Solved Windows 7 install problem

[gigglekisses]

Hmmmm not sure if i should follow the screen shot and type in 1024 for the size of the new simple volume size? and should this be labeled as drive d: like it was the recovery drive or can i pick any letter? Volume label i could change to any name or should i leave it as volume label is there any suggest names?

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

No don't give it a size at all just accept all the free space; Did you do the second Windows 7 install yet?

 

[gigglekisses]

no cause i am working on the partition step i have those questions i posted

 

[gigglekisses]

i wasn't sure if i was suppose to do the partition first or the install first

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Give it the Label "Data Storage" and accept to use all the size, don't enter an amount.

 

[gigglekisses]

here is the screen shot with the partition. When i do the second install will it prompt me to select a partition? if it does i'm suppose to select the data storage partition correct?

 

[gigglekisses]

I ask because before i started the partition part, i was going to start the install using the upgrade feature and it didn't ask at the beginning where to install windows, i cancelled the install right away when i realized i didn't do the partition. did it not ask because i didn't create the partition therefore there was no other partition to choose from?

 

[gigglekisses]

partition is done.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

No you are to select the "Upgrade" option and it should auto-select that partition, if it does not select the same "Windows 7" partition you did the first install to; that's how you went bo-bo before, when you were trying to upgrade the Vista you selected to install to the wrong partition.

 

[gigglekisses]

okay so now i have the partition done i can go ahead and do the install now button and click upgrade and put in the activtation code and go about it as normal correct? when i download programs in the future i should select the data storage location correct?

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

okay so now i have the partition done i can go ahead and do the install now button and click upgrade and put in the activtation code and go about it as normal correct? when i download programs in the future i should select the data storage location correct?

All of this is correct.

 

[gigglekisses]

Okay so am i all set for this computer?

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

One thing at a time, let's make sure it installs and activates ok.

 

[gigglekisses]

When i do this for my laptop i will follow the link you cave me for the clean install with an upgrade which would include doing a custom ... and selecting the c drive?

 

[gigglekisses]

hehehehe okay lol grrrrrrrrrrr hahahaha can you tell i'm not patient lol

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

When i do this for my laptop i will follow the link you cave me for the clean install with an upgrade which would include doing a custom ... and selecting the c drive?

If you don't/aren't going to have a bunch of stuff you don't want to lose on the lappy, I'd do the same "clean all" to that too to get the best possible space to do the install to and create a second partition to use as storage.



Just remember; doing a "clean all" (secure erase) to a PC Hard Disk Drive (HDD) completely over-writes everything, all data and it will not be recoverable even by the best recovery software.

That's why I was so adamant at the beginning of this thread, I didn't want you losing all your stuff.

 

[gigglekisses]

i already erased all documents and photos and music on the desktop and laptop and saved to thumbdrives and discs and backed up.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Unless you use a specific software program like a file shredder, 'erasing' (deleting) data does not remove it, data is not removed until it is over-written, it will remain on the HDD forever if it is not over-written.

   Note

Contrary to popular belief, formatting does not remove any data at all, it just checks for sector errors and marks the space to be over-written as needed, all the data is still there including all the code from previous/failed installation attempts.

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[gigglekisses]

oh i know what i'm saying is that anything left on the computer i'm okay with erasing permnantly. i've saved everything i need on another device. sorry, lol didn't mean to say that i had thought it was erased for forever already, cause i know that's not the case.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

No probs, that's just a pet-peeve of mine, too many people that should know better tell others all the time that a format will remove data from a HDD, sorry if you got in the way of that.