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Thread ID: 112674	2010-09-17 06:33:00	XP to WIN.7.	glenbuc76 (15853)	Press F1

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1137857	2010-09-17 06:33:00	hi all. I'm in the process of changing from XP. to wind.7 been thru the process of saving all the files & settings etc. with Wind. easy transfer &started to install W7. chose the CUSTOM option & partition with XP in & was told that windows must be installed to a partition formatted as NTFS. WHAT DO I DO NOW ??? as I cant go any further.	glenbuc76 (15853)
1137858	2010-09-17 06:39:00	So do you want XP and Windows 7 on 2 partitions, or wipe XP and install Win7 by itself? And are you installing Win7 32 or 64 bit?	Speedy Gonzales (78)
1137859	2010-09-17 07:41:00	at the top of the install box it should say format... i think... format to ntfs.	sahilcc7 (15483)
1137860	2010-09-18 03:46:00	Hi Speedy, is it worth pursueing XP at this date, I will be using W7 32. although I think 2 partitions would be handy. & Sahilcc7, there is no "format" at top of box but this is the apparent problem I can't format to ntfs. thanks to both of you.	glenbuc76 (15853)
1137861	2010-09-18 04:29:00	You can put XP and Win7 on it, but you usually install XP then the later OS after. And you can usually create another partition in the setup screen / then format it. Whats the brand / size of this hdd youre trying to format in NTFS? How many partitions are on this hdd now?	Speedy Gonzales (78)
1137862	2010-09-19 01:59:00	Speedy, the best I can do is ;-MAIN DRIVE= wdc wd1600aajs-00L7AO, VERSION 5.1.2535.0 CAPACITY =148GB. with no partitions. don't know what the brand is. There is a 2nd Drive with 5.98GB capacity with wind.98 & some backup stuff on it. both are Fat32. I use a Free agent driver (drive G) with 232GB as my backup & photoes etc. on it, it is NTFS.	glenbuc76 (15853)
1137863	2010-09-19 02:20:00	I would guess your main drive is Western Digital	gary67 (56)
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