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Impossible to create/format install Windows 7 on unpartitioned HD

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1 I am going nuts reinstalling Windows 7 on one of those Acer aspire all-in-one... The original OS (Windows Professional x64) was not starting, after the initial screen the BIOS was prompted. So Step 1: I tried to access the system partition and reinstall everything but could not get to that point Step 2: I set the BIOS to  native IDE and I tried to insert my original copy of Windows Professional and do a clean installation, but it does not allow me to format/create another partition for the installation mask Step 3: I tried to install Ubuntu and I cleaned the whole hard drive, I was getting an error at some point during installation so I decided to get back to Windows Step 4: Windows 7 again, at the disk screen of the Windows installation I opened the prompt and played around with DISKPART ... I listed t