Format the C drive there is no need to pay attention to where?

Users questions: I-D software disk is stored, E disk to install the XP. Now I'm going to C drive of the XP reinstall. To format the order if there is no need to pay attention to the problem? In other words, due to C drive first, and format the C drive reinstall XP will not affect the E disk system? Will not find the E and E disk drive Operating system? I just format the C drive under windows (right click, select), but when the end of "windows can not format the C drive" message. My C drive is FAT format, but when the format is NTFS file system shows that start with the XP CD-ROM Enter the installation interface, format C drive, then install, right. It Can I delete C zone, and then re-establish the district do? Impact on the E drive it?
Experts answer: case like you can not start from the XP disk E, which in XP and then format the C drive. Because, despite your XP, is safe Installed in the E plate, but in the C plate, with initial boot process, boot the system again of the guidance system to the E disk read all of the operating system program. So, at this time, C drive, under the supervision or in XP, of course, it can not in this case, format C drive on the boot out the information. So, you want to Want to re-install XP, need to set the boot from the CD, then CD-ROM to install. If you install the original files on your hard drive, be sure to install from the hard drive, then from inside the XP disk E, select double-click the Setup main program Setup.exe! Then, when prompted, he must choose Choose "clean install", so that the machine will copy files, restart once completed, this time, it will give up on the C disk management, format the C drive to allow the. However, whether you install from CD or from the hard disk installation, you must select "New Install", but also in the appearance of prompt follow-up, will Clear instructions to the system, choose to install to the C disk. Only in this way, the system will be installed when the disk in C to generate your normal file BOOT.INI this guide, then keep the original site under the E XP. In your installation is complete, restart it, you'll choose to start a black Screen, let you choose, is to use C drive on boot, or use the E drive on system startup. But you note that this prompt screen will not show up, which is in the C drive on XP and which XP is the E drive. Because the two systems is the same as you, so the display of the two options is the same. Not only , And now installed this, is in the top row, the original E drive on the XP, is in the second line. If you want to display in this screen have a difference, it can only be installed upon completion, use Notepad to open the program manually modify the C drive on the boot file BOOT.INI, the mu lti (0) disk (0) rdisk (0) partition (1) * WINDOWS = "MicrosoftWindowsXPProfessional" * * noexecute = optin fastdetec t * usepmtimer quotes the middle of the "MicrosoftWindowsXPProfessional" this part, two more such as "-C" such a character, so that you choose at startup black screen, can distinguish out. ----- ------------------ Added: can not remove the C drive partition! Because the machine's C drive, and unlike the other plate, is the initial boot sector, which in other districts of the disc did not! A power-machine, self-test after the first reading of C drive boot sector information, which Sample, it did not know until you are several areas that the entire hard drive, there are several logical drive. Were all set on what position from the beginning of division. Then according to this information and then to load your operating system files on E drive. As long as your hard drive, partition, and such a D, E,,, and other disk, as long as one exists, the system Does not allow you to delete C drive partition. To "delete the" C drive partition, in fact, precisely, should not be "removed"! But should be "re-distribution." Because you have only one hard disk if the machine does not partition, it all made C drive, you can "delete" this offer? Obviously will not do. Because it The machine was filled! A power-saw! Unless dismantled, you just can not see the disk of. If you want to re-partition C drive size, while in others there was the disc when the data but to use some third-party disk tools such PQmagic like the software to make. If you do not have that Some disk tools. Must first delete all other partitions, so that the entire hard drive as a whole disk first and then re-classified the size of each partition. Only the C drive to re-divide the special needs of such a partition action. The other has been delineated D, E,,,, no problem.
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