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Windows 7: Can I format just one partition without affecting the other?
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20 Dec 2010
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Windows 7 Home Premium North Hollywood, CA |
Can I format just one partition without affecting the other?
I have a hard drive that used to have windows 7 RC installed onto it's own partition, (so 2 partitions on one drive) I have since bought a new Hard drive and installed Windows 7 Home Premium on it and I am now using the old Hard drive for storage
My question is I want to clear out the partition that had my old RC version of Win 7. I tried just deleting all the Windows files, but it would not delete them all... can I format just the partition without affecting the other partition, or will it format the WHOLE drive? | My System Specs |
| OS Windows 7 Home Premium
CPU Intel Core 2 6600 @ 2.40 GHz ea
Motherboard ASUS P5B Deluxe
Memory 6 GB
Graphics Card NVidia GeForce 8800GT
Sound Card SoundMax HD Audio
Keyboard Logitech MX 5000
Mouse Logitech MX laser
Case Cosmos CoolerMaster ATX
Cooling 5 fans
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20 Dec 2010
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#2 | |
Systems 1 and 2: Windows 7 Enterprise x64, Win 8 Developer University of Kentucky |
You can format a partition. You can also delete and recreate a partition. Finally, you can resize a partition. All three without affecting the whole drive (well, resizing affect outside that partition). | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell and Custom
OS Systems 1 and 2: Windows 7 Enterprise x64, Win 8 Developer
CPU System 1: i7 2600@3.4GHz, System 2: AMD FX-4100 Zambezi 3.6G
Motherboard System 1:Dell 06NWYK System 2: ASUS M5A97 AM3+
Memory System 1: 8GB System 2: 8GB
Graphics Card System 1: ATI FirePro V4800 System 2: Radeon HD 6850
Sound Card System 1: onboard System 2: onboard
Monitor(s) Displays System1: Viewsonic HDMI 24"
Screen Resolution System 1: 1920x1080 System 2: 1920x1080
Case System 1: Dell System 2: Cooler Master
Hard Drives System 1: Mirrored .5B drives System 2: Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s
Internet Speed 10 MBPS
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20 Dec 2010
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#3 | |
Win 7 Home Premium 64bit Ver 6.1.7600 Build 7601 - SP1 Central Pa. |
Hi! Ruester, welcome to 7F 
Yes. A Format operation only operates on the ONE Partition you specify and does not touch the other.
May I ask, what program are you planning to use? | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Gateway DX4831e (Mid-Tower Desktop)
OS Win 7 Home Premium 64bit Ver 6.1.7600 Build 7601 - SP1
CPU Intel i3 530 2.93GHz, 2933MHz 2 Cores 4 Logical Processors
Motherboard Gateway H57M01 133 megahertz
Memory 6GB of 1,333MHz DDR3 SDRAM
Graphics Card 32MB Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD IGChip
Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays Gateway HX2000 20inch TFT active matrix TN
Screen Resolution 1600 x 900 x 59 hertz
Keyboard MS 'Natural' Standard PS/2 Enhanced 101-102 Key
Mouse Gateway USB wired optical
PSU 300watts.
Case Mid-Tower Desktop
Cooling Stock from Gateway
Hard Drives WDC WD10EADS-00M2B0 [HDD] (1000.20 GB) -- drive 0,
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH41N [CD-ROM dr]
HP Photosmart Plus B210a e_series AIO Printer
Four card readers, and Four USB 2.0
Internet Speed Verizon FIOS 24.57Mbps Down - 5.68Mbps up
Antivirus MSE
Browser IE9.0.8112.16421-Upd ver 9.0.13, FireFox 19.2, Opera 12.14
Other Info BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. P01-A0 11/17/2009
System Specs by Belarc.
Join Date March 27th 2010 at 10:44:15 AM.
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20 Dec 2010
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#4 | |
Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany |
Just go to Disk Management, right click on the partition in question and Format. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops
OS Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to i7
Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207
Keyboard with trackball - no mices
Mouse Trackball mice
Hard Drives 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals
Internet Speed DSL 6000
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20 Dec 2010
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#5 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium North Hollywood, CA |
Quote: Originally Posted by Lemur  You can format a partition. You can also delete and recreate a partition. Finally, you can resize a partition. All three without affecting the whole drive (well, resizing affect outside that partition). Do you mean I can delete the partition and open up the whole drive without affecting the 2nd partition? That would be even better if I could do that
Anak:
I was just going to use the Windows built in, is there a better way, or something you suggest?
Thanks all! | | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Home Premium
CPU Intel Core 2 6600 @ 2.40 GHz ea
Motherboard ASUS P5B Deluxe
Memory 6 GB
Graphics Card NVidia GeForce 8800GT
Sound Card SoundMax HD Audio
Keyboard Logitech MX 5000
Mouse Logitech MX laser
Case Cosmos CoolerMaster ATX
Cooling 5 fans
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20 Dec 2010
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#6 | |
Win 7 Home Premium 64bit Ver 6.1.7600 Build 7601 - SP1 Central Pa. |
No, The windows feature as whs suggests will suffice. | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Gateway DX4831e (Mid-Tower Desktop)
OS Win 7 Home Premium 64bit Ver 6.1.7600 Build 7601 - SP1
CPU Intel i3 530 2.93GHz, 2933MHz 2 Cores 4 Logical Processors
Motherboard Gateway H57M01 133 megahertz
Memory 6GB of 1,333MHz DDR3 SDRAM
Graphics Card 32MB Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD IGChip
Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays Gateway HX2000 20inch TFT active matrix TN
Screen Resolution 1600 x 900 x 59 hertz
Keyboard MS 'Natural' Standard PS/2 Enhanced 101-102 Key
Mouse Gateway USB wired optical
PSU 300watts.
Case Mid-Tower Desktop
Cooling Stock from Gateway
Hard Drives WDC WD10EADS-00M2B0 [HDD] (1000.20 GB) -- drive 0,
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH41N [CD-ROM dr]
HP Photosmart Plus B210a e_series AIO Printer
Four card readers, and Four USB 2.0
Internet Speed Verizon FIOS 24.57Mbps Down - 5.68Mbps up
Antivirus MSE
Browser IE9.0.8112.16421-Upd ver 9.0.13, FireFox 19.2, Opera 12.14
Other Info BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. P01-A0 11/17/2009
System Specs by Belarc.
Join Date March 27th 2010 at 10:44:15 AM.
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20 Dec 2010
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#7 | |
Systems 1 and 2: Windows 7 Enterprise x64, Win 8 Developer University of Kentucky |
Quote: Originally Posted by Ruester
Quote: Originally Posted by Lemur You can format a partition. You can also delete and recreate a partition. Finally, you can resize a partition. All three without affecting the whole drive (well, resizing affect outside that partition). Do you mean I can delete the partition and open up the whole drive without affecting the 2nd partition? That would be even better if I could do that
Anak:
I was just going to use the Windows built in, is there a better way, or something you suggest?
Thanks all! Yes, you can delete and recreate the partition. Just make sure your OS is not on it and your programs do not rely on it. How To Create/Delete A Partition In Windows 7 | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell and Custom
OS Systems 1 and 2: Windows 7 Enterprise x64, Win 8 Developer
CPU System 1: i7 2600@3.4GHz, System 2: AMD FX-4100 Zambezi 3.6G
Motherboard System 1:Dell 06NWYK System 2: ASUS M5A97 AM3+
Memory System 1: 8GB System 2: 8GB
Graphics Card System 1: ATI FirePro V4800 System 2: Radeon HD 6850
Sound Card System 1: onboard System 2: onboard
Monitor(s) Displays System1: Viewsonic HDMI 24"
Screen Resolution System 1: 1920x1080 System 2: 1920x1080
Case System 1: Dell System 2: Cooler Master
Hard Drives System 1: Mirrored .5B drives System 2: Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s
Internet Speed 10 MBPS
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22 Dec 2010
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#8 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium North Hollywood, CA |
Thank you all for your help, you have answered my questions! and have a Merry Christmas! | | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Home Premium
CPU Intel Core 2 6600 @ 2.40 GHz ea
Motherboard ASUS P5B Deluxe
Memory 6 GB
Graphics Card NVidia GeForce 8800GT
Sound Card SoundMax HD Audio
Keyboard Logitech MX 5000
Mouse Logitech MX laser
Case Cosmos CoolerMaster ATX
Cooling 5 fans
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22 Dec 2010
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#9 | |
Win 7 Home Premium 64bit Ver 6.1.7600 Build 7601 - SP1 Central Pa. |
Quote: Originally Posted by Ruester Thank you all for your help, you have answered my questions! and have a Merry Christmas! Your most welcome Ruester!
And may you find your Hopes..'neath the tree..in the mornin'...
Edit:
I'm not going to change it, but the first minute or so is a little risque'
Last edited by Anak; 22 Dec 2010 at 08:30 PM..
Reason: Producers Comments
| | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Gateway DX4831e (Mid-Tower Desktop)
OS Win 7 Home Premium 64bit Ver 6.1.7600 Build 7601 - SP1
CPU Intel i3 530 2.93GHz, 2933MHz 2 Cores 4 Logical Processors
Motherboard Gateway H57M01 133 megahertz
Memory 6GB of 1,333MHz DDR3 SDRAM
Graphics Card 32MB Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD IGChip
Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays Gateway HX2000 20inch TFT active matrix TN
Screen Resolution 1600 x 900 x 59 hertz
Keyboard MS 'Natural' Standard PS/2 Enhanced 101-102 Key
Mouse Gateway USB wired optical
PSU 300watts.
Case Mid-Tower Desktop
Cooling Stock from Gateway
Hard Drives WDC WD10EADS-00M2B0 [HDD] (1000.20 GB) -- drive 0,
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH41N [CD-ROM dr]
HP Photosmart Plus B210a e_series AIO Printer
Four card readers, and Four USB 2.0
Internet Speed Verizon FIOS 24.57Mbps Down - 5.68Mbps up
Antivirus MSE
Browser IE9.0.8112.16421-Upd ver 9.0.13, FireFox 19.2, Opera 12.14
Other Info BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. P01-A0 11/17/2009
System Specs by Belarc.
Join Date March 27th 2010 at 10:44:15 AM.
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