Formatting slave drive...

Bazzil · 03-03-2006, 07:04 AM

Sorry if this has already been covered.

I have a slave drive in my other computer, and I want to format it and only it (ie. NOT the master aswell). Is it possible to do this? Or would it jsut be easier to remove the current master and set the slave up as master then format (ifyou get what I'm saying...)

cheers for any help.

**The_Other_One** · 03-03-2006, 07:18 AM

SUPER easy. Go to My Computer and format just like any other drive(floppy drive, for example) Ya know, right click, format. You'll get a warning that it's a large drive, blah blah blah...are you sure you wish to format it...

You actually can't format the boot drive, so no worries there...well, not in windows

Bazzil · 03-03-2006, 07:24 AM

hehe...yeh I just figured that out about 2 minutes after i posted the topic. it is actually the first time ive formatted anything so i didn'tknow about that right click > format thing.

so simple...

man do i feel like an idiot

Bazzil · 03-03-2006, 07:33 AM

one last question...my main drive is NTFS, is that wat i make the slave?

or do i leave it as FAT32?

meanman · 03-08-2006, 01:10 PM

know format in ntfs

03-03-2006, 07:04 AM	#1 (permalink)
Bazzil Bronze Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 91	Formatting slave drive... Sorry if this has already been covered. I have a slave drive in my other computer, and I want to format it and only it (ie. NOT the master aswell). Is it possible to do this? Or would it jsut be easier to remove the current master and set the slave up as master then format (ifyou get what I'm saying...) cheers for any help.

03-03-2006, 07:18 AM	#2 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 25 Posts: 13,418	SUPER easy. Go to My Computer and format just like any other drive(floppy drive, for example) Ya know, right click, format. You'll get a warning that it's a large drive, blah blah blah...are you sure you wish to format it... You actually can't format the boot drive, so no worries there...well, not in windows __________________ Primary- i7 920 \| 6GB RAM \| 9800GT \| 160+160+500GB Secondary- Athlon X2 4200 \| 2GB RAM \| 7600GT \| 80+250GB Netbook - Atom N280 \| 2GB RAM \| GMA945\| 160GB

03-08-2006, 01:10 PM	#5 (permalink)
meanman Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: england Posts: 1,864	hi know format in ntfs

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03-03-2006, 07:24 AM	#3 (permalink)
Bazzil Bronze Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 91	hehe...yeh I just figured that out about 2 minutes after i posted the topic. it is actually the first time ive formatted anything so i didn'tknow about that right click > format thing. so simple... man do i feel like an idiot

03-03-2006, 07:33 AM	#4 (permalink)
Bazzil Bronze Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 91	one last question...my main drive is NTFS, is that wat i make the slave? or do i leave it as FAT32?