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| Thread ID: 28480 | 2002-12-21 01:24:00 | Partitioned drives - how independant? | Greg S (201) | Press F1 |
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| 107856 | 2002-12-21 01:24:00 | Hi. My hard disk is partitioned into 2 drives, C & D. Windows (98 1st ed) is installed on C. I'm about to format it and reinstall Win - how safe is all my data on D - will it be affected by what happens on C during this process? Thx. |
Greg S (201) | ||
| 107857 | 2002-12-21 01:41:00 | Formatting operates on one "logical disk" at a time . The programme uses the information in the partition table to tell it how big that one is . It does not know about any others . So it won't touch your data on "D:", assuming that you are not interrupted at a crucial moment and type D: when you mean C: . Always look hard at what you have typed before you press enter . Partitioning modifies the partition table . People sometimes have accidents doing that . :D |
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| 107858 | 2002-12-21 01:47:00 | Ta. | Greg S (201) | ||
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