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General discussion

Format

Feb 1, 2004 11:00PM PST

Is it safe to format a partition from another partition on the same drive? I partitioned an 80gig HD into 40 primary and 60 secondary. I want to re-format the 60 gig. Oh yeah, using XP Pro.

Thanks in advance

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Re:Format
Feb 1, 2004 11:20PM PST

How do i reformat my hard drive with XP?

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Re:Re:Format
Feb 2, 2004 1:28AM PST

It is as simple as opening Disk Management, choosing the drive and choose to format.

Just remember all data is lost in this action.