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Old 08-06-2005, 17:55   #1
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hard drive

hey i have a problem i used to have xp but went back to 98SE as my comp was going to slow but when i had xp i formated one of my hard drives to the nfts format and windows 98 dont support that so i was wondering if there was any kinda software or commands to get it back to fat32 so i can use it in 98, note it also isn't getting detected by my computer or system property's but it is at P.O.S.T can anyone help me ??
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Old 08-06-2005, 17:58   #2
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Re: hard drive

is it the drive you wish to boot from? if so then the only solution is to reformat to FAT32

Umm although Partition Magic 8 will let you convert the drive back to FAT32 without a reformat
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Old 08-06-2005, 18:00   #3
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Re: hard drive

no the os is on a diffrent drive it's my other one (i use for games and so on) i have partition magic but couldn't see how it would let me as it doesn't detect it as a drive
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Re: hard drive

Which version of Partition Magic is it?
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Old 08-06-2005, 18:58   #5
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Re: hard drive

Run fdisk to delete XP partition then create partition for Win98 use and format with fat32
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Old 08-06-2005, 19:00   #6
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Re: hard drive

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Which version of Partition Magic is it?

it's partition magic 8.0
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Re: hard drive

Could be it needs to boot into an OS that supports NTFS in the first place, such as 2k or XP, though it's own boot disks should do (can't remember how to create them but they are there in the instructions)
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hey thanks i managed to get it sorted and working now thanks for the help
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