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Fdisk problems in 2000
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Name: Johan Khan
Date: May 8, 2001 at 19:26:38 Pacific
Subject: Fdisk problems in 2000
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Comment: When I go to the DOS prompt or Command prompt in Win 2000, and type fdisk, I get the following message "fdisk is not recognised as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. Correct me if I'm wrong but it seems to me that fdisk is not a recognised in 2000, where as in 98 it is. So what command to I need to use to partition my HDD.
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Response Number 1
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Name: user 2ooo
Date: May 8, 2001 at 20:01:32 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)
The cumputer was right again "no fdisk to be found anywhere"
Here's how you fool windows 2000!! Insert windows 98 startup disk in the floppy drive and reboot your computer at the prompt type FDISK... Walla "dos is back"
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Response Number 2
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Name: jez
Date: May 8, 2001 at 23:28:49 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)hah :D
johan did you try it with a 98 boot disk? FDISK should run from there. Now as for formatting, I've had no luck formatting a hdd with win2000, be it the file system or something else. Are you attempting to reinstall a clean copy of windows 2000? If you are, I would suggest installing from windows 2000 setup disks (which can be made on any machine running 2000), because it will allow you to format your drive. Installing from a CD will not. One more question, have you thought about using Partition Magic to partition your drives? Excellent program ;)
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Response Number 4
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Name: Johan Khan
Date: May 9, 2001 at 07:31:48 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Many thanks for your replies. Ok I have formatted my HDD with 2000. This was done by using my Win 98 startup disk and worked like a swiss watch, surprisingly a 98 startup disk allowed a HDD with 2000 to be formatted. When I re-installed 2000 I changed my boot sequence in my CMOS to "boot from cd-rom", then restarted the machine and it installed from the CD. No I have not trying booting from my 98 startup disk and running Fdisk from there. Yes partition magic is a great program I have heard, but don't have it. Oh by the way does anyone know how to create a Win 2000 boot/startup disk. I think this is the one that takes up 4 floppies and it had to made through the 2000 CD under make boot 32
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Response Number 5
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Name: Lucid
Date: May 9, 2001 at 08:07:46 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)The four floppies are for STARTING THE INSTALLATION, not the troubleshooting startup disks you want. I can't remember the specifics of going about creating a startup disk right now (LONG day) so I'll give you the general info.... You should be able to create a FAT partiioned startup disk similar to the Win98 disks, but for NTFS you just need to copy over 4 or 5 files to a disk...
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Response Number 6
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Name: user2000
Date: May 9, 2001 at 10:56:37 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Go here for instructions on making a windows 2000 boot cd !!! http://www.angelfire.com/de2/w2kcd/ Trust me it works "I have made many boot cd's following these instructions.
let me know how it goes
glad to hear u got your HD formated
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