Re: help with c: format

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[[Converting a partition from FAT32 to NTFS can be done by an inbuilt
utility in the Windows XP operating system — but it is important to
realize that it is a one-way process. You cannot convert back, except
possibly by use of Partition Magic 7.01, and that is not always
successful. Windows XP has no tool for converting from NTFS to FAT32.]]

CONVERTING FAT32 to NTFS in Windows XP
http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm

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Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:D1FEC578-080D-40A5-88A3-B4A87999F3DD@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
mandolinwind61 <mandolinwind61@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and
pecked:
> Thanks... I will try it
>
> "Johnny Lingo" wrote:
>
>> You can use a Windows 98 boot disk and use fdisk to delete the
>> non-DOS partition. Then you can create a new partion and format it
>> in FAT32
>>
>>
>> "mandolinwind61" <mandolinwind61@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>> message news:0217BE09-FD68-4D8C-914A-23CB20798B02@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> I accidently installed NTSF on my hard drive. I am trying to
>>> install win 98 and I have to create an ms-dos boot partition to set
>>> up windows. how do I do
>>> this? TIA

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