You do have to select reformat when you select the partition on which to
install. Under advanced if I recall
"Clybella" <Clybella[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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[Quoted Text] >I have a new machine, nvidia 8800gst card. I made a fatal error and took
>my
> external hard drive and attached it to my daughter's Apple so she could
> share
> some music I had. When I returned the external drive to my machine, it
> froze. I rebooted my machine and got a message reading, "there is no
> operating system". I inserted my Vista DVD with hopes of doing a
> repair....didn't see the repair link and ended up doing a full
> reinstall.....losing my stuff of course......only to have it not recognize
> my
> video card or my monitor. I did finally get both recognized after
> numerous
> attempts, both showing in the Device Manager as working properly. All
> seemed
> well until I walked away from the machine for awhile and it was down when
> I
> returned. I loaded in safe mode and tested the Windows Media Centre which
> said that the video card was not capable of running it. Again if I leave
> the
> machine unattended it shuts down and refuses to load.
>
> How can I proceed to reinstall Vista, ensuring a clean install? Does it
> format the drive on it's own? or do I need to do something to ensure it
> installs without the errors left behind from the crash?
>
> thanks.....
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