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cant erase W2k partition with fdisk
Name: red Date: September 25, 2002 at 17:10:44 Pacific OS: Windows 2000 CPU/Ram: Pentium 4 2000 Mgh 256 R
Comment:
I have installed Windows 2000 on one of my two partitions and now I wish to start from scratch again.
W2K is located on my extended partition, not the primary one. When I go into 'delete extended DOS partition' it says that it can't because there are no logical drives on that partition. Then when I chose 'delete logical drives' it says it can't because none are defined. When I choose 'create logical drives' it says that it can't because there already is one present. Basically, any option I choose on fdisk won't work.
If you see where I am going with this, then we are on the right track. I can do nothing to erase my partition and worse yet my W2K system is out of action right now so I am forced to work from DOS. I also have nothing on my primary partition.
Any suggestions would be welcome, if anyone can tell me how to erase my partitions.
Name: dude Date: September 25, 2002 at 17:26:44 Pacific
Reply:
You can use a dos based program called delpart. MS has it on the NT resource kit or you can download it here
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Response Number 2
Name: Tony Grei Date: September 25, 2002 at 20:59:08 Pacific
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You can delete it by running the install CD. It will offer a section when it asks where U want to install 2K. Just specify where it is already and it will ask if U want to format the partition.
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Response Number 3
Name: Curt R Date: September 26, 2002 at 05:26:08 Pacific
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Using a DOS based bootdisk just start the fdisk program and choose the 'delete partition' option. On the delete menu choose "Delete non-DOS partition" that's your NTFS partition. Fdisk reports an NTFS partition as being non-DOS (don't ask me why...ask Bill) Once you've deleted it, recreate it as FAT32 and format it.
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