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question-formatting hard drive

  • 02-05-2006 3:59pm
    #1
    fatal
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    Whenever I double click on my D drive it says "The D drive is not formatted,wouldd you like to format it now?" and gives me the option of saying yes or not.I have now installed Xp on my C drive(it used to be on my D drive).Can I now just simply right click on my D drive and format it without any problems whatsoever?


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  • #2
    jor el
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    Is there anything on the D drive that you want to keep? If you've lost access to it anyway and there's nothing there then format away. If you don't know why you lost access to it then it could be that the drive is failing. If it is then you're best off binning it as it won't last much longer.


  • #3
    fatal
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    jor el wrote:
    Is there anything on the D drive that you want to keep? If you've lost access to it anyway and there's nothing there then format away. If you don't know why you lost access to it then it could be that the drive is failing. If it is then you're best off binning it as it won't last much longer.

    is windows the only REALLY important file that I need on a drive so that the computer stays working?if so then I can format it


  • #4
    fatal
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    just another thing...
    when im about to format what file system should i use,FAT32 or NTFS,what "allocation unit size" should I go for and will I make it a "quick compression" or "enable compression"


  • #5
    jor el
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    You have Windows on c: right? If so, nothing on d: should matter, especially if d: isn't even working for you. Choose NTFS and leave all the other settings at their default values.


  • #6
    fatal
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    jor el wrote:
    You have Windows on c: right? If so, nothing on d: should matter, especially if d: isn't even working for you. Choose NTFS and leave all the other settings at their default values.
    thanks for your help and the rest of the guys aswell
    yea its on the c drive


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