Re: can't install XP on NTFS drive

No, it's not the only way, unless something is amiss over there.
(The default is to install WindowsXP to NTFS, not FAT32).

Jason wrote:
The only way to install XP is to use FAT32! and don't convert to NTFS.
However I now have it working:
Edit c:\boot.ini and deleted the reference to the failed install.
Took the 300gb drive off the PATA card (XP was only recognising it as
160Gb
anyway)
Put it back on the motherboard swapping the SATA cable between the RAM
drive
and hard drive.
Boot up using XP CD (XP Upgrade, OEM, Upgrade sp3 slipstrem, OEM
slipstream
SP3 all did the same thing) and remove the 160b single partition.
Reboot from cd again.
Recreate partition - this time 300Gb and 8Gb unassigned - why does xp
leave
the 8Gb (the C drive has this 8Gb too).
Install XP fine.


"Bill in Co" <surly_curmudgeon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Jason wrote:
Re-installing XP SP3

I've had to format the hard drive using Windows 98 FAT32.

?? (why)?
You should be able to format the main partition using NTFS from the
beginning.
(If you want to have another partition or two on the same drive formatted
as FAT32, you can do that, too. (I have a drive with NTFS and FAT32 in
different partitions (with different drive letters for each partition,
naturally).

If I install using
NTFS or install onto FAT32 then convert to NTFS I get HAL.dll corrupt or
missing error. Why is this?

I don't know the answer to that specifically, but maybe Paul or someone
else does.
BUT if you're going to all this trouble, and want XP to be on NTFS, why
not just start with formatting the C: partition with NTFS? It would be
a
lot cleaner than trying to convert FAT32 over to NTFS, and hoping
everything works out.


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