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Is there a problem formating a drive formatted by Dell?
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philo
Chuck Le Mieux said:Is there a problem formating a drive formatted by Dell?
there should be no problem
but you will need to use NTFS if the partition is over 32gigs
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Kerry Brown
Chuck said:Is there a problem formating a drive formatted by Dell?
Be careful you don't delete the Dell restore or diagnostic partition if
there is one.
Kerry
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Ken Blake, MVP
Chuck said:Is there a problem formating a drive formatted by Dell?
No. Are you having a problem? If you're trying to do a format and
reinstallation, be aware that you can't format from within Windows, since
that would leave Windows without a leg to stand on.
Just boot from the Windows XP CD (change the BIOS boot order if necessary to
accomplish this) and follow the prompts for a clean installation (delete the
existing partition by pressing "D" when prompted, then create a new one).
You can find detailed instructions here:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
or here http://windowsxp.mvps.org/XPClean.htm
or here http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm
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Ken Blake, MVP
philo said:there should be no problem
but you will need to use NTFS if the partition is over 32gigs
No, not true.
True, Windows can't create a FAT32 partition larger than 32GB, but it will
happily use one if you first create it externally,
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Phil Weldon
'Chuck Le Mieux' wrote:
| Is there a problem formating a drive formatted by Dell?
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Depends. Is the drive in a laptop, and does it have a special hibernate
partition? In other words, if you press the sleep button, does the laptop
save main memory, graphics memory, and machine state on the hard drive, then
shut off? If this be the case, then that partition may be specialized, and
not something you want to recreate, especially as it has to be done AFTER
partitioning and BEFORE formating.
Phil Weldon
| Is there a problem formating a drive formatted by Dell?
| Is there a problem formating a drive formatted by Dell?
_____
Depends. Is the drive in a laptop, and does it have a special hibernate
partition? In other words, if you press the sleep button, does the laptop
save main memory, graphics memory, and machine state on the hard drive, then
shut off? If this be the case, then that partition may be specialized, and
not something you want to recreate, especially as it has to be done AFTER
partitioning and BEFORE formating.
Phil Weldon
| Is there a problem formating a drive formatted by Dell?
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philo
Ken Blake said:No, not true.
True, Windows can't create a FAT32 partition larger than 32GB, but it will
happily use one if you first create it externally,
Ooops
My error...thank you for the correction!
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Ken Blake, MVP
philo said:Ooops
My error...thank you for the correction!
Not a problem, and you're welcome.
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Rick
If you are formating a Hard drive set up by Dell you may run intoChuck said:Is there a problem formating a drive formatted by Dell?
problems with the MBR. You can contact Dell and they will give you the
Debug code to remove their MBR then the format goes smoothly.