S Stuart48 Honorable Apr 10, 2013 17 0 10,510 Apr 22, 2014 #1 Just about to put new drives in after failure, but I currently have no operating system. Can I format and partion hard drive with out OS.
Just about to put new drives in after failure, but I currently have no operating system. Can I format and partion hard drive with out OS.
Solution USAFRet Apr 22, 2014 No, and there is no need to. Without an OS, either Linux or Windows, there is no need to partition beforehand.
No, and there is no need to. Without an OS, either Linux or Windows, there is no need to partition beforehand.
USAFRet Titan Moderator Mar 16, 2013 171,486 17,932 184,590 Apr 22, 2014 Solution #2 No, and there is no need to. Without an OS, either Linux or Windows, there is no need to partition beforehand. Upvote 0 Downvote Solution
No, and there is no need to. Without an OS, either Linux or Windows, there is no need to partition beforehand.
random stalker Honorable Feb 3, 2013 764 0 11,360 Apr 22, 2014 #3 well, you can use hirens disk - it has some tools for creating partitions (if you really want to)... Upvote 0 Downvote