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Scorchedbee =GCHQ=
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Post subject: Partition + new windows install Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 12:18 am |
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I Burn Insects |
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Joined: Sat May 01, 2004 11:13 pm Posts: 2133 Location: Grimsby - At home
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i have my drive partitioned 50gig and 450ish gig C: and D: respectivally
my question is if i install windows 7 RC onto my C: drive can i access the files on the D: partition from windows 7 then once i have the files i need format it from within windows?
or will installing a new os mess with my partitions meaning i need to back up over 300gig of stuff?
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Caspius=GCHQ=
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Post subject: Re: Partition + new windows install Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 11:06 pm |
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The Groundkeeper |
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Joined: Fri Mar 26, 2004 7:59 pm Posts: 6056 Location: UK
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Well the Master Boot Record (MBR) is created when you create the first partition on the hard disk so I wouldb't have thought it would make no difference whatever NTFS supporting OS whether it be XP, Vista or Windows 7.
Theres always a minimal risk whenever you install a new OS though.
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