can't delete drive coz in drive option ,delete and new button inactive

Brink said:

I would recommend the Clean command. It's all that you need to do to wipe the HDD. :)
Clean all would take a long time to finish since it's doing a secure erase. You really don't need to do a secure erase in this case.

Thank you so much for your quick support.
And please don't mind .. your alien avator is kool .. I am thinking to make it my fb profile pic he he

Any way, Thank you for your support ,, i am happy now , i think there will be no prob now.
:)
thank you so much

iseeuu said:

prnjn, it sounds like the partition on your hard drive is now what is called a "Logical Partition" (green). The Windows drive utility is to limited to help you here. I would suggest you use the "Partition Wizard" utility. You will need to download the "iso" file and "burn iso to disk", that will give you a bootable CD. Boot to the CD and you will be able to delete all partitions from your hard drive and then do your "Clean Install".

Cheers!
Robert

Thank you so much for your quick support and help ..

prnjn said:

iseeuu said:

prnjn, it sounds like the partition on your hard drive is now what is called a "Logical Partition" (green). The Windows drive utility is to limited to help you here. I would suggest you use the "Partition Wizard" utility. You will need to download the "iso" file and "burn iso to disk", that will give you a bootable CD. Boot to the CD and you will be able to delete all partitions from your hard drive and then do your "Clean Install".

Cheers!
Robert

Thank you so much for your quick support and help ..

You are most welcome! Any time!

Cheers!
Robert

iseeuu said:

prnjn, it sounds like the partition on your hard drive is now what is called a "Logical Partition" (green). The Windows drive utility is to limited to help you here. I would suggest you use the "Partition Wizard" utility. You will need to download the "iso" file and "burn iso to disk", that will give you a bootable CD. Boot to the CD and you will be able to delete all partitions from your hard drive and then do your "Clean Install".

Cheers!
Robert

i did the same , i downloaded iso and burnt the CD .
when i run the CD at boot time and tried to delete the partition , it says "Partition wizard unable to delete logical drive"

As i stated earlier , the partition i have is a logical one and NOT primary one.

Please help

prnjn said:

i did the same , i downloaded iso and burnt the CD .
when i run the CD at boot time and tried to delete the partition , it says "Partition wizard unable to delete logical drive"

As i stated earlier , the partition i have is a logical one and NOT primary one.

Please help

Working with "Logical Partitions" is more complicated than with "Primary Partitions". There are 2 parts to the "Logical Partition", first the "Extended Partition" then inside that you can create many "Logical Drives". Here is an old drive map of mine to look at:



Notice the "Extended partition" is dark green (the box around the three logical drives and the free space), and the "Free space" inside the "Extended partition" is bright green (the bar across the top). Any partition inside the "Extended partition" is called a "Logical drive" and has a bright blue bar across the top.

Understanding Disk Partitions

If the colors you saw were bright green inside dark green, that would mean you have empty space inside an "Extended Partition". Either the command "Clean" in a command prompt window, or the Partition Wizard utility would have no problem removing the "Extended partition" for you.

If there is a "Logical drive" inside the "Extended partition", you must first delete the Logical drive before you can delete the Extended partition.

If you are still unable to delete the partition, perhaps the hard drive was converted to a "Dynamic drive" as some time?

One last thing would be to go to the hard drive manufacturer's web site and download their hard drive utility. There should be a utility to clean or erase the hard drive, write "zero's" to it or some way to reset it back to factory condition so you can install your OS.

Cheers!
Robert

Brink said:

prnjn,

Were you not able to delete the drive with the "Clean" command in a command prompt at boot using either your retail Windows 7 installation disc or a System Repair Disc?

can't delete drive coz in drive option ,delete and new button inactive

thank you ..
problem is solved by the two links given by you in earlier post ..