Re: How to format FAT32 in Windows XP?


"Anna" <myname@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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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.


They most certainly don't. Why would a Win9x Startup disk be able to see a
NTFS partitions when the operating system they support doesn't?

Unless you have loaded some third party driver on yours.


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