Solved Format question

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello again m8.



I can't remember and I'm not going to read back ...


Looks really good, are there bootable OSs on Disk #s 3 & 6, the reason they are active?

 

[WolfSoul]

Yea I just set them on inactive.. question on this is disk 6 is an external, it doesn't need to be active does it

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

If it's just data, it does not.

 

[WolfSoul]

Well then Im all good now
Thnx

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

My pleasure, glad we could get it sorted and thanks for the update.

 

[WolfSoul]

Ok now I have another question.. is clean all the same as a "wipe" or secure erase?

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Ok now I have another question.. is clean all the same as a "wipe" or secure erase?

Yes.

 

[WolfSoul]

Ok so I wouldn't need a separate erase tool for that.. was just wondering anyway
And W7 aligns a SSD automatically right?

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

No you don't need any 3rd party software, diskpart will do it.

SSD / HDD : Optimize for Windows Reinstallation

If you have data on the HDD you need to save, use Partition Wizard to do a partition-specific wipe, Option Three of this one.

Partition Wizard : Use the Bootable CD



It's said that some SSDs need aligned, but I'm not so sure about that; have a look at this one.

Align a Solid State Drive for Windows Installation

 

[WolfSoul]

Well I defintely notice the difference between using clean all or not.. maybe it's me but when you don't do it windows seems a lil more unstable, and not sure either if that's an SSD thing

 

[WolfSoul]

OT.. I hate to say you're one of the only people that makes me feel welcome on this board

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

You are welcome, I'm sorry you if you feel otherwise.





I think Windows does better after a clean all (wipe) because all the old Windows code and all the old drivers have been over-wrtitten, a format does not remove any data at all.

   Note

Contrary to popular belief, doing a format with Windows 7 does not remove any data at all, it just checks for sector errors and marks the space to be over-written as needed, all the data is still there including all the code from previous/failed installation attempts.

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[WolfSoul]

Yea I was guessing the quick format seems to remove nothing and let that data influence your reinstall

 

[WolfSoul]

I still use diskpart every time.. and advise people to do it too

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello again mate, sorry it took me so long to say hello!