Solved C drive corrupted? Help!

[Abbigail2011]

While installing windows 7 ultimate my computer restarted and now the c drive is corrupted and it won't install. Is there a way to fix this?

 

[theog]

Check the hard drive with the manufacturer's diagnostic tools.
Hard Drive Diagnostics Tools and Utilities (Storage) - TACKtech Corp.
HD Diagnostic

Try a full clean & full format in command prompt.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/91339-ssd-hdd-optimize-windows-reinstallation.html

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello Abbigail2011, welcome to Seven Forums!


If there's anything you need to recover from the Hard Disk Drive have a look at the information in the tutorial linked below on how to copy out that data to external media.

How to Copy & Paste in Recovery Console on Windows 7 or Vista

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If not I suggest you run the clean command to over-write the HDD MBR and start the installation again from scratch and be sure to post back with any further questions you may have and to keep us informed.

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9) To rule out HDD Master Boot Record format errors, boot the Windows 7 installation media to diskpart and run the clean command, it takes only seconds to complete; once the clean finishes, exit diskpart and use the Windows 7 installer to create and format a single 100GB partition for the installation.

If that doesn't work, after another clean, use diskpart to create, format and mark Active a single 100GB partition to see if that works, use Step Two #2 in the SSD/HDD tutorial for reference.

10) If you have ever had Linux installed to the HDD in any way, a simple clean command will not over-write the Grub boot-loader, you must use the full clean all command to completely over-write the Grub loader so Windows will install.

How to Boot to DISKPART at PC Startup

SSD / HDD : Optimize for Windows Reinstallation
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[gregrocker]

Were you installing to C drive? How do you know it's corrupted?

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello Greg, I think we may have overwhelmed the OP with too much info at one time, perhaps you should continue on from here one step at a time and I'll leave you to it for now.

 

[gregrocker]

Ted - I just wanted to clarify since not enough information was given, but she still has some good choices to start. g

 

[Abbigail2011]

I did as BareFootKid suggested an I now have a clean install on windows 7 on my computer! Thanks for the help! And I knew the c dive was corrupted because I tried to restart the install and it told me it couldn't install windows 7 there because it was corrupted or damaged. again, thanks for the suggestions everyone!

Abby

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello again Abby .


Good to see you got it sorted and thanks for the update.

 

[gregrocker]

Likely Boot sector corruption. Good call, Ted.

 

[theog]

You are welcome.