Re: Convered to NTFS - Still Have FAT Segments

Use Computer Management to access Disk Management.
Everything to disk is viewed or activated from that
Administrator's tool.

I am rather concerned why you even have a FAT partition.
Even if XP was reloaded, the NTFS option should have
automatically setup the partition as NTFS. Where did that 3
Gig partition come from? Maybe from the way FAT32 was used in
Win98SE?

Best to try to enable that 3 gig partition in Disk
Management first - to learn what it is before 'trying to fix
it'. If it is really a FAT32 partition, then Disk Management
should enable you to look inside that partition. Always look
before fixing.

BTW, how does XP contain corrupt files? XP is read from a
CD-Rom. Either they unpack and load properly, or the
corruption is detected up front. If corrupted, then there
must have been some error messages. Messages that may mean
other things must be done up front. And what are you doing
with Windows 98SE on a new Dell? Other details that may
completely change the answers you are receiving.

Dave B wrote:
> Thank you Ted
> And right on, it is a Dell. And we have had a real time of it. XP
> contained some corrupt files when received, so we started out by
> reloading from the disk. It has been a real mess - but again, is OK
> now.
>
> BTW, I emailed dell back and forth for over 3 weeks - they couldn't
> make the network connection feature, or the Help & Support feature
> (how prophetic) work either. When I finally said OK, take it back,
> they said since I'd had it over 21 days it could no longer be
> returned - followed by (and this is a direct quite) "Have a nice day".
>
> Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
>
> As a matter of interest, how would I get rid of the 3 g partition?
> Still not sure it's worth 3 gigs (especially after all we have
> been through)- but that indeed would be several (grand)children's
> birthday parties.
>
> Thank you for the very informative reply. It is much appreciated.
> Dave
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