Re: Hard drive


It is an old Windows 95 machine with a MS6116 VER:1.1 motherboard, now
running Windows XP Home. the current format is FAT32 and when i try to
boot from the 80GB hard drive, formated as NTFS it comes up with : NOT
FOUND ANY [Active Partition] in HDD. and when i format it as FAT it
says that NTLDR is missing?

ITmad


R. C. White wrote:
> *Hi, ITmad.
>
> Have you found Win2K's Disk Management tool? At the Run prompt,
> enter:
> diskmgmt.msc
>
> Using Disk Management, you can create partitions on that new HD, then
> assign
> a drive letter, then format each partition as either FAT or NTFS.
> (Win2K
> will not format partitions larger than 32 GB as FAT32, but the
> capacity is
> practically unlimited for NTFS.) Win2K "mixes and matches" FAT and
> NTFS
> drives seamlessly, as easily as it mixes floppies, CD/DVDs, etc.
>
> Of course, you should be sure that your new HD is properly jumpered
> and
> cabled and, if necessary, enabled in your computer's BIOS.
>
> If you tell us more about your system (make and model of your
> computer, or
> the motherboard if you built it yourself; make and model of
> HDs/controllers;
> Win2K version and SP level; etc.) we might have some more specific
> suggestions for you.
>
> RC
> --
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
> rc@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Microsoft Windows MVP
>
> "ITmad" <ITmad.1n2ht3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:ITmad.1n2ht3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > i have resently got a 80gb hard drive and when i plug it in it is
> not
> > seen as by existing hard drive is FAT32 and the new one is NTFS
> what
> > can i do?
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > ITmad *



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