ntfs to fat

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Is there a way to change ntfs back to fat? I don't want to reformat and
reinstall xp. I need to be able to duel boot to win98. Anyone got any Ideas.


Thank you
Lary
 
Lary said:
Is there a way to change ntfs back to fat? I don't want to reformat and
reinstall xp. I need to be able to duel boot to win98. Anyone got any Ideas.


Thank you
Lary
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I'm pretty sure it's a one way trip from what I've read :-((
 
Lary said:
Is there a way to change ntfs back to fat? I don't want to reformat
and reinstall xp. I need to be able to duel boot to win98. Anyone got
any Ideas.


Thank you
Lary
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Absolutely no way whatsoever. And it's 'dual' - 'duel' means to fight.
 
Absolutely no way whatsoever. And it's 'dual' - 'duel' means to fight.
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That's not quite true.

You cannot revert to FAT32 with the tools provided in Windows. With a
third party program like PartitionMagic, you can convert it back.

However, with a third party program, you can keep the NTFS, shrink the
existing partition, make a new FAT32 partition in the newly freed
space, install Windows 98 there and set up a dual boot.
 
But remember that if you do this, win98 won't be able to read the NTFS
partition without special drivers....
 
thank you I think that is the way I'll go
That's not quite true.

You cannot revert to FAT32 with the tools provided in Windows. With a
third party program like PartitionMagic, you can convert it back.

However, with a third party program, you can keep the NTFS, shrink the
existing partition, make a new FAT32 partition in the newly freed
space, install Windows 98 there and set up a dual boot.


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Jeffrey Struyk
Microsoft MVP
http://support.microsoft.com
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Yes, but not within XP itself. You need a third party program like
Partition Magic version 8.
 
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