HP. Laptop issue

lovema75 · 17th August 2013, 20:37

You guys were great recently helping me to sort my laptop, so I'm going to chance my arm in asking you for ideas with a friends laptop!

It's an E.SYSTEM 4215c. He installed Vista7 but now it's incredibly sloooooow. He wants to format the hard drive to remove all the rubbish and start again, but it won't allow him to format it.

Any suggestion on how he can fix it?

chipsceola · 18th August 2013, 12:55

Will the Windows 7 disk not format the drive? You may need to not hit install or set-up instead navigate to my computer, cd/dvd drive then see what files are on the disk.

or instead use D:/format C: as a command line at start up and before Windows loads.

If neither suggestion works, format from an older version of Windows using NTFS as the file type.

jubbarelly · 18th August 2013, 13:14

Have a look at this YouTube video, should give you the basis to format and reinstall windows 7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUDp...e_gdata_player

Alan_G · 18th August 2013, 15:09

Does it have enough RAM to run windows 7? Its a dated laptop, windows 7 needs at least 1 GB ram but I would recommend at least 2. I think standard that laptop came with 0.5GB ram with space for up to 1.5GB?

lovema75 · 19th August 2013, 08:50

Thanks for your replies everyone, will pass on the info.

17th August 2013, 20:37	#1
lovema75 This is my second home 75 Tourer CDT Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Enfield Posts: 3,925 Thanks: 63 Thanked 431 Times in 237 Posts	HP. Laptop issue You guys were great recently helping me to sort my laptop, so I'm going to chance my arm in asking you for ideas with a friends laptop! It's an E.SYSTEM 4215c. He installed Vista7 but now it's incredibly sloooooow. He wants to format the hard drive to remove all the rubbish and start again, but it won't allow him to format it. Any suggestion on how he can fix it?

18th August 2013, 12:55	#2
chipsceola This is my second home Jaguar XF 3.0D Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Southampton Posts: 4,364 Thanks: 119 Thanked 509 Times in 426 Posts	Will the Windows 7 disk not format the drive? You may need to not hit install or set-up instead navigate to my computer, cd/dvd drive then see what files are on the disk. or instead use D:/format C: as a command line at start up and before Windows loads. If neither suggestion works, format from an older version of Windows using NTFS as the file type. __________________ Chips

18th August 2013, 15:09	#4
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18th August 2013, 13:14	#3
jubbarelly I really should get out more....... MG ZT 180 SE Poseidon, Peugeot 508 GT Sport Tourer Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Wolverhampton Posts: 2,509 Thanks: 232 Thanked 266 Times in 185 Posts	Have a look at this YouTube video, should give you the basis to format and reinstall windows 7 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUDp...e_gdata_player

19th August 2013, 08:50	#5
lovema75 This is my second home 75 Tourer CDT Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Enfield Posts: 3,925 Thanks: 63 Thanked 431 Times in 237 Posts	Thanks for your replies everyone, will pass on the info.