Re: ntfs

Hi,

>I dont have a floppy drive so how do I create bootable floppy. I have a cd
>drive though so how can I make a bootable CD.

You can get a USB floppy for around $30US, most laptops support booting from
them. Check your owners manual to be sure. I strongly recommend that you
align the partitions before converting, as you may otherwise you will end up
with 512 byte clusters, and performance may suffer as a result.

> Is there a program to run instead of from command line to format ntfs?just
> curious

If you want to spend the money, sure. But the command line is simple and
works just as effectively.
http://www.powerquest.com/partitionmagic/features.html

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"gp" <grum@invalid> wrote in message
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> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Hi,
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>>> q)is there aproblem with converting to ntfs with a converter rather than
>>> reformatting the whole HD from scratch. will it work just as good
>>
>> No problems, no "gotcha's", but you should read this first:
>> http://aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm
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>>> q)it is a standalone PC with cable internet connection, so is there much
>>> benefit converting to ntfs since there is no network/accounts to manage?
>>
>> System stability, ntfs has a far better track record of recovering from
>> file system damage.
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>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>
>> "gp" <grum@invalid> wrote in message
>> news:4272d278$0$5179$afc38c87@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>I have fat32 HD with amd2.8 ,512ram, 80g hd and winxp
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