Cant Format with Vista CD

Posted: 02-02-2007, 01:25 AM

its vista

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Hi,

I have just done a re-installation of Vista,but at the beginning of the
isntallation procedure,with the Vista CD,it wouldnt allow me to format the
drive for reinstallation of Vista,and as it turns out,it was a bad install!

thanks for helping

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John J. Schmitt

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RE: Cant Format with Vista CD

Posted: 02-02-2007, 05:05 PM

You need to use the "advanced setup" settings/portion of the install ...
You absolutely can format from within setup ....

John

"its vista" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have just done a re-installation of Vista,but at the beginning of the
> isntallation procedure,with the Vista CD,it wouldnt allow me to format the
> drive for reinstallation of Vista,and as it turns out,it was a bad install!
>
> thanks for helping
>
>

Sascha Benjamin Jazbec

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Re: Cant Format with Vista CD

Posted: 02-03-2007, 03:55 PM

you can not with the Upgrade editions, only full versions allow that.
SJ

"John J. Schmitt" <JohnJSchmitt@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb im
Newsbeitrag news:7A5667B1-B4F6-41E8-8C44-85CB759A4972@microsoft.com...

> You need to use the "advanced setup" settings/portion of the install ...
> You absolutely can format from within setup ....
>
> John
>
> "its vista" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have just done a re-installation of Vista,but at the beginning of the
>> isntallation procedure,with the Vista CD,it wouldnt allow me to format
>> the
>> drive for reinstallation of Vista,and as it turns out,it was a bad
>> install!
>>
>> thanks for helping
>>
>>

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