[Ham-Computers] FORMAT PROBLEM

[Jonathan Thawley]

Down load partition magic or gparted. Www.distrowatch.com for direct links.

You will have to boot to CD. And it will most likely erase the
utility/restore partition.
On Nov 20, 2013 1:34 PM, "Eugene Rastberger" <erastber at tampabay.rr.com>
wrote:

> I have a new HP ENVY laptop machine with Windows 8  pre-installed.
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> I want to install Win 7 and dual boot with Win 8.
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> However,  I cannot install Win 7 because Win 8 was installed first;  So,  I
> tried to format the 1TB drive but cannot format the C: drive because that
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> where Windows is installed.
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> The drive is a Travelstar 5K1000 which is made by Western Digital (They
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> no help).
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> So,  how the heck can I format this drive?
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> Gene,  WØQFC
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> Spring Hill FL
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