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when i try to format my hard drive i get windows is unable to format, does somebody know why? it does have a old version of windows vista on it.
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It would be helpful if you'd tell us about your partitioning.
So I just assume you have one partition and trying to format your partition from within windows. Windows will not do that.
Insert a Windows DVD and boot from it. At the beginning of the setup, you'll be able to format all partitions (of course, any partition manager or linux boot cd/dvd is able to do that, too).
Remember, you'll lose EVERYTHING that is saved on that partition.
So I just assume you have one partition and trying to format your partition from within windows. Windows will not do that.
Insert a Windows DVD and boot from it. At the beginning of the setup, you'll be able to format all partitions (of course, any partition manager or linux boot cd/dvd is able to do that, too).
Remember, you'll lose EVERYTHING that is saved on that partition.
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Here's a related picture of the setup.
http://howtoformatacomputer.com/wp-content/uploads/Install-Windows-7-12-format.jpg
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