Tool 4 changing file systems-forgot to check

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Forgot to check the file system on a recently acquired 160gb samsung
SP1604N (sata i think?).

Tried to read the drive usb mounted with adapter on an 98se system.
Drivers were loaded ok but cannot see drive letter in explorer.
Drive is recognized and performs fine under XP

Did an Fdisk for info using 98se fdisk. Fdisk of course misreports the size
of the drive but shows it as an NTFS file system.

If it is NTFS, I need to shrink it down and put in a second FAT32 parition
so that 98se can see that partition and write to it.

What's the easiest simplest way to do that? I don't want to lose the data,
lots of it already on the drive. about 50GB of data.

Thanks for your help.
 
butterfly said:
Forgot to check the file system on a recently acquired 160gb samsung
SP1604N (sata i think?).
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Tried to read the drive usb mounted with adapter on an 98se system.
Drivers were loaded ok but cannot see drive letter in explorer.
Drive is recognized and performs fine under XP
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Did an Fdisk for info using 98se fdisk. Fdisk of course misreports
the size of the drive but shows it as an NTFS file system.
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If it is NTFS, I need to shrink it down and put in a second FAT32
parition so that 98se can see that partition and write to it.
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What's the easiest simplest way to do that?
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XP etc wont do that except by copying the contents out of the partition,
deleting the partition, creating a new one and copying the contents back.
And wont create a FAT32 partition bigger than 32GB either.
I don't want to lose the data, lots of it already on the drive. about 50GB of data.
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While something like Acronis Disk Director suite will do what you want to do,
its dangerous doing something like that without a full image of the partition.
 
Forgot to check the file system on a recently acquired 160gb samsung
SP1604N (sata i think?).

Tried to read the drive usb mounted with adapter on an 98se system.
Drivers were loaded ok but cannot see drive letter in explorer.
Drive is recognized and performs fine under XP

Did an Fdisk for info using 98se fdisk. Fdisk of course misreports the
size of the drive but shows it as an NTFS file system.

If it is NTFS, I need to shrink it down and put in a second FAT32
parition so that 98se can see that partition and write to it.

What's the easiest simplest way to do that? I don't want to lose the
data, lots of it already on the drive. about 50GB of data.

Thanks for your help.
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THanks to Rod for the reply.
I have an old version of booitng but that will not image from usb.
Do you know of a tool that will image the partition from USB drive?

Thanks.
 
butterfly wrote
THanks to Rod for the reply.
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I have an old version of booitng but that will not image from usb.
Do you know of a tool that will image the partition from USB drive?
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Most of the modern imagers will do that fine.

I like True Image, particularly when you use what it calls the
rescue CD that doesnt install anything on the hard drive.
 
butterfly said:
I have an old version of booitng but that will not image from usb.
Do you know of a tool that will image the partition from USB drive?
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Can I use USB 2.0 or IEEE 1394 (FireWire®) Devices with BootIt NG?
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/kb/article.php?id=027

SCSI, USB or IEEE 1394 CD Drive Does not Appear on the Work with
Partitions Dialog
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/kb/article.php?id=085

Troubleshooting USB Drive Connection and Performance Issues
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/kb/article.php?id=407

....glen
 
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