The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Formatting windows7 partition?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by edwardamin13, Aug 6, 2013.

  1. edwardamin13

    edwardamin13 Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    42
    Messages:
    187
    Likes Received:
    16
    Trophy Points:
    31
    I have 2 partition in my Samsung 830, 1 for OS and drivers, and the other one for programs and data. Will all my programs work if I decided to format the OS?
     
    edwardamin13, Aug 6, 2013
    #1
  2. RCB

    RCB Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    644
    Messages:
    1,065
    Likes Received:
    103
    Trophy Points:
    81
    NO!!!

    Sorry, didn't mean to sound alarming :)

    If this is the way you set it up (relocated Users and ProgramData folders) it is not possible.

    You'll need to make sure to backup all your data and restore it after a reinstall because those folders will need to be re-created (by Windows).
     
    RCB, Aug 6, 2013
    #2
  3. edwardamin13

    edwardamin13 Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    42
    Messages:
    187
    Likes Received:
    16
    Trophy Points:
    31
    aw :( yeah I relocated those folders.. So basically those partition on prevention in case of virus or reboot failure?
     
    edwardamin13, Aug 6, 2013
    #3
  4. RCB

    RCB Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    644
    Messages:
    1,065
    Likes Received:
    103
    Trophy Points:
    81
    Yeah - the "real" benefit of setting up this way is so that the OS and Personal Data aren't co-mingled together. Though on a single drive there are much easier methods. If there is a secondary drive available that's where it can help out - considerably.

    According to your config you might think about relocating the folders to the mSATA if you want to go that route again.

    ---------------

    Edit:

    BTW, you want to re-install because OS is broken, or you want to relocate again?

    You can relocate existing folders again if you want. Just make sure to take a System Image and also backup and verify before proceeding.

    You know where the tutorial is, just re-run sysprep with your changes in the answer file.
     
    RCB, Aug 6, 2013
    #4