If I format a partition what happens to the other one?

Posted: 07-03-2006, 02:44 PM

willy4360

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Hello.

I have a disk with two partitions (one for Vista and another for storage).
What happens if I format the vista partition (from xp of course), will the
other one be affected?

Another one:
Can I convert a USB HD (with files in it) from fat32 to NTFS safely (from XP)?

Thanks.

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