Posted: 9/21/2010 10:09:34 AM EDT
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I have a decent PC that the previous owner wiped clean, including OS.
I am reinstalling XP off a disc I have. On the set up screen it shows existing partitions. Which to choose? Partition 1 (FAT) 47 MB (39 FREE) C: Partition 2 (nfts) 34507 MB (34441 MB FREE) E: Partition3 (FAT32) 3585 MB (871 FREE) Unpartitioned 8 MB |
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I have a decent PC that the previous owner wiped clean, including OS. I am reinstalling XP off a disc I have. On the set up screen it shows existing partitions. Which to choose? Partition 1 (FAT) 47 MB (39 FREE) C: Partition 2 (nfts) 34507 MB (34441 MB FREE) E: Partition3 (FAT32) 3585 MB (871 FREE) Unpartitioned 8 MB Delete them all, the drives weren't wiped clean. The E partition could be a recovery partition, but that probably wouldn't work if you are installing off of a cd. |
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I assume this is a Dell PC?
If so Partition 1 is the Dell recovery partition. You can restore the machine to the out of the box configuration with that. edit- actually its the dell diags partition, you would need one other partition to do the restore I mentioned when I quickly typed my first reply. |
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I assume this is a Dell PC? If so Partition 1 is the Dell recovery partition. You can restore the machine to the out of the box configuration with that. edit- actually its the dell diags partition, you would need one other partition to do the restore I mentioned when I quickly typed my first reply. I suspect partition 1 is the diagnostic partition, and the E: partition is the recovery one. However the OP is installing off a disk so he doesn't need the recovery, plus he thought the previous owner had wiped the disks so who knows what state the recovery partition is in now. |