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gromek
Joined: 24 Jun 2006
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 Posted: 06/24/06 - 04:00 Post subject: Formatting partitioned hard disk |
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Hi, here's a newbie question: My Seagate Hard Disc is formatted so that it has one 100GB partition and one 60GB. I want to reformat it so that it's all one big partition, and not divided in two. However, a friend told me he thinks I can't do that, because Windows XP doesn't recognize disc size bigger than 100GB or so, and if I try it, I'll just lose the remaining space! Is this true? Can it be avoided somehow? TIA!
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chevrier
Joined: 24 Jun 2006
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| Posted: 04/17/07 - 10:39 Post subject: |
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You and your friend are confusing issues here. First, of course XP can recognize large discs (he formats all in NTFS anyway). Second, yes, you can make a single non-partitioned disc, when you reinstall Windows XP it should offer a selection where you choose "single partition" or whatever it's called. However, I strongly advise against it. Having a partitioned hard disc is often very useful, especially in case of system failure. At the very least, you should keep two partitions, a small one (couple of GB) to install the OS on, and a large one containing everything else.
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Anshar
Joined: 01 Jun 2007
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| Posted: 06/01/07 - 10:14 Post subject: Re: Formatting partitioned hard disk |
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i am using hitachi 80 gb hdd,i formatted my drives(except 2 drives --- 20 gb) using "format" command from DOS, then i used driver manager(utility) to "zero fill" my hdd, now i want to partition my hdd but it shows only 20 (mentioned above 2 drives 20 gb) for partitioning... wat abt the remaining 60 gb... plz give me a soln for that....
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