Re: Have questions about hard drive partitions, please reply

From: Ron Sommer (rsommer_at_nospam.ktis.net)
Date: 05/10/04 

Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 05:53:29 -0500

You have to partition before the drive is formatted.
You have to have one or more partitions. 

-- 
Ron Sommer
"thecards" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:a91e01c43645$96be6540$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> Do I really need to partition my hard drive (I'm about to
> format and fresh install win xp pro).  I only use it for
> games and graphic design.  I heard you only need to
> partition if you want multiple os or if you want to
> organize your files.  What are the advantages of creating
> a partition, do i really need one or can I install winxp
> and games all on the entire hard drive without partition

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