Regardless of what I try, I'm unable to start Windows 7 on my hard drive.
Regardless of what I try, I'm unable to start Windows 7 on my hard drive.
Prepare your hard drive for Windows 7 installation by formatting it correctly. After using KillDisk to wipe everything, you realized the need for a proper setup. Initially, you thought FAT32 was necessary, but it turned out NTFS was required. Now you're dealing with the next steps to get the PC running smoothly.
You're looking for a tool to format the drive, specifically NTFS.
It doesn't matter whether it's legitimate or not. I haven't used a genuine operating system since Windows XP. Are you starting from a USB or CD? Because Windows should let you format it.
I am starting a DVD for all my tasks so far. I discovered a bootable version at http://www.partitionwizard.com/download.html to check the hard drive and perform other operations. After scanning, it showed no errors, so I partitioned it for NTFS and attempted to install Windows 7 32 bit, but it didn’t work. Just a few hours ago everything functioned properly, yet I tried reformatting and it failed completely. I have two bootable tools or a fake Windows 95 copy that still recognized the drive and opened, though the Windows 95 system crashed because it couldn’t locate a specific device. My Windows 7 32 bit copies are also not working. I wish I had a genuine OS disk nearby. I do have a real Windows 98 copy, but I can’t locate it. Maybe something is wrong with my setup? Anyone have any ideas on what might be going wrong?