Windows 10: Windows 10 : Could not create partition on Drive 0 ... could not install Windows 10 on a...

Hi all,just a PSA.. if you get this errorWindows Could Not Format A Partition on Disk 0 Error Code 0x80070057 disconnect ALL other drives except the one you are trying to install windows on.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I had one HDD, giving TONS of errors very obvious in event viewer e.g. But then his message below says The device, \Device\Harddisk0\DR0, has a bad block. Somehow the SSD itself.. got screwed up over time. .the msconfig boot menu was BLANK.. and it would not load at all. Main issue: Windows seemed messed upslo

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Windows 10

no, you can't go back..
I suggest creating a backup image of your os drive

 

W7 Hard drive partition issue

to get rid of that 100 meg windows partition that setup creates for you on a new install on a blank hdd:

- press shift+f10 when on the partition management screen in setup <-- this opens a command prompt
- diskpart <-- start the windows command line partition management tool
- list disk <--- list the installed hdds in this computer for the next step
- select disk 0 <- might have to replace 0 with the number of the correct disk
- clean <-- this will erase all data on the disk you selected one step up- dont use the wrong disk!
- create partition primary <- creates a primary partition taking up all space on the drive, adjust the command if necessary
- exit, exit to exit diskpart and the command prompt
- click refresh in partition manager and select your newly created partition and install to that

 

Windows 10 clean install mess up partitions?

If I do a clean install of Windows 10, will it mess up the partitions I have on my 2TB drive?