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    Reformatting second drive for vista?

    I know this is a dumb ass question but I am just hoping anyway

    I am planning on upgrading to vista 64 (everything has drivers except my wireless card and i can just buy a new one for next to nothing)

    I have two hdds my main drive c: contains all my programs and windows and my games my second drive is simply my docs and only includes movies music etc

    So here is my question, if you please, will both drives need to be reformatted or just the main drive?

    I figure that they will both have to be I just really dont want to have to back everything up on dvd first.

    Anyway Thanks in advance

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    Re: Reformatting second drive for vista?

    Vista will sort the drive that it is installing on, and the other will be fine, nothing to do there.
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    Re: Reformatting second drive for vista?

    You'll only need to format your main drive.

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    Re: Reformatting second drive for vista?

    And if you're worried, unplug the 2nd drive while installing - that will remove the risk of human error - unless you unplug the wrong one!
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    Re: Reformatting second drive for vista?

    To be really safe you should unplug your computer as well, it's the only way to be completely free from any Vista hassles.
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    Re: Reformatting second drive for vista?

    roffle

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    Re: Reformatting second drive for vista?

    Quote Originally Posted by charleski View Post
    To be really safe you should unplug your computer as well, it's the only way to be completely free from any Vista hassles.
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