how to reformat boot drive

grishenko45 · Aug 10, 2009

hi, im planning on getting win7 and doing a fresh install.....ive got 3 hdds but will unplug 2 and wipe the C drive for win7 - how am i supposed to reformat the boot drive when im using it to run xp, to wipe the drive - if you know what i mean!

KillrBuckeye · Aug 10, 2009

The Windows 7 installer will give you the option to delete and create partitions on any drives it detects, and it will format the partition on which you choose to install the OS.

EarthDog · Aug 10, 2009

Exactly! ^^

grishenko45 · Aug 10, 2009

nice!!

Chixofnix · Aug 12, 2009

KillrBuckeye said:
The Windows 7 installer will give you the option to delete and create partitions on any drives it detects, and it will format the partition on which you choose to install the OS.

So handy!

Not knowing this, I could see myself just whipping out my Win98 bootdisk, reattaching a floppy drive to my setup, and doing it the (or my) old fashioned way... which was going to be my suggestion to the OP!

Next thing you know they'll figure out some way to make a monitor display more than 16 colors! :screwy:

Marshmallow64 · Aug 12, 2009

KillrBuckeye said:
The Windows 7 installer will give you the option to delete and create partitions on any drives it detects, and it will format the partition on which you choose to install the OS.

I think starting from Xp they had this option =)

KillrBuckeye · Aug 12, 2009

Right, pretty much any modern OS gives the user some form of disk/partition management capability during the installation process.

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