Reformatting HD

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mikeczyz

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Hi

I have major computer issues right now. Am considering backing up crucial data and reformatting the entire boot drive. Yah, this is drastic but my issues are big.

Here is my question: I have two SATA drives in my rig. The non-boot drive contains music, etc. If I unplug the second drive, reformat the boot drive and then re-plugin the data/media drive, will the data drive be recognized? Will I be able to see all of my files? I guess this is analogous to taking my data drive to a friends house and trying to plug it in there.

Thanks,
Mike
 
All the files should be still recognized. and yeah it should be analogous to your data drive becuase technically you can remove the second drive and put it in an external case and plug it in USB and it'll work too
 
Is your storage drive set up as a dynamic drive? If so, your new install (under Disk Management) might see it as foreign, so you'll have to import foreign disk. Nothing will happen to the data on it.
 
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