I have a Compaq Presario CQ62-417NR and the hard drive crashed (error 303). So I bought a new hard drive and installed it correctly, but since it is blank I cant reach disk management to partition nor format the new hard drive. I have a windows 7 upgrade disc but do I need the windows 7 installation disc in order to make it work???
Apr 1, 2018 - Steps on how to set up a computer hard disk drive and partition in Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7 and 8.
I am very confused and any help would be appreciated. Also when I try to install Windows 7 instead of upgrading it, it always get stuck on 'expanding windows files 0%'. Boot from either a windows installation DVD or USB Stick when prompted to install there will also be an option to repair you can go through the repair menu to get to a command prompt or press Alt-F10.
Once in the command Prompt you'll probably be at X: sources Type Diskpart if it doesn't recognize the command you'll have to navigate to the system32 folder try 'cd X: windows system32'. Once your able to execute the diskpart command you'll be in the Diskpart shell type Help to see a list of commands. If your not comfortable formatting from a command prompt perhaps search for the exact commands you will be needing.