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How to reformate ssd

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April 7, 2013 6:31:27 PM

Basically I built my own computer, and while installing windows 7 on my ssd (I have no HDD as of now) I had to force shut down my computer while windows was getting installed. I am pretty sure this has corrupted the ssd and I've been told I have to reformat it. How would I go about doing this?

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a b G Storage
April 7, 2013 6:38:33 PM

When you start the installation again it will prompt you where to put the OS and in there is the option to format the drive.
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a c 943 G Storage
April 7, 2013 6:39:18 PM

i would use the manufacturers secure erase utility.
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a b G Storage
April 7, 2013 7:05:54 PM

That sounds like a different issue than formatting the drive.

Reinstall Windows and it will format the drive for you then.

If you are up to the task then do the following:

When you are at the initial Windows 7 install screen hit Shift+F10 and a command prompt will open up.

Type the following sequence to format your drive:
diskpart
select disk 0
select partition 1
format fs=ntfs label=Windows

This is a long format. You could add in the word quick (format fs=ntfs quick label=Windows) to make it faster.

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