helpful, btw. jeff

If there are any partitions you won't get the 100MB System Reserved.

If there are no partitions, you will get it.

hi
just check out my bios
boot from cd/dvd was enable
but it still doesnt boot from windows 7 installation dvd.
can you help me with it?
do i need to change anything in the boot option?(which one of the boot option choices should i eable?)
thanks


my windows 7 now is installed in my drive c i want to get rid of it completely and install a brand new windows 7.
what should i do ?
do i need to format it first or delete it and then make it again?
i mean in step 8.i am new in this if you can enlighten me a little more i'd be appropriated.