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Vamp
04-25-2007, 09:18 AM
I may need to format my system today. I have two harddrives, one is a 160GB and the other is 200GB.

The 200GB is partitioned into a 50GB C: and a 150GB E: All my business work and software is on the larger partition, and the OS is on the 50GB partition.

If I format the OS drive, will the partition still exist so I can install XP back onto that 50GB without losing stuff on the larger partition?
S!X
04-25-2007, 09:19 AM
It'll still be there.
ZaZu
04-25-2007, 09:31 AM
wrong info...nevamind
kirktrix
04-25-2007, 09:33 AM
It'll still be there.

:yup:
memnom
04-25-2007, 01:24 PM
it wont man, logical partitions will not be gone if u format WITHIN xp, if u do it from the Bootable disc its history.
S!X
04-25-2007, 07:42 PM
it wont man, logical partitions will not be gone if u format WITHIN xp, if u do it from the Bootable disc its history.

If he formats only the partition that has the current OS on it, everything else should be there...
tesco
04-25-2007, 08:01 PM
it wont man, logical partitions will not be gone if u format WITHIN xp, if u do it from the Bootable disc its history.Doesn't matter where you format from, as long as you format the right partition.

You can't even format the partition that you have your running OS on...a boot disk is needed.
Vamp
04-25-2007, 09:24 PM
So I needed to format the drive XP is on, how would I do that?
harrycary
04-25-2007, 10:57 PM
boot from your XP disc and you will be given the option to format any partitions
you may have.

the other(s) will be there after reinstalling XP.
Vamp
04-25-2007, 11:12 PM
Thanks.

Everything is fucking out for me. Blue screens left, right and center. Taking it to another PC techncian to see if they can help.

Sigh...Hours and hours and hours worth of reinstalling if I need to format.
zapjb
04-26-2007, 01:51 AM
Sorry. But predictable.
memnom
04-26-2007, 03:47 AM
it wont man, logical partitions will not be gone if u format WITHIN xp, if u do it from the Bootable disc its history.Doesn't matter where you format from, as long as you format the right partition.

You can't even format the partition that you have your running OS on...a boot disk is needed.

im talking about complete reformat, u know deleting all the the Partitions by Pressing D and creating new ones. thats what im talking about.:)