Hi, Hash.
Richard Urban is not shy and I'm sure he will have comments of his own, but
I'd like to add mine, for you and for any newbies who might think that your
latest post is "how it's done".
> I've further queries on the subject and prefer to communicate with you via
> email.
YOU may "prefer to communicate...via email." But that is not how newsgroups
work! In a newsgroup, we all learn from each other. What we learn here
today, we teach others tomorrow. We just can't do that as well in email.
Netiquette frowns on email responses to newsgroup posts unless email is
specifically invited or the subject veers from the topic of the newsgroup.
In a newsgroup, thousands of readers might benefit from the question, the
answer and the general discussion. If you get bad or incomplete advice in a
newsgroup, other readers can jump in and complete or correct what you were
told. In email, nobody benefits except the two parties involved. If you
get bad advice in email, you're just stuck with it. If Richard happens to
be asleep or on vacation or suffering a computer malfunction when your email
arrives, you may get no answer at all. In a newsgroup, another reader can
step up and offer help.
MVPs - and many other newsgroup posters - offer hours of help every day with
no expectation of being paid for it. But that does not mean that we
volunteer to become the personal tech support resource for any individual
reader of the newsgroup. We volunteer our time and expertise to the
newsgroup for the benefit of all - and some of us (not me!) are truly
experts.
OK. I'll get off my soapbox now, Hash. If you'll post your further
questions here, I'm sure that Richard - and anybody else able to help - will
be glad to give you the best advice that we can.
It seems to me that Richard's first Reply was excellent.
RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail beta in Vista Ultimate x64)
"hash" <joeblogg@spam.com> wrote in message
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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.
>
> hash
>
>
> "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:urVQTWezHHA.4004@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> 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
>>
>> "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