if i format my C drive and reinstall O.S again ,can i view the files in the other drives later?
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While reinstalling fresh windows XP, select the C drive partion to install OS, this wont delete the files on D drive, make sure you dont delete the partitions..or you have to struggle to get those files back...\n\nHowever if you have by mistake formatted the hard disk, try using some recovery softwares..\nThat would help you..
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If it's a sub-directory off of one of your partitions, then you can just use Windows Explorer and right-click the folder, select "properties".  It will show the number of files and folders in that folder.\n\nIf you want to see how many are on a partition from the root, then open a command prompt (Start-Run-cmd), and type following commands , this is for the C: drive .. edit as necessary,\n\nC:\nCD&#92;\ndir /s /a\n\nThat will list all of the files and folders, including hidden and system files, and at the end will give you a grand total, like this,\n\n     Total Files Listed:\n           39628 File(s) 52,617,415,599 bytes\n            8850 Dir(s)  25,254,928,384 bytes free
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yes before formatting u can copy ur boot file that is basically boot.ini present under c: drive. boot ur system with bootable disk and copy that file to d: or e: drive so later u can bring back.\n\nif u dont want to copy then just format ur c: drive and after installing again xp on c: u have to manually enter few lines in boot.ini to recognize ur d: partition operting system.\n\nin both the way u can do so dont think so and go ahead....if facing any problem ping (PM, IM) me and remember frist backup all of ur data on c: before formatting c: drive.\n\ngud luck!!!
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use the free trial of partition magic\nhttp://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Hard-Disk-Utils/Partition-Magic.shtml\n\nu should be able to see ur hard drive in this proram. once u see if, reformat the hard drive in "NTFS" file system. u should be be able to see the drive in windows once its reformatted.
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Assuming the person who is needing to view the files has both drives properly mapped, abd the links are properly created, they should be able to.  However it is usually not recommended to do that.  Should one of the two drive mappings "drop" for some reason (one of the computer is off, the mapping gets changed, etc.) it could damage the file on the still working computer.  Better to have the files on a single drive shere they are either all available or all not available.
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if you are still using the original OS on the original HD....\n\nSort the 'windows' directory by date & time, you should be able to tell when your operating system was loaded...\n\nHope this helps !
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There are some chances you can recover them with some un-erase utilities, provided that you have deleted the files recently and nothing is written over the deleted space.
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The quick answer is no, but it is wise to have your files backed up to  CD or DVD before making any changes to operating system.  Anything could happen.
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Sometimes system restore is more of a pain than it is worth. There are several ways, but the easiest is to do a search for the document or program you want. If that does not work, I would do another restore to another time. Another way is to go to mycomputer and click on the drive and search through to the folder you want.\n Hope that helps.
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Of course you can!! This is pretty simple, Just right click your My Computer Icon and select Manage. There you can find an icon under the System Tools named Shared Folders. Click the Shared Folders and you can find three entries. \n\nShares==> Displays the Shared folder/drives in your system\nSessions==>Other user name and computer names accessing your shares\nOpen Files==>Find the files opened by the other users. It even shows the file is in read mode or Write mode
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Move/copy all the program files ondo your d: drive. Once you have them moved, format the C drive.
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You have to back them up in a secondary storage device like a USB drive or a CD. If you have multiple drives in your PC (say a C and a D drive),you can move the files from C to D and format the C drive if you want. If you run short of space,then distribute them across the drives you have. Still if you run out of space,there is no other way but to take a CD/USB backup.\n\nTo recover the lost files,try if they are hidden under Folder options. If you attempted a format on the drive and it went blank because of it,then there's no way i know that you can recover it.
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Yes. From a DOS prompt, "format c:" will format the c drive... "format d:" will format just d. If you want C: to be bootable when you are done, make sure you use a "/s" switch at the end.
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the same way as you do it for an internal HD. go to My Computer, right click the drive and select Format.
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I would go to C drive in control panel right click on C drive go to properties then tools and do a good defrag and disk check - If disk check finds and fixes just a few bad files all is well. If it finds a bunch - Start saving you pennies and backing up data!!! You can also do the above in safe mode by hitting F8 while windows is booting. This is the more effective way but it also has a little more risk of changing a few files.
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There is a software that aids you in doing so .... you need to search for the same depending on your OS. Else you need to consuly a Data Recovery Specialist.\nSearch for File recovery Software\n\nCheck this site out...\nhttp://www.digitalfilerecovery.com/?gclid=CMvDoM6ThIUCFQ94SAodDTo15g
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if u have  a windows xp bootable disk, then insert it and it will give u an option to format it. cuz if u format the c drive, which i think contains ur windows, u may need the windows disk to reinstall windows on it.