Can I install Windows 7 on an initialized disk?

[keksdee]

Can I install Windows 7 on an initialized disk?

 

[Colif]

Since all hdd's have to be initialised before you can put partitions on them in win 7, I would say yes. It is likely it is part of the install process anyway.

Don't initialize the disk, which would erase all of the data on it. Initializing is only needed when a disk is brand new and hasn't been used.
After a disk is initialized, you can create partitiions on it. After a partition is created, you can format the partition to create a file system.

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_vista-hardware/what-does-initialization-do-to-a-hard-disk/4c01e30c-37fb-4884-b124-ac2d59078008?auth=1