Can I format an "Active" Partition ?

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  1. Flakk

    Flakk Master Guru

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    As the title says can I format an "Active" labeled drive ?

    The OS is not installed on this drive.
    In the Disk management it says
    Healthy (Active, Primary Partition)
     
    Last edited: Sep 30, 2011
    Flakk, Sep 29, 2011
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  2. mmicrosysm

    mmicrosysm Master Guru

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    Short answer yes.
     
    mmicrosysm, Sep 29, 2011
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  3. The Chubu

    The Chubu Ancient Guru

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    Outside the OS that is lol Otherwise it would be like asking a person to shoot himself hahaha
     
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  4. sykozis

    sykozis Ancient Guru

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    Depends on whether or not the partition contains system files. Every drive will have at least 1 "active" partition, which I assume is why mmicrosysm gave the answer he did.
     
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