How to wipe out everything on computer for reinstallation of Windows 7

Okay i typed disk #0. That worked.

However, when i typed clean... it says virtual disk service error: Clean is not allowed in the disk containing the current boot, system, pagefile, crashdump or hibernation mode.


What do i do now?

dynamite140 said:

Okay i typed disk #0. That worked.

However, when i typed clean... it says virtual disk service error: Clean is not allowed in the disk containing the current boot, system, pagefile, crashdump or hibernation mode.


What do i do now?

That is correct, you need to do it from a command prompt at boot on a disk that has the OS on it.

You cannot use the clean or clean all diskpart commands on a boot disk (ex: disk Windows 7 is installed on) unless you do it from a command prompt at boot.

From the note here,

Disk - Clean and Clean All with Diskpart Command

Hi. So just to make sure. I list disk 0 right? It has 465gb whereas disk 1, 2, 3 and 4 has nothing.

dynamite140 said:

Hi. So just to make sure. I list disk 0 right? It has 465gb whereas disk 1, 2, 3 and 4 has nothing.

Correct. You only have one hard drive listed here,

Okay i get the same message.

virtual disk service error: Clean is not allowed in the disk containing the current boot, system, pagefile, crashdump or hibernation mode.

Just to make sure...im not suppose to put the windows cd back again right when im doing this? I followed the steps in the link u gave me and still get this error message.

dynamite140 said:

Okay i get the same message.

virtual disk service error: Clean is not allowed in the disk containing the current boot, system, pagefile, crashdump or hibernation mode.

Are you booting from the disc?

Command Prompt at Startup

Okay i just booted it from the disc.

Now im at the black box with the cmd.exe

I don't see anymore instructions on the link you gave me. I did it by installing cd and then pressing shift and f10.

Okay i just typed list disk etc and did that. However... i still get same error message when i click clean...

dynamite140 said:

Okay i just booted it from the disc.

Now im at the black box with the cmd.exe

I don't see anymore instructions on the link you gave me. I did it by installing cd and then pressing shift and f10.

Good.

Now continue with these instructions,

Disk - Clean and Clean All with Diskpart Command