Windows 8.1 OEM

[prophetchaos]

I recently bought a copy of windows 8.1 OEM. I cannot however figure out how to format the disk. i built the computer myself. it has a blank hard drive

 

[johnnyb105]

You must make sure your pc boots from the dvd drive your windows disk then it will give you options on install. Be sure to go into your bios to enable this in your boot menu.

 

[prophetchaos]

You must make sure your pc boots from the dvd drive your windows disk then it will give you options on install. Be sure to go into your bios to enable this in your boot menu.

when I attempted it said the drive was not properly formatted,

 

[johnnyb105]

Are there any other drives in the system that your trying to install windows???? is this a new drive or used one? do you have access to another pc that you can use to format the disc using disk management?

 

[prophetchaos]

Are there any other drives in the system that your trying to install windows???? is this a new drive or used one? do you have access to another pc that you can use to format the disc using disk management?

The only drive in it is brand new, and i didn't even think about hooking it up to my old computer, i will try that

 

[johnnyb105]

Did you make sure the bios knows you have a new drive installed how big is the new drive is this a pre built machine or a home built machine?

 

[prophetchaos]

Did you make sure the bios knows you have a new drive installed how big is the new drive is this a pre built machine or a home built machine?

This machine is home built. it works with linux, so i know it is not a hardware issue

 

[johnnyb105]

So there is no other drive in the system right now did you use the new drive with Linux

 

[prophetchaos]

So there is no other drive in the system right now did you use the new drive with Linux

yes this new drive was used with linux, and there is no other drive

 

[johnnyb105]

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/290325-32-need-switch-linux-hard-drive-back-windows

Look at some of those links it may help you convert the drive back for windows.

 

[prophetchaos]

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/290325-32-need-switch-linux-hard-drive-back-windows

Look at some of those links it may help you convert the drive back for windows.

After much internet surfing I found the easiest fix. I opened up an older computer and hooked up the drive, then just formatted it like a new drive

 

[johnnyb105]

Are there any other drives in the system that your trying to install windows???? is this a new drive or used one? do you have access to another pc that you can use to format the disc using disk management?



Wow lol what I mention use on another system and format it.