Synomenon Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 When setting up WindowsXP Pro. on a fresh / clean hard drive, there is an option to install WindowsXP on the currently selected hard drive / partition or create new partitions. If I create two partitions then install Windows on the first partition (letting it format to NTFS too), after Windows is all installed and set up, will it automatically assign a drive letter to the other partition I created even though that partition hasn't been formatted with any file system yet?Is there any way to get the other partition formatted to NTFS too before Windows installs (all just using the WindowsXP CD)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefoxthebomb Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 Windows will not do anything to the other partition automatically, you would have to go to disk management and format the partition yourself. Then in that same disk management utility you can use it to change the drive letters if you like. You can not do this from the setup screens as far as I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cartoonite Posted April 2, 2005 Share Posted April 2, 2005 As far as I know, firefoxthebomb is right. However, he did neglect to answer your first question. Yes, the second partition will have a drive letter assigned to it automatically. However, as firefox said, you will have to format the new partition manually after installation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAndle Posted April 2, 2005 Share Posted April 2, 2005 You could possibly get through the formatting part of the setup for one partition, shut off the computer start again & do the other partition instead. dunno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Celt Posted April 2, 2005 Share Posted April 2, 2005 Adding a batch script to the install files would work also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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