Re: Partition HD in XP and Win 98

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From: Ken Blake (kblake_at_this.is.an.invalid.domain)
Date: 11/24/04 

Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 11:41:54 -0700

In news:u2GsZej0EHA.2016@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl,
R. C. White <rc@corridor.net> typed:

> The others have told you how to partition and format, but
> remember
> three basic rules:
>
> 1. MS-DOS and Win9x/ME cannot read, write, boot from or even
> SEE a
> volume formatted as NTFS.

RC, note that Sharul is running 98 and XP on two different
computers, so this shouldn't be an issue to him.

The only reason I mention this at all is because he might be
planning to network the two computers together, and if so he
should note that Windows 98 has no problem accessing files on an
NTFS partition that is across the network. (Your point about
Windows 98's not being able to see the NTFS drive locally is of
course correct--at least not without special third-party
software.) 

-- 
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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> "Sharul" <Sharul@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:D11A74E5-AF65-4F18-9891-AF161C662B60@microsoft.com...
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have two PCs that are running in different OS ie 98 and 
>> another in
>> XP.
>> Need to know the steps to partition the hard disks operating 
>> in both
>> systems
>> without using any third party software please. Am prepared to 
>> lose
>> all data
>> as I would like to reformat the systems as well. Also, how do 
>> L
>> allocate the
>> sizes of the drives e.g. 40 GB for C: and another 40 GB for D:
>>
>> Thanks for the advice and help.

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