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Reverting from an NTFS
Name: C-i-r Date: April 21, 2003 at 19:48:45 Pacific OS: 95-98 CPU/Ram: 266 / 64
Comment:
A hard drive was partioned in an xp system and was converted to NTFS. I need to use that hard drive in a FAT 16/32 system and it wont allow me to format because of the compression ratios. When I go to format it gives me an error stating the compression rules. I can access the drive from the command prompt but can run no diagnostics on it. I’m stumped as hell on how to format it back……..
Name: turkeymoon Date: April 21, 2003 at 23:17:09 Pacific
Reply:
You'll have to repartition the drive to FAT (fdisk). Then you can format it to FAT.
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Response Number 2
Name: Paul Date: April 22, 2003 at 07:53:03 Pacific
Reply:
How can I FDISK if it dosent allow me to. It gives me the "no fixed disk error" even though I can access it. It often gives me to the "formatting" not supported by this disk.
Go to the drive manufacturer's website, and get a "low level format utility" and you should be in business. I just recently had same problem with a w2k disk that wouldn't fdisk so I could reformat.
Summary: Well, you have 2 problems now don't you? If NTFSDOS can't see it, it's most likely corrupted. With my system, NTFSDOS has no problem reading my 25gig NTFS partition perfectly. There is a way to boot...
Summary: You need an NTFS DOS driver. Check out this product: http://www.winternals.com/products/repairandrecovery/ntfsdospro.asp Unfortunately, It is a commercial product. There is a read only version if yo...
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