Question on Windows 7 for Computer

[AKM880]

Hello,

I have a home computer (the one in my sig) and its a Dell, sadly. Anyways I wanted to try Win 7, I thought I'd pop the disc in and boot to it, do a fresh reformat and install. But i was wrong, it just upgraded to it. Is this hows it's supposed to be? (I'm used to reinstalling Windows XP, where it reformats the HDD). Thanks!

 

[Outlander_04]

clever microsoft

If you want a clean install and the pc has a floppy then reformat with a boot floppy , then let the win 7 reformat it .

or use Linux to do the same thing

 

[dravis12]

It never gave you the screen where it allows you to select where to install windows? (that's where i reformat the drive usually) Maybe I'm confused, you literally did nothing and it upgraded?

 

[AKM880]

Well I did see the advanced options to reformat, delete paritions etc. It took like 1 second to format the partition which I think it didn't do such a goo job of. Thanks for the suggestion Outlander_04, I'll try that right away.

 

[madmax808]

Well I did see the advanced options to reformat, delete paritions etc. It took like 1 second to format the partition which I think it didn't do such a goo job of. Thanks for the suggestion Outlander_04, I'll try that right away.

Yeah, that's how it works. It doesn't actually format your drive on the spot when you click "delete" or "format", but it will do it as part of the installation process. But that's the route you need to go, under the "Custom" [or "Advanced", whatever it is] section instead of Upgrade.

Happy 7-ing, I hope.

 

[AKM880]

Thanks for the reply MadMax808, I guess thats how it is :lol: