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Delete & Format Partition during Win 7 installation

  • 30-08-2011 10:50PM
    #1
    Benzino
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,816 ✭✭✭


    Hey all,

    Just a quick question. I have just installed windows 7 again after it became unusable. However in my haste, during the installation process, I deleted the existing partitions and created a new one, but I forgot to format the newly created partition.

    What does this mean? It has installed correctly and is running fine at the moment, but will this error come back to bite me?

    Cheers for the help!


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  • #2
    Fysh
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 11,172 Mod ✭✭✭✭Fysh


    Benzino wrote: »
    Hey all,

    Just a quick question. I have just installed windows 7 again after it became unusable. However in my haste, during the installation process, I deleted the existing partitions and created a new one, but I forgot to format the newly created partition.

    What does this mean? It has installed correctly and is running fine at the moment, but will this error come back to bite me?

    Cheers for the help!

    Nope, you won't have problems from this (unless you needed to recover stuff from the old partitions). It won't have installed without first creating a partition - sounds like the installer will have just created the required partitions using the entire disk.


  • #3
    Benzino
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,816 ✭✭✭Benzino


    Excellent, that puts my mind at rest. Thanks!


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