I may have made a big mistake here. I have a PC in my possession that I am trying to install a new operating system on. My girlfriend has a newer HP laptop that has been having some issues software wise, so I decided to simply wipe the drive and install Windows 7 (being that it had Windows 10 prior) but I may have completely destroyed the poor thing. For whatever reason it has 7 partitions (most of which protected) so I wiped the only partition that was allowed, which was Disk 0 Partition 4. Needless to say, I killed it.
I have a USB with Windows 7 as bootable, and it opens the setup just fine. However, it will not allow me to format ANY of the partitions. So at this point, all the darn thing does is boot to the repair launcher - which attempts in vain to diagnose the PC - only to come up empty handed. So far, I think I've reduced it to a hunk of a junk.
Does ANYONE have an idea on how to fix this? Have I completely ruined this 700+ dollar notebook? I have a feeling there is a way to fix this, but with my limited knowledge, I have no idea how to remedy this.
If anyone has a clue of how to help me restore this PC, I will be very thankful. (And my girlfriend will be too!)
I have a USB with Windows 7 as bootable, and it opens the setup just fine. However, it will not allow me to format ANY of the partitions. So at this point, all the darn thing does is boot to the repair launcher - which attempts in vain to diagnose the PC - only to come up empty handed. So far, I think I've reduced it to a hunk of a junk.
Does ANYONE have an idea on how to fix this? Have I completely ruined this 700+ dollar notebook? I have a feeling there is a way to fix this, but with my limited knowledge, I have no idea how to remedy this.
If anyone has a clue of how to help me restore this PC, I will be very thankful. (And my girlfriend will be too!)