Does Windows 7 Format Automatically?

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Skaweee

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Greetings,

I just built a new system with all new components and installed Windows 7 (full version) on two brand new WD5001AALS hard drives in RAID 0. All went well, and the system is up and running and everything seems to be working smoothly so far. Here is my concern:

After I completed the installation of Windows 7, I remembered that it never asked me to create a partition and format the RAID 0 drive before installation. When I look at Drive C properties under Windows it says the drive is formatted (NTFS). I don't remember the thing ever going though a formatting stage before installation. Under Windows XP this stage took forever on a drive half the size of my new one. Does Windows 7 somehow manage to do this automatically and at blinding speed, or is the drive really formatted at all?
 

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Home Build
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Windows 7
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Intel i7 920
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Asus P6X58D Premium
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Corsair Dominator 6GB 3 x 2GB DDR3
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Gigabyte nVidia GTX 260
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HT Omega Striker 7.1
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Gatewat FPD2185W (21")
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2 WD5001AALS in RAID0
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Enermax Evo Galaxy 1250W
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Thermaltake Xaser III
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Skaweee said:
Greetings,

I just built a new system with all new components and installed Windows 7 (full version) on two brand new WD5001AALS hard drives in RAID 0. All went well, and the system is up and running and everything seems to be working smoothly so far. Here is my concern:

After I completed the installation of Windows 7, I remembered that it never asked me to create a partition and format the RAID 0 drive before installation. When I look at Drive C properties under Windows it says the drive is formatted (NTFS). I don't remember the thing ever going though a formatting stage before installation. Under Windows XP this stage took forever on a drive half the size of my new one. Does Windows 7 somehow manage to do this automatically and at blinding speed, or is the drive really formatted at all?
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Your drives were brand new so (i think im right in saying) the format would have less to do.
And yes,if you have a blank HD it will format the unallocated space as NTFS,Active and Primary.
 

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Blue Shards 1.0
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
CPU
AMD Phenom II 555 Black Edition Quad Core OC'd to 4.0GHz
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ASUS M4A88T-M
Memory
G Skill RipJaw 1333MHz 4GB
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ATI raideon 4250 HD/XFX ATI Radeon 1GB HD4650
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Realteck HD Audio
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2x 22" Widescreen HD Monitors
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500GB Sata 7500RPM
80GB IDE
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850W OCUK Modular
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Antec Dark Fleet DF-30
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Titan Fenrir Pro (CPU)
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Logitech Wireless
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Logitech Wireless
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24Meg
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Getting soon-
2TB 7200RPM HDD
+8GB RAM
30GB SSD
HD6950/70
Yeah the format is completed at blinding speed lol, unlike xp which takes forever XD
But that's because I guess, its a quick format, meaning that the formater will not check for disk errors.
Cheers~!
 

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Dell XPS 8000/HP G70 258US
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Windows 7 64 bit build 7600
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Intel Core i5 750/Intel Pentium Duo T4200 2.00 ghz
Memory
6 gig/4 gig
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ATI Radeon HD 4350/Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD
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Realtek/Conexant Smartaudio High Definition Device
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Two
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1920x1080/1440x900
Hard Drives
750/250 gig
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24 mb
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