Help me by creating partition on new Dell laptop

[Erkronos]

My friend got a Dell laptop without any OS. I have a Win 7 disk but during the installation, the PC cannot find hard disks at all. I need help in creating a local disk C. The size is 640gigs and I want to use all of them. Can someone help me ASAP?

 

[ignatzatsonic]

My friend got a Dell laptop without any OS. I have a Win 7 disk but during the installation, the PC cannot find hard disks at all. I need help in creating a local disk C. The size is 640gigs and I want to use all of them. Can someone help me ASAP?

At what point in the installation process do things go bad and what is the exact error message?

Can you get as far as the language choice screen?

What's the story on your Win 7 disk? Burned? Bought retail? Bought online?

 

[Erkronos]

It has this stupid FreeDOS disk which I can't understand how to install it. I can create a partition but later on I get stuck. All I need is to create a disk so I can install Windows 7.

 

[ignatzatsonic]

It has this stupid FreeDOS disk which I can't understand how to install it.

Sorry, I've never heard of a Windows disk with FreeDOS. I wonder where it came from?

Does it give you access to DOS commands such as format?

If you have a valid product key, you can download and burn an ISO and then install from it.

 

[Erkronos]

It is a strange dos actually. I really don't know how to do it. Here is website to this so called DOS
FreeDOS | The FreeDOS Project

 

[ignatzatsonic]

I'd assume the commands in FreeDOS are the same as those in any other version of DOS.

But that is beside the point. It doesn't look like that's a valid Windows disc if DOS is involved.

 

[Erkronos]

just tell me how to create a partition through command prompt. I can access command prompt on Win 7 tools menu.

 

[ignatzatsonic]

just tell me how to create a partition through command prompt. I can access command prompt on Win 7 tools menu.

I think that would be frowned on in this forum, considering the unknown pedigree of your disk. No can do.

 

[Erkronos]

just tell me how to create a partition through command prompt. I can access command prompt on Win 7 tools menu.

I think that would be frowned on in this forum, considering the unknown pedigree of your disk. No can do.

I am on the eve of suicide. Seriously, why windows cannot create disk partition on installation menu?

 

[Delta808]

My friend got a Dell laptop without any OS. I have a Win 7 disk but during the installation, the PC cannot find hard disks at all. I need help in creating a local disk C. The size is 640gigs and I want to use all of them. Can someone help me ASAP?

Are you sure you have the proper disk? Can you check to see if the cables are connected on the hard drive? Usually if that happens the disk is either bad or cables aren't connected.

 

[seavixen32]

If you have a legal copy of Windows, we can help. If you don't, we can't.

The laptop should have a product key attached to its underside and you can use it in conjunction with a copy of a Windows ISO downloaded from Microsoft's Digital River website.

 

[Erkronos]

I have disk 0 and disk 1. disk 0 is online has 600gb size. I cleaned it, create a primary partition then formatted to ntfs. what else do I need.

 

[Arc]

Does a freedos laptop contain a product key ? As I know, it doesn't . When somebody dont want a preinstalled laptop, and want to make a custom install, they opt for a freedos one, which costs a bit low ... the price of OS is not included there.

To install windows on a freedos laptop, you need to purchase windows separately .

 

[jumanji]

A genuine Windows 7 Installation Disk with key.

 

[Erkronos]

it is not possible to install it with any windows?

 

[jumanji]

yep, you can install any Windows. XP, Vista

 

[Erkronos]

but it says drivers? what drivers do I need?

 

[Erkronos]

I need drivers for the installation, that's all! PLEASE HELP!

 

[jumanji]

Check the Dell Support site. If Drivers for Windows XP and Windows Vista are not available for your laptop, then you may have to go with Windows 7 install only. And in your first post you said you have Win 7 Disk. FreeDOS is not Windows 7.

 

[Erkronos]

that's not the genuine since I want to make sure I can install windows on this laptop. I just need drivers (((