booting ntfs partitions

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Patrick

Hi

anyone know a way of me being able to reboot my pc using floppy disc so as
to be able to format my c: drive am using xp and ntfs file system.

thanks

pat
 
Patrick said:
Hi

anyone know a way of me being able to reboot my pc using floppy disc so as
to be able to format my c: drive am using xp and ntfs file system.
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Why? If you want to do this to reinstall XP you can just boot from the
CD and, when it displays the partition(s), delete it/them prior to
installing.

HTH

Regards,

Parish
 
If you really want to use a floppy, you need to run FDISK first and delete
all the existing partitions and recreate them. Reboot and format them.

It's much easier to do this during the XP installation.
 
Trouble is i have 2 partitions and don't want to lose my d drive just want
to format c drive from a floppy which with fat32 was simple
 
Patrick said:
Trouble is i have 2 partitions and don't want to lose my d drive just want
to format c drive from a floppy which with fat32 was simple
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Do it when you install XP. At the partition screen it will show both (C:
and D:). Highlight C:, delete it, then tell XP to create a new parition
in the free space (i.e. recreate the original C:). D: will be untouched
although the usual caveat with computers applies; backup valuable data
before you begin.

HTH

Regards,

Parish
 
Patrick said:
Trouble is i have 2 partitions and don't want to lose my d drive just
want to format c drive from a floppy which with fat32 was simple
Click to expand...

You can use either a boot disk with fdisk and format, or the XP setup
disk. If using a boot disk, use fdisk to first delete the C partition.
It will appear in fdisk as a non-DOS partition. Then create a new
partition in its place, a DOS partition since that's all fdisk can create
to boot. Reboot and format the partition. If you're going to reinstall
XP on that partition, then this would *not* be the recommended approach.

Instead boot your PC with your XP CD. Choose to install XP, doing a new
install. You will be prompted for the partition to install XP. On that
screen you can delete/recreate and/or format any of your existing
partitions.

Either way you choose which partition to modify. As long as you choose
correctly the other partitions will remain as they are.
--
Tom Porterfield
MS-MVP MCE
http://support.telop.org

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