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If i want to change my OS from Vista 32 bit to Vista 64 bit will i have to format my hard drive?
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If you want everything works properly, then the answer is yes. Note: Yes
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How do you get your hard drive into DOS mode so it can be formatted with Vista?
There is no "DOS mode" for a hard drive, and it is not necessary to use DOS to format a hard drive. Vista's installer had a built-in partitioner and formatter.
You have windows vista installed if you remove and install a new hard drive can you put windows xp on it?
Yes. Actually, there is no need to remove the hard drive. You can format the existing hard drive and install XP on it as well. Note: Yes, you can there is no need to remove the hard drive. You can format the existing hard drive and install XP. and also you can install both opreting system single computer. XP and vista both.
I have a Hard drive that has been partitioned with xp on C and vista on E Just want one drve C with vista?
Format and reinstall.
How do you format hard drive on acer 5220 to get rid of vista?
You'd need to boot from some other drive and then use a utility to format the hard drive. One that you can get for free is called DBAN ("Darik's Boot and Nuke"), which will not only format the drive but completely erase everything that's on it. You'd then need to get some other installation media to install a new OS on the hard drive.
Will windows xp files saved on an external hard drive be automatically converted in windows vista format?
There's no such thing as Windows XP format or Windows Vista format. You should check however if your external hard drive uses an NTFS or FAT32 partition table. You can see that by right-clicking the drive (C, D, E, ..) and clicking properties. If it uses NTFS it will be no problem for Vista. If it's FAT32, then google for a way to convert it to NTFS. No big deal.
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).
What vista tool can be used to encrypt an entire hard drive?
The Vista tool used to encrypt an entire hard drive is BitLocker Encryption.
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.
Will Windows Vista support fat32?
Windows Vista does not officially support booting from a FAT32 drive, although it is technically possible. Vista supports FAT32 on Flash drives and hard drives, although it will not format a hard drive over 32 GB as FAT32.
When you reformat a mac hard drive in a PC does it stay as mac os?
When you reformat a hard drive you change it to whatever formatting you have selected and it will overwrite whatever format was used before.
Can VISTA and ME be on separate partitions of the same hard drive?
No. Vista ruins all windows(non-vista) and RAIDed partitions.
You bought a new computer with Vista pre-installed you were not happy with Vista so you bought a new hard drive and installed Windows XP Pro on it Now your computer will no longer go on standby?
Sounds like a problem with Windows XP. What you should have tried to do is take the original hard drive, put in the xp install disk, to the install, choose to format the hard drive, and then continue with the XP install. BTW: XP > Vista. Linux > XP. You should install Linux, instead of XP.
