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I've sent you an email which I hope you've received it. I've further
queries on the subject and prefer to communicate with you via email. Please
respond. Thank you.

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"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Delete will delete the partition and the partition table entry for said
> partition. Format leaves the previous partition table entry intact. If the
> table entry is corrupted (it happens), and you just format - you will
> still have the corrupted partition table entry , which will cause
> problems.
>
> If the partition was created by using Partition magic 8 I would certainly
> delete the partition and then create a new one using the Vista installer.
> I always do this and have no problems. Of the many people who post here
> with problems installing, I have to wonder how many are using the old
> partition, which "may" not be compatible with the new iteration of the
> NTFS system.
>
> --
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>
> Quote from George Ankner:
> If you knew as much as you think you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>
> "hash" <joeblogg@spam.com> wrote in message
> news:OldQYrdzHHA.5484@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Hello
>>
>> When I select Custom (Advanced) instead of Upgrade to install Vista I
>> then have to choose the partition to which to install Vista. If I need
>> to delete or format the disk, I select the Drive options (advanced)
>> option to do so and then continue.
>>
>> I'd like to know what is the difference between Delete or Format the
>> entire hard disk or just a partition (Volume) c:\ drive ?
>>
>> hash
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