Re: How to format FAT32 in Windows XP?

From: "Anna" <myname@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:49:37 -0500

PD43 wrote:

Nope. When you boot to DOS, it can't see an NTFS partition.

"Bill in Co." <not_really_here@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Except with third party tools.

Well, PD43 (& Bill), not exactly...

A DOS boot disk, e.g., a Win9x/Me "Startup Disk", will "see" NTFS partitions
very well. At least for the most part. The *only* NTFS partitions it will
not recognize are those logical drives created in an extended partition.
Anna

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