Vista - Reinstalling vista

When I go to reinstall vist it shows my hard drive and says there is not
enough space on it, but there is no option to format the drive. What do I do?

Hello,

did you try installing after starting installation on running Vista? Try
booting from DVD and starting installation from there.

Hope this helps.
Greetings,
P. Di Stolfo
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"Plucker85" <Plucker85@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> When I go to reinstall vist it shows my hard drive and says there is not
> enough space on it, but there is no option to format the drive. What do I
> do?

"Plucker85" <Plucker85@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> When I go to reinstall vist it shows my hard drive and says there is not
> enough space on it, but there is no option to format the drive. What do I
> do?


You're doing the installation wrong. Don't do it from within Windows. Boot
from the Vista DVD (change the BIOS boot order if necessary) and follow the
prompts for a clean installation, which formats the drive.

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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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What version are you using? Retail or OEM, Full or Upgrade?


"Plucker85" <Plucker85@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> When I go to reinstall vist it shows my hard drive and says there is not
> enough space on it, but there is no option to format the drive. What do I
> do?

It was an upgrade from XP to home premium, and when I try to boot from cd/dvd
drive it just goes to a blank screen.

"John Barnes" wrote:

> What version are you using? Retail or OEM, Full or Upgrade?
>
>
> "Plucker85" <Plucker85@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:55E9E56F-2673-4F1A-A575-DB8C0F33804E@microsoft.com...
> > When I go to reinstall vist it shows my hard drive and says there is not
> > enough space on it, but there is no option to format the drive. What do I
> > do?
>
>

Upgrade versions have to be started from within the qualifying OS, in your
case XP. Can you install a skeleton version of XP and install from there.
If not, you can use the double install of Vista mentioned on this site many
times.

"Plucker85" <Plucker85@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> It was an upgrade from XP to home premium, and when I try to boot from
> cd/dvd
> drive it just goes to a blank screen.
>
> "John Barnes" wrote:
>
>> What version are you using? Retail or OEM, Full or Upgrade?
>>
>>
>> "Plucker85" <Plucker85@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:55E9E56F-2673-4F1A-A575-DB8C0F33804E@microsoft.com...
>> > When I go to reinstall vist it shows my hard drive and says there is
>> > not
>> > enough space on it, but there is no option to format the drive. What
>> > do I
>> > do?
>>
>>