Okay I know this is probably a stupid question but I have one HD in my machine that came with three partitions on it.
The first partition is some little tiny space that doesn't show up when you boot up but shows up on when you do the OS install called Recovery-OEM
The second is aprox 40GB space partitioned off as D:
The third is the main partition about 555GB space partitioned off as C:
When I was having problems with the Windows 7 install the MS Tech had me try installing it on the D: Partition. Now that I have Windows 7 working on the C: Partition I want to know if I can format the D: Partition to get rid of those non working windows files off the drive.
If I right click on the D: Drive and go to Format I have an option to Format the D: Drive but it gives me a sort of scary and intimidating message about the ENTIRE drive being formatted and data lost. Formatting the D: Drive wont effect the C: Partition at all will it?
That tiny partition (100mb?) is the system recovery partition that Win7 automatically creates on install.
You can safely format D:. providing all the data that you require is on C:.
If you are running Windows off C:, formatting D: will not harm Windows. That scary message is just a warning, an opportunity to rethink your decision to format and to ensure that all the essential data on the drive has been moved elsewhere.
Okay I know this is probably a stupid question but I have one HD in my machine that came with three partitions on it.
The first partition is some little tiny space that doesn't show up when you boot up but shows up on when you do the OS install called Recovery-OEM
The second is aprox 40GB space partitioned off as D:
The third is the main partition about 555GB space partitioned off as C:
When I was having problems with the Windows 7 install the MS Tech had me try installing it on the D: Partition. Now that I have Windows 7 working on the C: Partition I want to know if I can format the D: Partition to get rid of those non working windows files off the drive.
If I right click on the D: Drive and go to Format I have an option to Format the D: Drive but it gives me a sort of scary and intimidating message about the ENTIRE drive being formatted and data lost. Formatting the D: Drive wont effect the C: Partition at all will it?
Can you give us a screen shot of your HD in disk Management ?
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added 80gb external on Ult 7600 computer,
numerous extra 1tb, 2TB, 3Tb SATA HD's
A collection of ext HD Docks w/ HDs Internet Speed: Fast Cable InterNet Browser: IE 8 is preferred, but use FireFox sometimes Antivirus: AVG Free on 24 different Desktops, NO Problems! Other Info: Linksys Routers, switches, & Hubs
Too Many USB Flash Drives to count, Biggest is 64GB !
Eight computers in my home network.
Sixteen computers at my business network.
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Lots of old used spare computer parts everywhere!
Okay I know this is probably a stupid question but I have one HD in my machine that came with three partitions on it.
The first partition is some little tiny space that doesn't show up when you boot up but shows up on when you do the OS install called Recovery-OEM
The second is aprox 40GB space partitioned off as D:
The third is the main partition about 555GB space partitioned off as C:
When I was having problems with the Windows 7 install the MS Tech had me try installing it on the D: Partition. Now that I have Windows 7 working on the C: Partition I want to know if I can format the D: Partition to get rid of those non working windows files off the drive.
If I right click on the D: Drive and go to Format I have an option to Format the D: Drive but it gives me a sort of scary and intimidating message about the ENTIRE drive being formatted and data lost. Formatting the D: Drive wont effect the C: Partition at all will it?
Many computers today has the recover software on drive d., the small partion to do the restore.
To be honest I couldn't tell you. My last system had a ready boost drive on it from the first time I started using it because the guy that built it put one on there, so I just moved it from that system to this one. So it's just sort of been something that is always there :)
Okay I know this is probably a stupid question but I have one HD in my machine that came with three partitions on it.
The first partition is some little tiny space that doesn't show up when you boot up but shows up on when you do the OS install called Recovery-OEM
The second is aprox 40GB space partitioned off as D:
The third is the main partition about 555GB space partitioned off as C:
When I was having problems with the Windows 7 install the MS Tech had me try installing it on the D: Partition. Now that I have Windows 7 working on the C: Partition I want to know if I can format the D: Partition to get rid of those non working windows files off the drive.
If I right click on the D: Drive and go to Format I have an option to Format the D: Drive but it gives me a sort of scary and intimidating message about the ENTIRE drive being formatted and data lost. Formatting the D: Drive wont effect the C: Partition at all will it?
When the MS Tech had you install win7 on "D" * Could the new running win7 be seeing itself as "C" ? Have you looked at properties with win7 running to see the drive letters & their corresponding sizes. What OS was on before you installed win7 ?
Computer Type: PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number: Built them myself, Science Experiments ! OS: Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz) CPU: AMD fx8350 4ghz, AMD-32 2400mhz, AMD-64 3200mhz, AMDx64 2.8G Motherboard: SIS 755, ECS-K8M890M-M (Ult 7600), GigaByte & others Memory: 2gb, 4gb on the Ult 7600, 4gb on Technet RTM, 32gb on FX8350 Graphics Card: Draw my own Graphics, several nVidia cards Sound Card: on motherboard Monitor(s) Displays: 19" flat scr, 28" I-Inc widescr,22" Emprex Widescr, 23" Acer Screen Resolution: 1280 x 1024, 1440 x 900, 1920 x 1080 Keyboard: Compaq & Dell recycled from GoodWill Mouse: Made in China Optical Wired Mouse PSU: 430w, 550w, 600w, 700, 800, etc Case: All Generic Full Towers Cooling: Open Air & a few fans, some w/ colored LEDs Hard Drives: 6 pata Ide HD's & 2 Sata HD's
added 80gb external on Ult 7600 computer,
numerous extra 1tb, 2TB, 3Tb SATA HD's
A collection of ext HD Docks w/ HDs Internet Speed: Fast Cable InterNet Browser: IE 8 is preferred, but use FireFox sometimes Antivirus: AVG Free on 24 different Desktops, NO Problems! Other Info: Linksys Routers, switches, & Hubs
Too Many USB Flash Drives to count, Biggest is 64GB !
Eight computers in my home network.
Sixteen computers at my business network.
Linked via TeamViewer !
Lots of old used spare computer parts everywhere!
Computer Type: PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number: Ignatz Special; 4 speed manual gearbox; factory air conditioning; one of one OS: Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit CPU: Intel Skylake i5-6600K, not overclocked Motherboard: AsRock Z170M Extreme 4, micro ATX Memory: 8 GB HyperX DDR4-2666 (2 x 4 GB) Graphics Card: none; graphics are integrated on CPU Sound Card: onboard: Realtek ALC1150; external: USB Behringer UF0-202 Monitor(s) Displays: Dell S2340M 23 inch IPS Screen Resolution: 1600 x 900 Keyboard: Microsoft 200 6JH-00001 USB Mouse: Dell or Microsoft optical wired; USB PSU: Rosewill SilentNight 500 watt fanless, semi-modular Case: Antec Solo II Cooling: Noctua NH-U12S; Noctua F12 intake, Noctua S12A exhaust Hard Drives: System: Crucial MX100 series SSD, 128 GB;
Data: Samsung Spinpoint 103SJ, 1 TB;
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