Safe procedure for formatting laptop?

Solnyshko

Solnyshko

Solnyshko

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I wont be using the supplied recovery disks as the Samsung XP build has some pretty odd quirks. Rather I'll be using my own to create a dual boot system with Vista/XP.

Never tried this before, despite downloading the relevant device drivers for this model form Samsung I'm not hugely confident!

Should I take steps before wiping the hard drive - such as backing up the the existing SATA drivers?

Will formatting the drive enable me to boot up from the Vista and XP installation disks or is there a risk the laptop won’t even see the cd rom drive or the hard drive?
 
Ah OK - so XP first, then Vista. So what should I be backing up and how? I’ve had problems in the past with raid based motherboards, but do I also need to ‘pre install’ SATA drivers/controllers in this case or will XP take care of this?

Btw it’s a Samsung R70

the hammer & mallet approach... hmm, I'll take it under consideration ;p
 
Laser402 said:
*Thread Hijack - Sorry*

I assume these 'recovery' disks access a hidden partition on the HDD?

If I were to format and reinstall the operating system (purposely formatting everything) would the warranty still be valid, if you send it for repair will they refuse?

Just thinking about formatting sisters laptop, unsure where the warranty stands.

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Yes you are quite right about the hidden partition thing - infact this is what has moved me to do a clean format as I can’t get Vista and XP onto the same machine as is (see this thread http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17858569)

Interesting point about warranty! I hadn’t even considered that - and it's my girlfriends 'puter! :eek:
 
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