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"Maurice N ~ MVP" wrote:
> What is your real goal ? There's a few things off here. Windows setup can do a clean install on your first partition (C drive).
> Obviously you know that would overwrite what you currently have on C.
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> The other issues --- if addressed in isolation -- by themselves -- reformatting 1 partition will not affect the others. Each partition is considered as a separate unit.
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> XP does not have Fdisk. It has (1) a GUI-based Windows app "Disk Management" and (2) the Recovery Console has DISKPART command.
thanks for the reply ...I think i will try a boot disk as greenie suggested
i just did not want to lose my other partitions
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> Maurice N
> MVP Windows - Shell / User
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> Lou wrote:
> > on a drive with many partitions, will reformatting the c: partition
> > erase the other partitions......and if not should i use fdisk because
> > windows setup won't format the partiton
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