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Old October 2nd, 2015, 01:44 PM
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Trying to reinstal win 7

I thought if I reinstal win7 then the disk would be wiped and a clean start would then work,bu tit was rejected as "not enough space on disk to do it" Wouldn't the disk be wiped clean for a fresh instal as it's the only way I can create any space.
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Old October 2nd, 2015, 04:03 PM
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You have to delete the partition, format for the clean install. Which is an option during the installation.
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Old October 2nd, 2015, 05:09 PM
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You have to delete the partition, format for the clean install. Which is an option during the installation.
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Old October 2nd, 2015, 05:15 PM
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You have to delete the partition, format for the clean install. Which is an option during the installation.
Disk Management where I thought it should be shown as format option, is greyed out
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Old October 2nd, 2015, 05:22 PM
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Please ignore my last post,didn't read your post thoroughly,r

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You have to delete the partition, format for the clean install. Which is an option during the installation.
I didn't realise that format and delete were two different terms,so please ignore previous post
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Old October 2nd, 2015, 05:25 PM
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Delete is greyed out

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You have to delete the partition, format for the clean install. Which is an option during the installation.
I don,t have the option to delete ,it is greyed out,in Disk Management
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Old October 2nd, 2015, 06:14 PM
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If I remember correctly when you install Windows 7 you have to choose Custom installation if you want to format, and start clean.
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Old October 2nd, 2015, 07:28 PM
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This picture capture explains better than I can

Sorry un able to post the screen capture for some reason,is it because HTML code is off,if so how do I put it on
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Old October 3rd, 2015, 12:47 AM
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Your confused, you cannot delete and format a partition that is in use in disk management.

When you install Windows 7 from the DVD, as said you chose custom install, then you have the option of deleting the partition and formatting it.

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http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic...of-windows-7-8
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Old October 3rd, 2015, 11:35 AM
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Your confused, you cannot delete and format a partition that is in use in disk management.

When you install Windows 7 from the DVD, as said you chose custom install, then you have the option of deleting the partition and formatting it.

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http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic...of-windows-7-8
I got as far as custom instal and saw I must create more space but as said Disk Managemnt wouldn,t allow me to delete that C drive
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Old October 3rd, 2015, 12:39 PM
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What exactly do you see after you choose Custom (advanced) installation?
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Old October 3rd, 2015, 02:51 PM
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Can,t think what I saw but I realise I" Should have" booted from the dvd instal disc not,insert the disk, while running windows. will try again properly, this time.


Socrates :The greatest wisdom is knowing what you don't know
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Old October 3rd, 2015, 03:04 PM
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That explains it.
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Old October 3rd, 2015, 04:23 PM
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