uninstalling win 7?

Walsandrew · 2 Jan 2011 at 18:08

hi, feeling a little stupid having to ask this. in my folly and hurry i managed to install my (retail) copy of win7 on the wrong hard drive of a prebuilt system i just purchased off ocuk. i should have installed it on my ssd but didn't. it is now sitting on the wrong hard drive, and i've read you can't uninstall win7 unless there is a previous os. well, there isn't.

any thoughts? it is a single user retail copy.

vanandjuanunited · 2 Jan 2011 at 18:10

Is it just the os on the disk
If so format and start again

Dirk · 2 Jan 2011 at 18:12

Install Win7 to SSD and boot to it.

Format HDD.

Walsandrew · 2 Jan 2011 at 18:12

sorry, i'm not very knowledgeable with any of this stuff. what do you mean exactly? i installed from a disk yes. how do i format?

Walsandrew · 2 Jan 2011 at 18:13

Dirk said:
Install Win7 to SSD and boot to it.

Format HDD.

how to 'format HDD' please?

vanandjuanunited · 2 Jan 2011 at 18:14

Boot from win disk format partition the os is currently on
Install os to ssd

Walsandrew · 2 Jan 2011 at 18:20

is it important to boot/install win 7 on the ssd before formatting the current hard drive? i have no files on it anyway.

vanandjuanunited · 2 Jan 2011 at 18:32

Format first then install to ssd

Walsandrew · 2 Jan 2011 at 18:39

ok, thanks.

Walsandrew · 2 Jan 2011 at 19:16

ok sorry for being an idiot but in windows it tells me to format i have to first create a partition. surely that isn't necessary if i don't want to keep any files? just want to be sure in case i mess something up

vanandjuanunited · 2 Jan 2011 at 19:18

That's the ssd is it not
What size does it say the disk is

Walsandrew · 2 Jan 2011 at 20:11

err, 931 gb. so i now in comp management and trying to format my c drive which is the main one. however when i right click said drive, the format option isn't selectable..any thoughts?

Walsandrew · 2 Jan 2011 at 20:50

grr. this is really frustrating me now. so i have my ssd then my other hard drive with win 7 installed on it. however when i go to format this drive, the option just doesn't appear and yet the option to format does appear for my ssd drive which i haven't even used yet?

does anyone have any idea where i might be going wrong?

J.B · 2 Jan 2011 at 22:27

Put the Windows DVD into the drive and boot into the installation mode

When it asks you what drive you want to install Windows onto format both drives.

Select your SSD for the installation

Enjoy