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I have a Hard drive that has been partitioned with xp on C and vista on E Just want one drve C with vista?
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Format and reinstall.
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Installing vista on a second harddrive in with xp mediacenter on first hard drive?
Just insert your Vista DVD and start installation from Windows Xp, choose new installation and choose that hard drive where to want to install Vista (your second hard drive). Vista will make all required jobs including boot screen to choose which OS to boot. Before you start, please, bakc up all your data from your hard drive(s).
Where can you find the hard-drive size on a computer?
Double click on the "My Computer" button (It says "Computer" if using Windows Vista or Windows 7) . Look for the "Local Disk". If more than one Local disk appears, the Hard Drive is partitioned. It should be the sum of all the partitions. For Macintosh users, just go to the "System Profile" option, by clicking the apple on the upper left.
If your vista computer is broken and you send in your hard drive what system will your computer return with?
If your harddrive is toast, then you will need to have the OS installed anew on the new harddrive. So you can just use your existing Vista disks to reinstall your copy of Vista on the new drive.
Can you install vista and Linux on the hard drive?
Of course you can. Just get a partioning utility, breake the hard disk into separate partions and load the separate OSs into them.
How can i reformat my windows vista laptop my disk works but won't get past the windows loading files screen?
If you are trying to install xp, you have format the hard drive prior installation. If you trying to reinstall Vista, check your hard drive for bad sectors. Make sure that the installation CD/DVD is readable (just try to copy all content on your hard drive).
I have been reading posts about not being able to reformat a hard drive with Vista and if that is the case why not just put in a new hard drive and load XP into it?
There is no such thing as not being able, in most cases people have no idea what they are talking about. Vista uses a special "protection". As result if you want to install xp on the vista partition it will not allow you do so. There are some steps which must be taken if you want to format vista partitions.
I have the Windows Vista upgrade disc and I just bought a new hard drive. Do I need to reinstall Windows Xp and Windows Vista again or is there an eaiser way to do it?
It depends on what for you are going to use the hard drive. If you want to use it like the system drive, then the answer is Yes, you have to reinstall everything. If you want to use it just to keep data on it, then the answer is No. Just connect to your PC and format it. You have to turn off the computer off before you will start the procedure.
If my computer gets a virus can i buy a new hard drive and not worry about the virus and were do the virus go when you get one?
The virus is on the hard drive so if you get a new hard drive the virus will be gone. A cheaper option would be to just reinstall the operating system though. (Vista, Win 7)
How can you take everything off a hard drive and install Windows Vista home premium?
insert the windows vista disc. It will give you an option to upgrade or do a clean install. Choose clean install. It wipes your entire hard drive and installs your new vista, just as you would buy it brand new in a shop! i do this every 6 months, its the only GUARANTEED way, to remove any virus.
How do you erase your hard drive I have Windows Vista on a HP laptop. There were no disks or anything vista was already loaded up. I don't want to lose vista I just want to start from scratch.?
I'm not sure how your computer works but I had the same problem my laptop came with windows vista but recently I had to restart from scratch I still had windows vista.you should still have vista
How can i use USB flash drive in Vista?
Just plug it in to your PC and Vista will pick it up, if not, there mis something wrong with your installation
What is the name of the Windows Vista technology that supplements the system RAM?
It is not just with Vista, it is the cache that stores data on the hard disk.
