Re: Formating Hard Drive

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From: Rick \ (rick_at_mvps.org)
Date: 04/24/04 

Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 19:07:34 -0400

Hi,

1) Yes you can do this but....

2) It won't work like you are thinking

You can't use fdisk for anything but FAT/FAT32 partitions. It can delete
non-dos (NTFS) partitions, but that's about it (and even then is somewhat
limited when it comes to multiple volumes in extended partitions). Having
one small FAT32 partition is not going to make any difference.

The WinXP CD has the drive tools you need, just boot it and start the
installer. Delete the existing system partition, then repartition in the
preferred manner. Keep in mind also should you create any FAT32 partitions
that WinXP limits the size to 32GB. Frankly, you don't want to use fdisk
when working with an NT system. 

-- 
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Windows
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"Anna" <MystyIsles@starband.net> wrote in message 
news:K3Bic.2745$FB1.1324@fe25.usenetserver.com...
> Here's a question I have. I want to do a complete reboot on my computer 
> and
> format my hard drive before I install Windows XP Pro. I have a 60GB hard
> drive and what I need to know is if or can I partition the drive into 3
> sections and make 2 NTFS and the last one FAT32. I'll make the first
> partition 50% of the hard drive and the second one 49% and the last 1%, so
> in future if I need to reboot and format again, I'll be able to use fdisk.
> Will this work? Thanks
>
> Anna
>
>

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