dual boot reformat questions

So i have a dual boot system win7/xp set up now and want to reformat the c drive which has win 7

do i reformat this drive like any other drive and will i lose my dual boot settings?

thanks

Bare Foot Kid said:

Hello devan5, welcome to Seven forums!



We would need to know which OS is "system, active" before any advice; please post a snip/screenshot of the complete disk management so we can have a look.


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is this what you're looking for?

thanks

Bare Foot Kid said:

So you have XP on E: and W 7 on C:?

yeah thats correct, for some reason set itself xp set itself as e

Bare Foot Kid said:

devan5 said:

Bare Foot Kid said:

So you have XP on E: and W 7 on C:?

yeah, for some reason xp set itself xp set itself as e

The one booted is always C: (usually) do you have an XP install CD?



Are XP and Windows 7 on different / separate Hard Disk Drives?

yes both os on seperate hard drives and i do have an xp install disk

Bare Foot Kid said:

Well do this, unplug the HDD with Windows 7 on it and see if XP will start up with it unplugged.

ok i shall try that