Windows format
I know this silly question but have to ask.. Does windows actual format drives? It seem to me it is a hit and miss even with Windows 7 There are times I see windows.old after format and I have...
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What is your question exactly? You can format drives in Windows. You cannot format the active OS partition. If you are getting errors during a chkdsk there are probably hardware issues and a format...
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Last time I had windows.old was when i did a upgrade from windows Vista. If you do a complete install, opposed to an upgrade, it will format the drive. Vista and 7 are built on the same kernel (I...
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This seems like an issue of not knowing how to properly install Windows. If you want it brand spanking new delete all partitions and create a new one to install the OS on, it will then format the...
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Excerpt from here:http:/ Opens a new window/support.microsoft.com/kb/302686 "When you choose to run a regular format on a volume, files are removed from the volume that you are formatting and the hard...
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I have choice custom all the time in fact I delete the partition , create a new paration, , then format it. every once in while it shows windows.old (i would say 1 in 5 or 6) Almost always have do...
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Frank8307 wrote: Almost always have do a chkdsk to speed up the drive and almost always it finds error I do it as well, a clean install still isn't clean, the monkeys inside the HDD just throw things...
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If chkdsk is finding errors replace the damn drive. As a second opinion download the diags from the drive manufacturer and run them against the drive. Chkdsk does not really fix anything or make a...
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Rockn wrote: If chkdsk is finding errors replace the damn drive. As a second opinion download the diags from the drive manufacturer and run them against the drive. Chkdsk does not fix anything or make...
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Repair only takes bad sectors and tries to move the data somewhere else and save the data. I guess you could say it does repair it to a point, but a bad sector is a bad sector.
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Frank8307 wrote: ....Does windows actual format drives?... Expand the question/comment for better clarity. . Frank8307 wrote: ....I just want to know why does windows not do formatting properly all...
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Frank8307 wrote: I have choice custom all the time in fact I delete the partition , create a new paration, , then format it. every once in while it shows windows.old (i would say 1 in 5 or 6)...
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