Re: Hard drive
- From: "DL" <dl@spoofmail>
- Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 20:14:37 +0100
You've started a new thread, its somewhat difficult to follow the thread in
the msg.
Do you have an existing winxp installation that boots ok?
Are you trying to add a 2nd 80gb hd, or what?
"ITmad" <ITmad.1n9whb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ITmad.1n9whb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> 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 *
>
>
>
> --
> ITmad
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