I currently have a laptop with xp and 10gb in c drive. i have downloaded windows 7 and need 16gb to install it? -

i need 20 gb in c drive.total capacity of c drive is 25gb . please tell me how to format my c drive under these conditions.

If your 25 GB HDD is the only drive you have, you should think about replacing it with a larger one. Normally I would have suggested you use Cute Partition Manager http://www.majorgeeks.com/download5369.h... to partition your hard drive so you have a new empty partition for Windows 7. But if 25 GB is really all you have, you would be better of forgetting about installing a second OS and stick with XP

First of all remember this that windows 7 will be launched in 2010 so the copy of win. 7 you are having is false. If you install it, it may be harmful But if you still want to install it then make a bootable cd and boot from it. It will format the selected drive and install the new window. I THINK YOU SHOULD WAIT TILL THE ORIGNAL WINDOWS 7 IS LAUNCHED!!!

your computer must be old as the dirt we stand on lol....You should just buy a new computer and put windows 7 on it. But, if your set on doing it to your computer you got now, put the OS on disks, restart compter with first disk in the cd-rom drive, then boot comp off disk and it ll take you thru the process