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Feelin' kinda dumb

idata
Esteemed Contributor III

Ok, I'm trying to wipe my x-25 g1 ssds with HDDErase 3.3 and then install Windows 7. I download and unzip it and it shows up as an application instead of an iso. I can convert it to an iso and create a boot disk using IMG but when I boot, it just goes to Windows. I have boot from cd and legacy enabled on my classified mb. What the heck am I missing? All I want to do is wipe my drives and fresh install my new os. As I've mentioned in a previous post, I missed the boat with AHCI on my Vista install and I appreciate the on the fly registry fixup info but I thought, gee, I'll just HDDErase, do a fresh install with AHCI setup and be good to go. Any way to wipe these bad boys?

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idata
Esteemed Contributor III

I was dumb too

I didn't even look at my bios.

But I think I am using IDE.

My 160bg SSD is running ok...

Ok.

Using HDDerase is good.

Let be 10 % un-allocated.

Don't use defragmentation or indexing.

idata
Esteemed Contributor III

jmt54, did you specifically generate a "Bootable CD", with all the necessary DOS bootfiles on the bootable section of the CD? (I think, some proggies can do that for you, but not all).

If not, you just have a non-bootable data CD.

idata
Esteemed Contributor III

Yes I made a boot-cd with the iso file from Intel.

(you need a cold start of the pc....with the cd in the dvd-player&writer)

The job was done in minutes

idata
Esteemed Contributor III

I mean the HDDerase boot CD...