Re: NTFS -> FAT32

See below.

"Citizen Bob" <spam@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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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.

PM is not a virus. It is quite a good product but it is not perfect,
same as all other software.

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?

Files are only locked while Windows is active. Since your DUT
(Device Under Test) is now running as a slave disk, nothing is
locked.

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?

You can't use NTFS DOS - it does not support long file names.

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

You can't use DOS either - you must use the Command Prompt
under Win2000/XP.

Here is the recipe:
1. Install the DUT as a slave disk on some different machine.
2. Copy the system partition to some other location:
XCOPY D:\ C:\SomeFolder\ /s /h /k /c 1>c:\test.log 2>&1
3. Examine c:\test.log for error messages.
4. Make sure that the target location contains the same amount
of data as the source location.
5. Repartition & reformat the DUT.
6. Mark the first partition active.
7. Reverse Step 2.

If you want to play it really safe, use a spare disk in Step 5.


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