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'Reformatting' Harddrive

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  • aknot
    aknot Posts: 49 Forumite
    sahun wrote: »
    umm how do I create a new partition?

    sorry Im new to all this

    A how to http://www.zolved.com/synapse/view_content/25298/Can_I_create_a_new_Drive_or_Partition_in_Windows_Vista
  • sahun
    sahun Posts: 303 Forumite
    ok that seems done, now just to reformat to fat32, hope this works
    Never knock on death's door, ring the doorbell and run away ..... he hates that :mad:
  • aknot
    aknot Posts: 49 Forumite
    sahun wrote: »
    ok that seems done, now just to reformat to fat32, hope this works


    make sure you only format to FAT on the new partition and not across the whole drive.
  • sahun
    sahun Posts: 303 Forumite
    aknot wrote: »
    make sure you only format to FAT on the new partition and not across the whole drive.

    Yeah hopefully Ill click the write one, or I will most probably cry!!
    Never knock on death's door, ring the doorbell and run away ..... he hates that :mad:
  • sahun
    sahun Posts: 303 Forumite
    Ok hit another problem, went on to format the new partition and it doesnt offer fat32 as a file system, does this mean that i cant format it?
    Never knock on death's door, ring the doorbell and run away ..... he hates that :mad:
  • sahun
    sahun Posts: 303 Forumite
    ok ill change the size of my partition and see if that makes a difference.

    Extending a partition (so i merge the 2 current partitions into the original 1), will this put my files on the HDD at risk of deletion/corruption?
    Never knock on death's door, ring the doorbell and run away ..... he hates that :mad:
  • aknot
    aknot Posts: 49 Forumite
    sahun wrote: »
    ok ill change the size of my partition and see if that makes a difference.

    Extending a partition (so i merge the 2 current partitions into the original 1), will this put my files on the HDD at risk of deletion/corruption?

    It may well do and dont forget that your restoration partition may become corrupt and if you ever need to reinstall Vista then you wont be able to, If I were you I would put everything back to how it was and buy a second Hard Drive and either have it as an internal slave drive or take the very simple route and buy a caddy.

    Caddy > http://www.ebuyer.com/product/120659

    New HDD > http://www.ebuyer.com/product/23275/show_product_reviews
  • sahun
    sahun Posts: 303 Forumite
    What does a caddy do?
    (sorry you have to remember you are talking to a numpty)
    Never knock on death's door, ring the doorbell and run away ..... he hates that :mad:
  • aknot
    aknot Posts: 49 Forumite
    sahun wrote: »
    What does a caddy do?
    (sorry you have to remember you are talking to a numpty)

    You put the new HDD inside the caddy and this allows you to connect via USB
  • sahun
    sahun Posts: 303 Forumite
    Ahh ok thats obvios now when i look at the harddrive you showed me.
    Never knock on death's door, ring the doorbell and run away ..... he hates that :mad:
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