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lpc300 · 07-14-2002, 10:40 PM

Hi Xion,

Couple of questions. Have you Fdisked yet? lil Jimmie is right, option 5 in the Fdisk dialogue lets you swtich disks. If you have XP formatted with NTFS, I don't think DOS will let you format until you've fdisked it.

Try this. Insert your startup disk. Once you get the A>, type fdisk. Type Y for large disk support. Type 3 to delete a partition. Chose the number that corresponds to the type of partition you have. If your not sure, try each to see what comes up. Delete the partition(s) you want. You're going to need to reboot, keeping the startup disk in, obviously. Go back to Fdisk and create the partitions you want (option 1). Use option 5 to change disks. Once you have finished with fdisk, reboot again, keeping the starup disk in. Now you can format.

Remember: IN DOING THIS YOU WILL BE DELETING YOUR ENTIRE HARDDRIVE, LOSING ALL YOUR DATA. DON'T DO THIS UNLESS YOU ARE PREPARED FOR THAT (sorry about the caps).

Hope this helps.

07-14-2002, 10:40 PM	#10
lpc300 Member (9 bit) Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 480	Hi Xion, Couple of questions. Have you Fdisked yet? lil Jimmie is right, option 5 in the Fdisk dialogue lets you swtich disks. If you have XP formatted with NTFS, I don't think DOS will let you format until you've fdisked it. Try this. Insert your startup disk. Once you get the A>, type fdisk. Type Y for large disk support. Type 3 to delete a partition. Chose the number that corresponds to the type of partition you have. If your not sure, try each to see what comes up. Delete the partition(s) you want. You're going to need to reboot, keeping the startup disk in, obviously. Go back to Fdisk and create the partitions you want (option 1). Use option 5 to change disks. Once you have finished with fdisk, reboot again, keeping the starup disk in. Now you can format. Remember: IN DOING THIS YOU WILL BE DELETING YOUR ENTIRE HARDDRIVE, LOSING ALL YOUR DATA. DON'T DO THIS UNLESS YOU ARE PREPARED FOR THAT (sorry about the caps). Hope this helps.