- Sep 15, 2017
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Hello, all! Let me be clear; I totally botched up my installation of Windows 7, and it's on me. I went to install it on a brand new blank SSD (a SanDisk SSD Plus), and while I was installing it and installing numerous updates, I by accident stopped the C++ part, mistaking it for something else I had going on at the time. Um, whoops! 
When I finished with the updates and rebooted, I got into a startup repair infinite loop--as in machine would initially boot, then state "Windows is loading files," then system repair, then a message stating "Windows cannot be repaired." I tried reinstalling, but the same thing happened. I used the info on this link (https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/139576-startup-repair-infinite-loop-recovery.html) to try and fix it to no avail, as the registry hive had 0 bytes on it as per step 13 of this process. So, how to completely reformat the new SSD so that i can attempt to do another clean install and get round this madness? Thanks in advance, y'all!
When I finished with the updates and rebooted, I got into a startup repair infinite loop--as in machine would initially boot, then state "Windows is loading files," then system repair, then a message stating "Windows cannot be repaired." I tried reinstalling, but the same thing happened. I used the info on this link (https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/139576-startup-repair-infinite-loop-recovery.html) to try and fix it to no avail, as the registry hive had 0 bytes on it as per step 13 of this process. So, how to completely reformat the new SSD so that i can attempt to do another clean install and get round this madness? Thanks in advance, y'all!
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