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Save Secondary , Destroy Primary !

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by trulytushar

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Hi all

I have a Pentium D something and a gigabyte of RAM, 160 GB HDD.....it somehow its quite sluggish for its speed. I cant play counter strike on it, let alone any other heavier games ! So I decided to format it..

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: FORMAT THE C DRIVE (Primary Partition) WITHOUT AFFECTING THE D DRIVE (Secondary Partition.

OS: Windows XP

Secondary Objective: You gotta explain this to a newbie.

Id really appreciate a step wise approach...I just want my stuff on the D Drive to remain safe...Any help would be eternally appreciated...Thanks a lot !

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by older mycroft

Usually if you have TWO partitions like C: and D: you'll have a Recovery Partition that is activated by some key-combination specific to your machine.

This Recovery system returns your machine to its factory condition WITHOUT affecting any files on D: (your data drive).

This would be your best means of reinstalling since it is tailor-made for your machine. Any attempt to reinstall from an external source (such as Windows oem optical disc) might overwrite your D; partition.

Add together the total size of your two partitions and if it is more than 4MB away from a HDD size, you have a hidden partition.

by older mycroft

Have you checked the fragmentation of BOTH partitions, your pagefile and your registry yet?

How much free space do you have left on each partition?

What graphics card are you running with? Does it have the latest drivers installed?

Are you running with the latest updates for your antivirus, antispyware, antiadware programs?

What is your 'Pentium D [b]SOMETHING[/b]'???

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