Reformatting my D: drive Help?

cctaylor88

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So I am looking to reformat my D:/drive (storage) as its just completely cluttered with crap. Anyways, I haven't done this type of stuff for a very long time. My SSD C:/drive contains my Windows OS. If I were to reformat my D drive would I have any problems booting up windows etc? I don't want to reformat my HDD (D drive) and then not be able to boot up the OS. I no longer have a disc of Windows to the best of my knowledge...
 
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Please use disk management to ensure that your SSD has the required system reserved or uefi boot partitions.

If your d : has just the one partition it should not cause issues. I have a similar setup without issues.

An easy test is to just shut down and disconnect the hard drives data cable. If the system starts fine, it is not relying on that drive. Please ensure you are not running any software off of that drive as well. I moved a drive letter and lost my UPS software(because it was starting from a different drive).
Please use disk management to ensure that your SSD has the required system reserved or uefi boot partitions.

If your d : has just the one partition it should not cause issues. I have a similar setup without issues.

An easy test is to just shut down and disconnect the hard drives data cable. If the system starts fine, it is not relying on that drive. Please ensure you are not running any software off of that drive as well. I moved a drive letter and lost my UPS software(because it was starting from a different drive).
 
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