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Can I format my boot drive and still have windows on it?

Hamface55
By Hamface55
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I am putting in old harddrives to a new pc. I dont have a windows copy though. If I format the disk will it still have windows on it?

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Formatting erases ALL data on the drive.  That's the definition of format.  You will need to get windows from somewhere.

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2 hours ago, Snipergod87 said:

no

I’m literally watching your avatar as I type!

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4 hours ago, Hamface55 said:

I am putting in old harddrives to a new pc. I dont have a windows copy though. If I format the disk will it still have windows on it?

I guess you could, if you partitioned the drive and just format the remaining part of the drive.

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