K kdoobie New Member Joined Nov 5, 2009 Messages 2 Nov 5, 2009 Thread Author #1 I have a Dell system with 2 internal hard drives. I have backed up all of my data to the second hard drive. When doing a clean (custom) install of Windows 7 will it reformat both drives or can I tell it which ones to format? adduncan New Member Joined Jun 10, 2009 Messages 150 Nov 6, 2009 #2 As Drew said Only the drive you select for the OS install will be formatted But you WILL get the choice to format the other drive(s), so be careful J Joe S Excellent Member Joined Jan 12, 2009 Messages 3,793 Nov 6, 2009 #3 Just look really close at which HD you select for format and install. There are many posts here where people picked the wrong one. Joe You must log in or register to reply here. Share: Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn Reddit Pinterest Tumblr WhatsApp Email Share Link Forums Windows Forums Windows Upgrade and Installation
I have a Dell system with 2 internal hard drives. I have backed up all of my data to the second hard drive. When doing a clean (custom) install of Windows 7 will it reformat both drives or can I tell it which ones to format?
adduncan New Member Joined Jun 10, 2009 Messages 150 Nov 6, 2009 #2 As Drew said Only the drive you select for the OS install will be formatted But you WILL get the choice to format the other drive(s), so be careful J Joe S Excellent Member Joined Jan 12, 2009 Messages 3,793 Nov 6, 2009 #3 Just look really close at which HD you select for format and install. There are many posts here where people picked the wrong one. Joe You must log in or register to reply here. Share: Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn Reddit Pinterest Tumblr WhatsApp Email Share Link
As Drew said Only the drive you select for the OS install will be formatted But you WILL get the choice to format the other drive(s), so be careful
J Joe S Excellent Member Joined Jan 12, 2009 Messages 3,793 Nov 6, 2009 #3 Just look really close at which HD you select for format and install. There are many posts here where people picked the wrong one. Joe You must log in or register to reply here.
Just look really close at which HD you select for format and install. There are many posts here where people picked the wrong one. Joe
