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02-17-2017 10:16 AM
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i am done clonning and also making the ssd my boot drive , everything runs very fast and smooth now and i am currently formatting my old c drive(which is now F drive). I wanted to ask about the other partitions i have already clonned to my ssd(the 260mb space and also the 980mb drive on disk 1:screen shot attached) Should i format those too?
02-17-2017 10:55 AM
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Good job done!
Yes you can format the old drive competely, no need of any partitions if your planning to make it storage only drive.
In any case if you need to factory reset old drive in future, you can use Recovery USB to do it in old drive.
02-17-2017 11:42 AM
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OK i am guessing i have another problem XD , I am not able to format the small 980mb and the other partition. It doesn't allow me to do it for one and shoes help option for another. Its night time , going to sleep , so you won't be getting a response for sometime. Thanks.
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