Hallo,
I'm planning on installing windows 8 on my drive.
when I installed windows 7 it formatted my drive and I'm afraid it will happen again.
I tried to partition the drive as an external on laptop running windows 7 but does not give me the option.
what can I do to ensure my drive is not formatted or what else can I try to partition the drive.
please help.
Windows 8 has an option to keep all of your files implemented in the installation so I wouldn't worry. It also gives you the option to format your drive/files.
windows 7 is sopose to give u these option but didn't I need to ensure this doesn't happen again
These are the options for the Windows 8 installation even if it says something else. I am certain on this.
drive crashed not available grub4dos error activated sum thing like _ _ (0.1) now it keeps saying no bootable device found
That's a different issue that you should make a separate thread on. I cannot help you with this one.
Uninstall GRUB from the partition where you had it. If it continues to cause problems then you'll need to back up your data, wipe the HD of boot code with Diskpart Clean Command and do the superior Clean Install - Windows 8.
It would help if you'd tell us if you want to keep Win7 to install Win8 in a Dual Boot Installation - Windows 8 and Windows 7, upgrade Win7 to Win8, or Clean Install.
The correct way to Clean install an OS is always to boot the installer and use Drive Options to delete all partitions, then create new as you wish - unless you want to do an Upgrade which you also don't bother to say.
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