How do I free up space in a drive in recovery mode?

thefirehairman

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Alright so ... Here's my problem.

(by the way I'm french so ... my english may not be perfect)

Yesterday while simply watching hockey streaming on Chrome, my PC completely stopped. Freezed totally, had to restart, and it did that like 2-3 more times. Now to think about it, maybe it's my CPU that was overheating, honestly I don't know. What is the regular temperature of a CPU anyway, I don't know.

Thing is, now I can only go on Recovery mode. Even if I press ''Continue ; Exit and continue to Windows Recovery Environment'' , my PC restarts itself and back at the same screen.

So I tried to refresh my pc, but while the installation of W8, it just freezed again. Waited 30mins and nothing, so I restarted my pc. And now, when I'm trying to refresh it again, they say I have not enough free space in my drive.

So basically, how can I free up space in recovery mode? Thank you
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
During installation, look for the option to format (warning: this will erase everything on your PC) your main drive, where Windows is installed in the first place.

Install-Windows-7-12-format.jpg
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 64 bit.
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavillon g7-2261sb
    CPU
    I5 3210M @ 2.50Ghz
    Motherboard
    Ivy Bridge ID1E59
    Memory
    4 GB single channel
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel HD Graphics 4000
    Monitor(s) Displays
    1
    Screen Resolution
    1600x900
    Hard Drives
    Hitachi Travelstar
    500GB (SATA)
1. Open an elevated command prompt
2. Enter diskpart
3. List disk
4. Select disk 0
5. Clean
6. Exit

Refresh the install screen, then proceed with your installation.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    64-bit Windows 8.1 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus CM5675
    CPU
    IntelCore i5 3.20Ghz
    Motherboard
    Asus CM5675
    Memory
    6.0Gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel HD integtrated
    Sound Card
    SB Audigy
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung 24'
    Screen Resolution
    1900x1080
    Hard Drives
    Segate 1tb
    Intel 120Gb SSD
    Internet Speed
    100mb down /10mb up
1. Open an elevated command prompt
2. Enter diskpart
3. List disk
4. Select disk 0
5. Clean
6. Exit

Refresh the install screen, then proceed with your installation.

Oh sorry, didn't think it through... I thought he meant the auto re-installation mode which pops up on certain laptops... Sorry!
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 64 bit.
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavillon g7-2261sb
    CPU
    I5 3210M @ 2.50Ghz
    Motherboard
    Ivy Bridge ID1E59
    Memory
    4 GB single channel
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel HD Graphics 4000
    Monitor(s) Displays
    1
    Screen Resolution
    1600x900
    Hard Drives
    Hitachi Travelstar
    500GB (SATA)
Thanks for your answer.

But now it shows ''The drive where windows is installed is locked. Unlock the drive and try again''

I don't know which drive they're talking about. I don't if it changes anything, but I cleaned disk 1 instead of 0 (it was the one that had W8 before the crash)

How do I unlock it? I'm still trying to do it with the ''refresh your pc'' button. But at this point, since I cleaned everything on the drive, would it be better to just do it as a regular install?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
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