Hello,
My PC recently took a dump, and I've been trying to "Refresh" it all day. Unfortunately, many problems have arisen. When one was resolved, another would pop up, so I decided to just reinstall Windows entirely.
I have two 1TB drives in RAID 0, with a 64GB partition for the OS, and the rest for Data. My question is, if I boot into my Windows 8 Installation USB device, can I simply format the 64GB partition and install Windows right on that? The goal is to leave the Data partition unaffected.
An extra question: I've been wondering this for a while. Does it make a difference if you install Windows on an Unallocated Space versus a partition created in the advanced boot options? Is it necessary to format the partitions as well?
Thanks in advance,
Will
My PC recently took a dump, and I've been trying to "Refresh" it all day. Unfortunately, many problems have arisen. When one was resolved, another would pop up, so I decided to just reinstall Windows entirely.
I have two 1TB drives in RAID 0, with a 64GB partition for the OS, and the rest for Data. My question is, if I boot into my Windows 8 Installation USB device, can I simply format the 64GB partition and install Windows right on that? The goal is to leave the Data partition unaffected.
An extra question: I've been wondering this for a while. Does it make a difference if you install Windows on an Unallocated Space versus a partition created in the advanced boot options? Is it necessary to format the partitions as well?
Thanks in advance,
Will
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