My drive doesn't get formatted

[Ehsan]

few months ago I had XP, Seven, Ubuntu all installed on one hard drive;

after some time it got a boring problem for me so I decided to only have Win7 x86 Ultimate;

I inserted bootable dvd of Win7, restarted;

formatted all the hard drive to NTFS in 3 drives;

I have C and D drives normally....

but E(~120GB) doesn't get formatted

not quick format nor full format

not by right click and choosing Format, nor by going to Disk Management and choosing format there;

I'm sure format of Ubuntu has messed up my HD;

what should I do? :(

120GB is not small

[bearoninternet]

few months ago I had XP, Seven, Ubuntu all installed on one hard drive;

after some time it got a boring problem for me so I decided to only have Win7 x86 Ultimate;

I inserted bootable dvd of Win7, restarted;

formatted all the hard drive to NTFS in 3 drives;

I have C and D drives normally....

but E(~200MB) doesn't get formatted

not quick format nor full format

not by right click and choosing Format, nor by going to Disk Management and choosing format there;

I'm sure format of Ubuntu has messed up my HD;

what should I do? :(

200MB is not small

I remember having the same issue after uninstalling ubuntu. Is E the partition ubuntu was on? If so, you will have to reformat it first in order for Win7 Boot DVD to recognize.

You could run the ubuntu live bootcd and try reformatting from there, here's a good manual. If that doesnt work for you i would suggest BootIt or a bootmanager from ultimate boot cd.

[HX1]

You can also delete the partition.. recreate and reformat with something like Hiren's Boot Cd in MiniXP Boot mode..

[*dcs18]

Good-bye

[Ehsan]

Thx guys

@ dcs18

Where can I find Acronis Disk Director (bootable media)? :rolleyes:

[eddy315west]

or use Active@killdisk if nothing else helps just wipe the whole drive

[Ehsan]

please say the source link to download beside the help :blink:

[Ehsan]

@ Ehsan

Did you try booting from Acronis Disk Director (bootable media) to 'right click' the offending partition/drive and then 'format.' No need to really install Acronis Disk Director - alternatively, (like heath28 mentioned) you may also use Acronis Disk Director through the Hiren Boot CD. ;)

YOOOHU :D

It worked ..

I downloaded Acronis Disk Director 11.0 Build 216 Home on on my laptop to make a bootable CD for the PC;

at the first run It gave me error:

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Error

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Cannot connect to 'localhost'.

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Details

Code: 5,242,881(0x500001)

Module: C:\Program Files\Acronis\DiskDirector\mmsBundle.dll

Message: Failed to retrieve parameter 'Windows name'.

Code: 1,311,724(0x1403EC)

Message: WMI 'ConnectServer' failed.

Code: 65,520(0xFFF0)

Message: Class not registered

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so I installed it on the PC_no error there!_ and made a bootable media on a CD;

restarted and booted with the CD;

I deleted the drive(Unlocated volume) and then formatted it and it's allright now :clap:

Thx dcs18

(+1)

[*dcs18]

Good-bye