Format sata drive ?

[lisaruss1]

i have a 250 sata drive,with xp pro and a sata 80gig with vista ,i want to format 80 gig sata to be storage

 

[TonCharr28]

To pull that off, you'll have to reformat the the 80GB, meaning you'll lose your Vista installation.

 

[ram1009]

Your terminology is a little confusing to me. If I'm reading your question correctly you have two SATA HDDs, one is 250GB with XP Pro installed and the other is an 80GB with Vista installed and you want to use the 80GB for storage. What I don't understand is what's stopping you from using the 80GB HDD for storage right now. Set your BIOS to boot from the 250GB drive and the 80Gb will appear as the next available drive letter. Vista will take up some of the 80GB but will not interfere with using the drive for storage. The alternative is to re-format the 80GB HDD and lose the Vista installation.

 

[lisaruss1]

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP ! /not concerned about loosing vista, just dont want to mess up xp,can i go to my computer right click (E) and format ?

 

[micky_lund]

depends if E is the 80gb or the 250gb .... lols

 

[lisaruss1]

E is the 80 gig/ LOL