I have a laptop that I am trying to do a clean instal of windows 7 on, but I am unable to remove the old instalation.
When I boot from USB and get to the "where to you want to install Windows" screen, I am unable to select "Delete" or "Format" on Disk 0 Partition 2:eMachine
. I am able to select them for the other patitions created, but not for the main partition
I have tried searching for an answer, but I am still unable to solve the problem.
From my searches, it looks like most people have been able to solve it by using the diskpart
tool to format or change the disk to active, but it does not work for me.
I get the following message:
Virtual disk service error:
Format is not allowed on the current boot, system, pagefile, crashdump or hibernation volume.