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RayB:
I blame this on user error. Next time you do an install, pay attention to the drive letter. Personally, I go so far as to disconnect all drives except for the primary one, just to make it impossible for me to make a mistake like that.

Samstag:
I've tried a lot of different operating systems in my time and I've never seen one that will install itself to the right hard drive after you tell it to wipe the wrong one.

Edwards80:

--- Quote from: RayB on June 02, 2010, 04:00:28 pm ---I blame this on user error. Next time you do an install, pay attention to the drive letter. Personally, I go so far as to disconnect all drives except for the primary one, just to make it impossible for me to make a mistake like that.


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+1 to this.

I've done a few hundred installs ( Maybe thousand :S ) all always disconnect anything that is not completely necessary. Stops anything unfortunate like missing which drive letter it is installing to from being a problem.

jamesjones626:

--- Quote from: Edwards80 on June 02, 2010, 06:05:37 pm ---
--- Quote from: RayB on June 02, 2010, 04:00:28 pm ---I blame this on user error. Next time you do an install, pay attention to the drive letter. Personally, I go so far as to disconnect all drives except for the primary one, just to make it impossible for me to make a mistake like that.


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+1 to this.

I've done a few hundred installs ( Maybe thousand :S ) all always disconnect anything that is not completely necessary. Stops anything unfortunate like missing which drive letter it is installing to from being a problem.

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well i agree i should have disconnected my drive, but when i fire up my restore disk it doesnt give me an option to install anyware, all it says is to press next to begin the system restore.  I always watch out were windows is gonna install, but this is a restore disk not an actual windows oem disk.

Edwards80:
Ah too be fair I have seen oem restore disks to all sorts of annoying things. Best use for them is a Frisbee :)

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