K kdoobie New Member Joined Nov 5, 2009 Nov 5, 2009 #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?
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?
A adduncan New Member Joined Jun 10, 2009 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
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 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
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