Re: Formatting Question

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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.


Yes. According to My Computer it says the file system for C: is NTFS and
the file system for (slave) D: is FAT.

What is the workaround so that the floppy will see the NTFS (C:) so I can
reformat it ?



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