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pranay - Updated on Oct 9, 2017 at 04:01 PM
nathanwirth Posts 324 Registration date Thursday May 22, 2014 Status Member Last seen September 27, 2022 - Oct 9, 2017 at 01:20 AM
Hello,
I'm trying to format my computer but it's not working I have a windows 10 os and I want to format it so that I can Falah it again but when I try to format my c drive, in which the windows in installed, it says 'unable to format this drive' the reason behind it shows that 'windows cannot be installed in this disk. This disk has MBR partition table. On EFI systems, windows can only be installed in GPT disk. What should I do help me guys
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xpcman Posts 19530 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 1,825
Oct 7, 2017 at 02:12 PM
Perhaps this video will help:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb6tECZP6WE

Good Luck
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nathanwirth Posts 324 Registration date Thursday May 22, 2014 Status Member Last seen September 27, 2022 28
Oct 9, 2017 at 01:20 AM
Hi,

I believe the partition table of your drive is damaged and that's why you are unable to format the drive. You may try the diskpart command to clean the disk through CMD prompt. Hope it will work for you!!
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