New
#1
'Windows could not format a partition' - please help!
I corrupted my main partition so I'm reinstalling Windows 7 from an ISO burned to a flash drive in Rufus. I clicked 'Custom' then the main partition, and saw 'Windows could not format a partition on disk 0. The error occurred while preparing a partition selected for installation. Error code: 0x80070057'
Deleting and recreating the partition, and deleting it without recreating, gave the same error. Running these commands remained at '0 percent':
diskpart
select disk 0
select partition 2
format fs=ntfs
How can I fix this without erasing the recovery partition?