Re-installing!


  1. Posts : 15
    Win 7 Home Premium 64bit
       #1

    Re-installing!


    My computer crashes everytime on the loadup so I want to delete EVERYTHING on my computer and start all over. I've heard people say to format your hard drive first but when I can't. The "Format" is gray for me and I can't click on it. I want to do it for my C drive. And when that is solved hopefully, what are the next steps after?
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  2. Posts : 6,668
    Windows 7 x64
       #2
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  3. Posts : 15
    Win 7 Home Premium 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Ok but can you tell me how to be able to Format it first?
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  4. Posts : 12,012
    Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
       #4

    You don't "format it first".

    Formatting is done as part of the installation as outlined in the tutorial. Follow the tutorial.
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  5. Posts : 10,200
    MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
       #5

    Frozen said:
    My computer crashes everytime on the loadup so I want to delete EVERYTHING on my computer and start all over. I've heard people say to format your hard drive first but when I can't. The "Format" is gray for me and I can't click on it. I want to do it for my C drive. And when that is solved hopefully, what are the next steps after?
    Please read the tutorial.

    Those helping you have been there and done that and know how to "geturdun".
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  6. Posts : 2,606
    Windows 7 Pro X64 SP1
       #6

    Frozen said:
    My computer crashes everytime on the loadup so I want to delete EVERYTHING on my computer and start all over. I've heard people say to format your hard drive first but when I can't. The "Format" is gray for me and I can't click on it. I want to do it for my C drive. And when that is solved hopefully, what are the next steps after?
    Are you trying to format C: from within Windows? That's not permitted. (Windows can't eliminate itself.)

    I hope that you have an installation DVD for Win7. If not, you'd be stuck with the manufacturer's restore options. (That restores the system to the factory state, crapware and all.)
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  7. Posts : 22,814
    W 7 64-bit Ultimate
       #7

    Hello Frozen, welcome to Seven Forums!


    This may be a better process, after you have copied out or made back-ups of the data you need to save to external media and want to do a complete wipe secure erase of the entire Hard Disk Drive / Solid State Drive, have a look at Step One of the Optimize tutorial below then boot the Windows installation media to start the Windows 7 clean install process.



    Be sure to post back with any further questions you may have and to keep us informed.



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  8. Posts : 15
    Win 7 Home Premium 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #8

    Yes, I thought I could have formated it before but it worked when I booted through the disk. Thanks.
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  9. Posts : 22,814
    W 7 64-bit Ultimate
       #9

    Hello again, good to see you found a solution and thanks for the update!
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