How to perform Low level format in 2 system drive

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MADKING153

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hi,i got Win 2000 in "c drive" and win Xp in "D drive " -Both drive are in the same HD (Western Digital Wb400JB)

Now i want to low level format both drives , how should i do it ?

another question , i got another drive E that contain important datas( also in the same HD ) .If i low level format "c" and "d", will the dat in " E" safe?
 
Yeti

Yeti

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Okay, so let me make sure I got this right: you have one hard drive with 3 partitions - c,d, and e (with OS on c and d) and you want to format c and d. So you have to wipe both your OS's. It should be possible without losing data on e but I would make damn sure that I had all important data backed up if I were doing that. If you're going to install WinXP I would just boot from the install CD and delete and recreate/format the 2 partions you want to wipe and then install WinXP on whichever partition you want. There may be another (maybe easier/safer) way but thats just how I'd do it.
 
Praetor

Praetor

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You can often get the LLFormat util from the drive manufacturer but why do you want to LLFormat? :)
 
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MADKING153

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both format are NTFS . My idea is 1st format " D" with Win XP, then format Win2000
coz later i want to install WinXp in my "C" and "D" for storage
 
Praetor

Praetor

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Unless you want to do serious data scrubbing (at which there are better ways of doing it) ... you prolly dont need to
 
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MADKING153

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can umakeit more clearly.. or more detail ? coz i only know how to format win98 , never try with win2k or win xp
thanks
 
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