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What derermines the drive letter when installing a second hard drive?
operating system
Do I have to format the hard drive when installing a new operating system?
yes you do.
Will formatting a hard drive remove virus?
Yes it will, but it will also remove EVERYTHING on the drive; your personal files, settings, programs, even your operating system. Don't attempt to format your hard drive unless A) You are prepared to loose everything on the drive AND you have experience installing Windows or another operating system. B) It is a secondary drive (such as an external hard drive) which has no system files AND you are prepared to loose everything on the drive.
Can installing a new hard drive in a computer cause a system failure?
Yes, if there is no operating system on the new drive, then your computer will not run.
Do you have to format a hard drive before installing Windows 98?
yes all hard drives must be reformatted before installing an operating system.
How do you reallocate unpartition drive?
To reallocate the space of an unpartitioned drive, one should create a partition(s) from it. This is best done when installing the computer's operating system.
Do you need to wipe your hard drive before installing a different operating system?
No, you do not, but operating systems are software just like other things, and they take hard drive space, so if you are low on disk space you should clean up a bit before installing a new OS.
How do you stop an application from installing to a drive or partition dedicated to operating system files?
By not installing it there. Virtually all programs will allow you to specify the path you want to install the program to. Just change the drive letter and folder to the installation directory.
How do you get more partitions?
when installing your operating system you will create them, BE CAREFUL with out a program like partition magic, once you partition a Hard drive it is permanent.
Is it possible to install an operating system on external storage device without installing internal hard drive?
if it is an external SATA drive then yes, otherwise it is not suggested and rarely works.
Installing a second hard drive in your system will have an immediate impact on system performance if your system is memeory bound?
Installing a second hard drive in your system will have an immediate impact on system performance if your system is memeory bound?
You are installing a 2nd HDD with another OS do you need to partition?
All hard drives must have at least one partition to be usable by an operating system, even if the partition uses the entire drive. If you are installing an operating dissimilar from the one you are using currently (ie. Windows XP and FreeBSD), you should partition the disk from that system's installer, not in Windows.
