Re: NTFS to FAT32?



In article <adman9000.1tf3ps@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, adman9000 says...
>
> Hi guys I wonder if anyone could help me out here. Basically, I got a
> new PC about a week ago which came preloaded with XP. After messing
> around with it a bit too much, the whole system basically became
> unusable so as it was pretty new, I thought I would format the hard
> drive and start over, as it came with a bunch of software I didn't
> really want anyway. However, I didn't realize I wasn't sent out the XP
> CD, and after speaking to the guys I bought the PC off of, they said
> they'll send it down in a couple of weeks. I have a Win98 CD still, so
> thought I would re-install that first and use that for a while until my
> XP CD came, but after formatting the system, when I tried to run the
> Win98 intsallation through DOS, it said that becuse my hard drive was
> partitioned in NTFS, it couldnt do the install - it needs to be changed
> into the FAT32 format. I tried to use the fdisk utility on my 98 boot
> disk, but this just freezes up every time I try and either delete or
> activate a partition. Does anyone know how to change my hard drive
> partition from NTFS to FAT32 using either the 98 boot disk or CD, or am
> I stuck with no PC until the CD is sent down? :mad:
> Thanks,
>
www.bootitng.com

Download the trial and burn the ISO to a CD. Boot with it and use it to
convert from NTFS to FAT32.


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