fdisk and format.

[liljohn]

hi im planning to format my harddisk in near future. my question is.. do i have to run fdisk to delete and create partitions everytime before reformatting certain drive? i have 46gig partitioned to c http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/frown.gif22gig) and d: (22gig),im only going to format c:
is it ok to just run format c: without running fdisk at all? or should i just delete primary partition c: and recreate then format without touching extended patition d:.

[NDC]

As long as you're not going to change the partition size from what you have now, running FDISK will not be necessary... you can just run format.

[PickledOnion]

Hi,

It is OK to format c: without using fdisk. I have done just that a few times.

Be aware that if d: is used by progs on c: and vica-versa then some of the progs on d: may not work after formatting c:

In english: I have my apps on d: and windoze on c: If I format c: and reload windows then my apps on d: will not work because all the registry entries, etc will be gone.

Make sense?

PO

[NDC]

Makes PERFECT sense, PickledOnion! http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif

[This message has been edited by NDC (edited 02-04-2001).]

[BFlurie]

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my apps on d: will not work because all the registry entries, etc will be gone.
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Only true to some extent. Many apps will run, depending on how much they require the registry and specific .dlls. But some will need reinstalling.

[This message has been edited by BFlurie (edited 02-04-2001).]