Re: [newbie] Format NTFS?
Eric Scott wrote: Anybody know of a program that will let me format a given partition as NTFS? Fat32 might do it, Put Windows OS on the first partition on hda. Windows 2000 installation disc's own partition tool and formatter can create and format in both NTFS and FAT32, but not without destroying remaining data on that HD. If you want to do the job without destroying data then use either Partition Magic 8 or disckdrake. I prefer PM8 when it's a windows/linux dual boot setup, but if a linux only drive, then I use discdrake. Both can create and format the two windows file systems you ask for. John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Format NTFS?
Eric Scott wrote: Anybody know of a program that will let me format a given partition as NTFS? Fat32 might do it, I don't know. I'm trying to deal with a faulty Windows installation, and as I'm sure you know, Windows' installer/rescue is the worst on earth. No joke. Anyway, it wants me to have a Windows 2000 compatable partition on hda for (I assume) it's bootloader process, even though I'm installing on hdb. Windows installer tells me to make a Win2k compatable partition on hda, but doesn't provide me with the resources to do so. (The diskdrake thingy in MDK control center doesn't create a valid FAT partition, which is why I need another) FAT16 and FAT32 are also Windows 2000 compatible partitions :P Try fdisk. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Format NTFS?
On Sun, 2004-09-12 at 14:38, Vincent Voois wrote: Eric Scott wrote: Anybody know of a program that will let me format a given partition as NTFS? Fat32 might do it, I don't know. I'm trying to deal with a faulty Windows installation, and as I'm sure you know, Windows' installer/rescue is the worst on earth. No joke. Anyway, it wants me to have a Windows 2000 compatable partition on hda for (I assume) it's bootloader process, even though I'm installing on hdb. Windows installer tells me to make a Win2k compatable partition on hda, but doesn't provide me with the resources to do so. (The diskdrake thingy in MDK control center doesn't create a valid FAT partition, which is why I need another) FAT16 and FAT32 are also Windows 2000 compatible partitions :P Try fdisk. It was my problem; I forgot to hit the format button in MDK control center, and therefore Windows couldn't recognize the unformatted FAT partitions that I had defined. Oops :-P It's alright though, 'cause the Windows Setup I was trying to use killed the disk somehow... problems over. When there's no disk to format you don't have much of a problem formatting. :-P thanx, ES __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Format NTFS?
On Monday 13 Sep 2004 12:24 am, Eric Scott wrote: It was my problem; I forgot to hit the format button in MDK control center, and therefore Windows couldn't recognize the unformatted FAT partitions that I had defined. Oops :-P It's alright though, 'cause the Windows Setup I was trying to use killed the disk somehow... problems over. When there's no disk to format you don't have much of a problem formatting. :-P Google for The Ultimate Boot CD. It's got three Free DOS implementations, three tiny Linux distros. Memory testers, CPU Burners, and more to the point, a complete set of manufacturers hard-drive diagnostic and initialisation tools. (And quite a bit more I haven't explored yet.) It's rather unlikely that the software killed the drive, I think you'll find that it is recoverable. I can well recommend this CD; I've just gone through the diagnostic/repair process from hell on a friend's PC, and this thing was worth its weight in gold. -- Richard Urwin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Format NTFS?
On Sun, 2004-09-12 at 15:38, Vincent Voois wrote: Eric Scott wrote: Anybody know of a program that will let me format a given partition as NTFS? Fat32 might do it, I don't know. I'm trying to deal with a faulty Windows installation, and as I'm sure you know, Windows' installer/rescue is the worst on earth. No joke. Anyway, it wants me to have a Windows 2000 compatable partition on hda for (I assume) it's bootloader process, even though I'm installing on hdb. Windows installer tells me to make a Win2k compatable partition on hda, but doesn't provide me with the resources to do so. (The diskdrake thingy in MDK control center doesn't create a valid FAT partition, which is why I need another) FAT16 and FAT32 are also Windows 2000 compatible partitions :P Try fdisk. Huh? Fdisk doesn't do format. The only thing he can do with fdisk is set the partition type to 7 which is NTFS. That's not the same thing as formatting. LX Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Format NTFS?
On Sun, 2004-09-12 at 14:18, John Richard Smith wrote: Eric Scott wrote: Anybody know of a program that will let me format a given partition as NTFS? Fat32 might do it, Put Windows OS on the first partition on hda. You do NOT have to have the Windows OS on the first partition on the hard drive. A linux extended partition can occupy the lions share of the drive(which would contain all the needed logical linux partitions) and then an hda2 primary partition can be on the last part of the drive, on the least most valuable real estate, thus putting linux on the best part of the drive. LX Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
