Reformatting a drive

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  1. Posts : 24
    WinXP 32bit
       #1

    Reformatting a drive


    Hi Guys,

    Had a back-up mishap which filled my D-drive to capacity. Was hoping to redo that by reformatting. I sorta already know how. Question is, will it affect my C drive at all?

    Would appreciate the help. Thanks :)
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  2. Posts : 119
    win8pro 32 bit win 7Ulitmate 32 bit
       #2

    hi a format will remove any and all files on the hdd including Windows ,everything it will be empty and you will need to star over with a new install of windows
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  3. Posts : 24
    WinXP 32bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    A little dense about computers. Just want to make sure I understand. So I would need to re-install Windows even if what I want to reformat is just my D drive?
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  4. Posts : 119
    win8pro 32 bit win 7Ulitmate 32 bit
       #4

    Gumption said:
    A little dense about computers. Just want to make sure I understand. So I would need to re-install Windows even if what I want to reformat is just my D drive?
    nope ,sorry i missed that ,so D: is a seperate drive from your C:\ drive , correct ,and you have windows install on C :\ then formatting D:\ will not affect windows .
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  5. Posts : 24
    WinXP 32bit
    Thread Starter
       #5

    That's a relief! Means I won't have to actually re-install Windows. Thanks so much!
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  6. Posts : 9,606
    Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
       #6

    Could you post a screen snip of Disk Management so we can be sure of your C: & D: drives

    Disk Management - Post a Screen Capture Image
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  7. Posts : 13,576
    Windows 10 Pro x64
       #7

    Marty !!!!

    Been to Pheonix , dam it must be nice now, snow on the ground here, Sucks
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  8. Posts : 24
    WinXP 32bit
    Thread Starter
       #8

    Sure thing. Here you go.
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Reformatting a drive-my-computer.png  
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  9. Posts : 9,606
    Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
       #9

    That pic almost looks like a manufacturers recovery partition on your hard drive.

    When you did your backup, did you set it to backup to the rather small D: drive ?


    Edit:

    Start Computer Management Disk Management
    Maximize to full screen
    Take a Snip of it with the Snipping Tool, Save snip, then upload the snip here in your post.
    Last edited by DocBrown; 26 Jan 2013 at 16:44. Reason: added info
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  10. ESL
    Posts : 190
    Windows 7 Professional x64
       #10

    Gumption said:
    Sure thing. Here you go.
    That's not disk management. That's My Computer.
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