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No.. I know about the partitions. I was just wondering if they are the same
on different makes of computers.. I have no plans on doing this to some
other computer, but was just wanting to know. I do have a much older Dell which
is not working, but don't think that formatting is the problem with it. I
do know how to get the drivers, etc. I have formatted this one on my own.
Thanks for your input. Harriet
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I think you have several questions mixed together or are asking
the wrong<?> thing, or at least in the wrong way<?>... <grin>...
So, I will explain what I am answering and you see if it fits...
Fomatting a HD is when you get it "ready" to accept an installation of an
OS...
First you partition a HD, and then you format it... Some OSs will "do" this
for you (or at least lead you) during their install...
The format (if done manually) has to be in a form the OS will understand,
such as FAT 32 for WinME/Win98 or NTFS for Win-XP
(XP also works with FAT32, but is less secure and/or robust...)
I have always made it a HABIT (based on good practices) to always
partition and format an HD IN the computer it is meant to be used in...
This may be due to earlier days in computing when there were different
motherboard BIOSs that used slightly different forms of LBA "and such
technical stuff..."
In what seems to be the second part of your question, you must HAVE the
proper drivers install (or be ready to be installed) for the hardware you as
using...
The last question seems to be easy, but ONLY if you have a FULL RETAIL
version of the OS Install CD. In that case the answer is YES...
If you are trying to use an OEM CD from a large manufacturer, then you
can (or will) have a variety of results, and some (many) will be quite
poor...
Hope this helps... Keep all questions on list... (And legit...)
Rick Glazier
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