Re: Formatting Question

User wrote:
Hello. Sorry if I'm posting in the wrong NG but I'm stuck (and it concerns XP anway?)

I have two physical hard drives; Primary :20 Gigs (C:) and Slave:2 Gigs (D:)

I currently have WinXP Home on my primary (C:) and just junk on D:

I'm tyring to reformat my C: and put Windows 98 SE on it. I put in the Win98 boot floppy with CD ROM support. When I get to the prompt (A:>) and see what's in my C:\ it reports the contents of my slave drive! (D:).

The contents of my primary (C:) does not show up at all nor is it accessible.

Any ideas? Would appreciate any help any can provide!


My guess is the XP installation was installed on a NTFS partitioned drive. If that is the case, the FAT file system from the floppy or Win98 CD will not see it.
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