Re: NTFS -> FAT32

On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 13:04:33 +1000, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I.can@xxxxxxx>
wrote:

a) If you're prepared to spend money, buy Partition Magic.

I have not had good results from PM in the past. And it wasn't
operator error either. I would prefer to avoid that virus.

b) If it's a data partition, copy its data somewhere else, then copy
it back again. (We now know it's the boot disk.)

c) If you have another Win2000/XP around, connect the NTFS
disk to it as a slave disk, then use option b).

I have a another Win2K disk. But it is partitioned as NTFS. I can use
WD DLG to partition it FAT32.

Are you saying that all I have to do is copy an NTFS boot disk to a
FAT32 boot disk? If I do it while in Windows, what about all those
locked files that belong to the system?

If I do it from DOS, then I would presumably have to use an NTFS4DOS
utility to exposes the NTFS partition to DOS. Are you suggesting I do
that? If so, which utility do you suggest I use?

If I use DOS then I would presumably use XCOPY. I can identify these
command line parameters: /s /h and perhaps /k. What would the exact
command look like?

XCOPY C: D: /s /h /k


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