Reformating and Partitioning Need Help

Midnight-Gecko · 08-09-2006, 05:04 PM

Alright, so I have a couple of questions. Im getting ready to reformat my hardrive. But here are some fo my questions, becuase Im new to this. I have 2 160 gb hardrives. When I reformat, I would like to take 5 gigs from my (right now 160 gig C:drive) and make that the partition that my comp boots from, and that my os is on. Can i do that? And doe the os only need to be put on one hardrive? (I run XP btw)
Also, Im sure i have 1 or 2 viruses that AVG hasnt gotten rid of yet, should i take care of those before i reformat, or will the formatting take care of them?

And in terms of backup, Im just gonna make DVD Data discs of what I wanna keep, sound good?

08-09-2006, 05:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
Midnight-Gecko New Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 9	Reformating and Partitioning Need Help Alright, so I have a couple of questions. Im getting ready to reformat my hardrive. But here are some fo my questions, becuase Im new to this. I have 2 160 gb hardrives. When I reformat, I would like to take 5 gigs from my (right now 160 gig C:drive) and make that the partition that my comp boots from, and that my os is on. Can i do that? And doe the os only need to be put on one hardrive? (I run XP btw) Also, Im sure i have 1 or 2 viruses that AVG hasnt gotten rid of yet, should i take care of those before i reformat, or will the formatting take care of them? And in terms of backup, Im just gonna make DVD Data discs of what I wanna keep, sound good?

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