Re: Is there a modern Fdisk that sees large NTFS hard drives?

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From: Frank W. (reply_to_newsgroup_at_please.ccom)
Date: 02/23/05 

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 13:44:00 -0600

I'm trying to format or delete NTFS partitions when they got corrupted and W2k won't see them. Computer
Management didn't work either.

> What are you trying to do with fdisk and NTFS? Fdisk does not see NTFS
> logical drives in extended partitions regardless of DOS or fdisk versions.
>
> > My Fdisk included in a Win98 boot disk doesn't seem to recognize NTFS hard drives very well. Is
there a
> > more modern version of Fdisk I can boot with on a floppy?

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