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09-26-2010, 06:49 AM
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Formatting new drive
I'll be building a new system from scratch, using a 500Gb or 1Gb drive, either WD or Seagate.
To format it, I can use the Windows disc, but my copy is rather old now, and I was wondering if there might be any problems with a new drive of such high capacity. Would it be worth using some kind of drive formatting utility to format the drive prior to windows installation? If so, which one? Thanks. |
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09-26-2010, 07:03 AM
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The Windows cd will do just fine.
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09-26-2010, 10:43 AM
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What is the exact version of your Windows disk? XP SP1 and newer have no capacity limits. XP SP0 has a 128gb limit.
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09-26-2010, 12:31 PM
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is this drive intended as a system drive (booting an OS off of it) or just data storage? you CAN format a HDD from within windows (compuer>right click drive to be formatted>format>select filesystem>click ok/format)
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09-26-2010, 12:32 PM
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No, it's the first drive in the system, to be the boot drive. My install disc is SP1.
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09-26-2010, 07:10 PM
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windows will automaticly format, or give you the option, to format the drive as needed.
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