Re: hard drive?????

From: Don (don_at_nohope.com)
Date: 03/23/04 

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 20:05:24 -0000

How can a Win98 boot disk create an ntfs partition. Using fdisk will delete
all data anyway. 

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"Ron Sommer" <rsommer@nospam.ktis.net> wrote in message
news:OTAD97MEEHA.580@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> A 60 GB drive will be formatted NTFS unless there are multiple partitions.
> A format will destroy all data.
> -- 
> Ron Sommer
>
> "Don" <don@nohope.com> wrote in message
> news:OinYAOKEEHA.3064@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > I have seen this so many times. Unless you intend to change the file
> format
> > or change the partition setup or are having some kind of problem wirh
the
> > master boot record, there is no need to use fdisk. Just start with the
EBD
> > and type Format c: That is all that is needed, if you are staying with
> fat32
> > you could even use the /q switch, like this Format c: /q.
> > Fdisk is not a difficult tool to use but can and is over used these
days.
> It
> > is a partitioning tool, not a formatting tool, that is what the format
> > command is for.
> >
> > Bally Ally
> >
> > -- 
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Gotthic" <gvc@mvps.org> wrote in message
> > news:11a9d01c41096$c3b64e20$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> > > Hi noodle.
> > >
> > > The easiest way to format the System drive is to Download
> > > the Windows 98 bootdisk and copy it to a floppy disk,
> > > Place the floppy in your harddrive, reboot your computer
> > > and use the FDISK utility to format the partition
> > > Hope this helps
> > >
> > > -gotthic
> > >
> > > >-----Original Message-----
> > > >how do you format a hard drive if windows wont do it and
> > > you dont it is an oem drive samsong 60G drive??
> > > >thanks in advance
> > > >.
> > > >
> >
> >
>

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