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    Can't reformat hard drive

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by dukenukem, Aug 1, 2011.

  1. dukenukem

    dukenukem Notebook Guru

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    I have made the recovery discs for my acer aspire 7551-3464 and have installed my 500gb wd hdd from my dead hp laptop.I insert recovery disc 1 into the disc drive and windows will boot up with my old stuff from the hp system and when i run the format program from inside wondows it will always say it fails to reformat the hdd,why is this?
     
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    newsposter Notebook Virtuoso

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    Is your machine set up to boot from the optical drive? Many people take the ODD out of teh boot sequence to speed things up a bit.

    Be sure to back up your personal stuff, a format/reinstall will likely erase the entire hard drive.
     
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  4. dukenukem

    dukenukem Notebook Guru

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    How do i get into the bios to check that it is set to boot from dvd drive first?
     
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    Would have thought F1, F2 or Del
     
    Trixster101, Aug 2, 2011
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    newsposter Notebook Virtuoso

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    yah, keep a close eye on the startup screen that pops up when you first turn on the machine, you'll see a note there telling you how to get into the BIOS.
     
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    you might not even have to change any bios settings. usually on boot you get a quick option to press a key to enter bios or another one to enter a boot menu. try the boot menu and select cdrom.
     
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    got it to finally work,looked on google on how to get to boot bios for acer laptops then just had to hit f2 then was able to change dvd to boot first :).
     
    dukenukem, Aug 3, 2011
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