Format C Drive Partition Only.

JohnRoss
JohnRoss Member Posts: 22 Troubleshooter
edited March 1 in 2019 Archives
Aspire ATC-705-UC52 
WINDOWS 10 64-BIT
INTEL I7 PROCESSOR 4790
1TB Western Digital Hard Drive
12GB DDR3 Memory

Can I format the C Drive Partition ONLY on my internal Western Digital  hard drive using a Bootable USB Drive? 

I DO NOT want to format the other partition with ACER recovery software.

I am unable to do this through Windows 10 because the computer will not boot up.

I am also not able to do this by going into safe mode because it says it's not able to clear everything off.

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  • MaClane
    MaClane ACE Posts: 35,598 Trailblazer
    Good night JohnRoss !
    During a "clean" installation of any version of Windows it is possible to format any readable drive.


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  • JohnRoss
    JohnRoss Member Posts: 22 Troubleshooter
    JohnRoss said:
    Aspire ATC-705-UC52 
    WINDOWS 10 64-BIT
    INTEL I7 PROCESSOR 4790
    1TB Western Digital Hard Drive
    12GB DDR3 Memory

    Can I format the C Drive Partition ONLY on my internal Western Digital  hard drive using a Bootable USB Drive? 

    I DO NOT want to format the other partition with ACER recovery software.

    I DO NOT have access to a Windows 10 CD.

    I am unable to do this through Windows 10 because the computer will not boot up.

    I am also not able to do this by going into safe mode because it says it's not able to clear everything off.

  • MaClane
    MaClane ACE Posts: 35,598 Trailblazer
    Just select the partition during installation and click on the format option.


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  • JohnRoss
    JohnRoss Member Posts: 22 Troubleshooter
    I DO NOT have access to a Windows 10 CD.
  • MaClane
    MaClane ACE Posts: 35,598 Trailblazer
    And what do you intend to do via which system?
    Linux?

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  • JohnRoss
    JohnRoss Member Posts: 22 Troubleshooter
    MaClane, your not answering my question!!

    Can I format the C Drive Partition ONLY on my internal Western Digital hard drive using a Bootable USB Drive? 


  • MaClane
    MaClane ACE Posts: 35,598 Trailblazer
    Bootable with what ???
    No software or operating system is not possible.

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  • I believe the hidden recovery partition from Acer is included in the c: \! Partition! Have you tried to press alt + f10 before the Acer logo to reinstall windows?
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  • JohnRoss
    JohnRoss Member Posts: 22 Troubleshooter
    Yes, I have tried to reinstall Windows using the recovery program.
  • MaClane
    MaClane ACE Posts: 35,598 Trailblazer
    To format the C drive via USB it is necessary that the pendrive has some bootable operating system or some software tools like Hirens Boot.
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