• Formatting a double hard disk laptop
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I'm thinking of formatting my laptop to get a fresh clean start. I have two drives though. Is there a disc I need to format my computer, or can I do it otherwise?
Are they in RAID? Do they show up as one?
[QUOTE=Agent766;23485557]Are they in RAID? Do they show up as one?[/QUOTE] They show up as 2 separate volumes, but in computer management, they show up in 'Disk 0'.
Just format as normal
[QUOTE=djjkxbox;23514641]Just format as normal[/QUOTE] How? Do I need my boot disc?
Well, normally you are able to choose which disks to format from a OS install cd/dvd.
[QUOTE=kukiric;23523105]Well, normally you are able to choose which disks to format from a OS install cd/dvd.[/QUOTE] My laptop didn't come with one. But, if I were to purchase a windows vista home premium disc, I would be able to format and get a clean install?
You can download from the microsoft site, then burn as long as you have a serial key.
[QUOTE=Cragbones;23485620]They show up as 2 separate volumes, but in computer management, they show up in 'Disk 0'.[/QUOTE] It sounds like your hard disk has a recovery partition, what model is it? You can just reload the OS from that partition, you don't need any CDs.
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