Re: Formating a partition before installing Windows

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'Does...' no
If doing a fresh install it might be wise to delete partitions first.

Sounds like this may be a frequent occurence, why?

"Ragab" <Ragab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I would like to re-install a fresh copy of Windows XP Professional SP2, and
I
always choose to format my Hard Disk using NTFS file system before
installing
Windows. My question is: "Does Format command affect my Hard Disk (as a
hardware) badly if I used it many times? and if there are bad effects, how
can I avoid or reduce them?"
Thanks
--
Ragab


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