Trying to format my PC for clean reinstall. NEED HELP!

[Omaeka]

Hey, I am trying to completely format my HDD and reinstall Windows 7 so its fresh, the only problem being that I boot up the Windows 7 DVD and when I get to the 'Where do you want to install Windows?' section all I have is:

---Name--------------------------------Total Size---Free Space---Type
Disk 0 Partition 1: System Reserved------100.0MB--------71.0MB ---System
Disk 0 Partition 2------------------------931.4GB-------754.1GB ---Primary

Now Partition '2' is my primary HDD, I'm not sure what Partition '1' is, but I assume its something that the guys at Overclocker's did or something, but my problem is, I cannot do anything to Partition 2, I cannot use any of the advanced options for it 'delete' 'format' 'new' or 'extend'

My goal is to completely wipe my HDD of all data, reinstall Windows 7 and start again on my PC, can anyone help me on how to do this?

Thanks!

-DJV

 

[Fire Wizard]

The first partition (Partition 1) is created automatically on disks that haven't yet been partitioned when trying to install Windows 7. It's perfectly normal. Regarding wiping the hard drive though. It seems a little strange that you can't access the options available when you click on the 'Drive options (advanced)' option.

In any case, to format your hard drive, if you hold the shift key whilst pressing F10, it will bring up a command prompt. From there, type 'Diskpart' (minus the quotes). Then enter the following commands.

• List disk

• Select disk 0

• Clean

• Create partition primary

If you would like to create a partition which is smaller than the capacity of the hard drive, add size=* (Where * is the size of the partition you would like to create in MB) So, the new command should look like this:

• Create partition primary size=100000

Then:

• List partition

• Select partition *

Where * is the partition number.

• Format quick

• Exit

Then close the command prompt, click on the partition where you would like to install Windows 7 too and click 'Next'.