When installing Windows on a computer that already houses an existing Windows copy, you may run into an error where Windows fails to format the partition. The full ...

While performing the Clean Installation of Windows, you must select a hard drive partition on which you want to install Windows. The selected hard drive partition ...

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To fix the “Cannot install Windows, BitLocker Drive Encryption is enabled on selected partition” error, suspend BitLocker via Settings or Control Panel, or use your recovery key to unlock the drive.

Formatting a hard drive along with the install of a new OS is the best option. The vast majority of operating system installations provide a "format" option as part of the installation process.