Fresh Install - format?

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To simply format:

1. Create a System Repair Disc,
2. Go to a command prompt using your System Repair Disc,
3. Wipe the disk clean
4. Format the disk

Detailed explanation:
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CREATE A SYSTEM REPAIR DISC
START | type System Repair | Enter key | Create Disc button
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GO TO A COMMAND PROMPT USING A SYSTEM REPAIR DISC
1) Insert System Repair Disc into optical reader.
2) Shutdown your computer.
3) Boot up your computer from the System Repair Disc (if needed, Power on button, immediately hit F2 key, change boot order to have boot from cd/dvd first).
4) Wait while a mini-version of Windows is loaded and finally the System Recovery Options dialog appears.
5) SYSTEM RECOVERY OPTIONS dialog |
will show Select a keyboard input method |
NEXT button
6) SYSTEM RECOVERY OPTIONS dialog
will search your system for installed versions of Windows.
7) SYSTEM RECOVERY OPTIONS dialog |
select the Use recovery tools that can help fix problems starting Windows radio button |
NEXT button
8) SYSTEM RECOVERY OPTIONS |
will show Choose a recovery tool and list the following |
System Repair
System Restore
System Image Recovery
Windows Memory Diagnostic
Command Prompt
9) Click on command prompt


You can remove the System Repair Disc. A mini Win 7 has been installed to a ram drive labeled X:
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WIPE A DISK CLEAN AND FORMAT THE DISK

• type DiskPart, Enter key
• type List disk, Enter key
note the numeral of the disk you want to clean
for example purposes, I’ll be using the numeral 2
• type Select disk 2, Enter key
• type Detail disk, Enter key
this info will let you know if you selected correctly
• type Clean ALL, Enter key
your entire disk is being overwritten with zeros.
This can take a considerable amount of time
After Clean is finished,
and only after clean is finished--
• type FORMAT fs=NTFS quick, Enter key
• type EXIT, Enter key (only after Format is finished)
• type EXIT, Enter key (this gets you back where you were)
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Remove the System Repair Disc if you haven't already.
Shutdown computer.
Power up computer.

I think they may be confusing terms and may want to create another partition out of some of C:, if so have a look at these tutorials at the links below.


How to Shrink a Partition or Volume in Windows 7


How to Create a New Partition or Volume in Windows 7

Glad you have it running, thanks for the update.