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Can't Install NT4 on FAT
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Original Message
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Name: Chris Wathen
Date: March 21, 2001 at 12:38:16 Pacific
Subject: Can't Install NT4 on FAT
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Comment: I'm trying to install NT4 as a secondard operating system. The version I have copies the files to the HD first, asks you to create 3 boot disks, and then installs from there following reboot. I first created an NTFS partition using PartitionMagic but then the installer couldn't find it. It didn't take me long to realise that as the initial installer is DOS-based, it couldn't see the NTFS partition. I scrapped the NTFS partition and replaced it with a FAT16 one, planning to install it to that and then see if PartitionMagic can convert it to NTFS later. The installer goes fine, but when it tries to boot NT from the hard disk, it can't find a boot record. I get the "invalid system disk" error. Yes I've done all the obvious things like checking I'm installing to a primary partition and making it active, but I can't get it to work. Any ideas?
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Response Number 2
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Name: Kurt Stuhler
Date: March 23, 2001 at 11:12:07 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Just FYI, once you get your comp up and running, if you don't have Partition Magic but you want to convert to NTFS - From the command line enter the command convert c: /fs:ntfs . This command is one way only, and you cannot convert an NTFS partition to FAT. If the FAT partition is the system partition then the conversion will take place on the next reboot.
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Response Number 3
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Name: Damon
Date: March 24, 2001 at 09:31:21 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Use these instructions I wrote using PM.
1.Multiple (Dual ) Boot Systems, Adding NT as an example
If you have WinXX on your machine and want to add NT or another OS use
Partition Magic to resize the partition and then move this to the back
of the drive(to the right as your looking at the monitor).Start the installation of NT and make a small partition of
200MB,when you push "enter" it should default this to FAT and will be
C:.Then make another partition of 2048MB and make this NTFS which
will be D: which is where NT will install.The FAT partition will be "
primary " and the NTFS will be a "logical" drive.After installing NT,
install the Boot Magic software that is on the CD with Partition Magic
and make the rescue disk in case of problems down the road.The rescue
disk lets you select which system to boot in case you lose the
loader.When you boot your machine the Boot Magic screen will appear and
you can select which OS you want to use.Boot Magic is loaded on the FAT
partition in C:.Install Partition Magic to resize
the NTFS partition.If you have multiple hard drives with different
operating systems Boot Magic will find them.This allows you to use the
respective file system for a particular operating system and not have to
make everything FAT or be limited to 2048MB. 2.Copying Partitions
Partition Magic's copy program will make an exact duplicate of a
partition as long as you
have free space that is equal to or larger than the partition being
copied.You do not have file
conflicts when this is being done.If you copy to another hard drive it
can be used in case the original drive fails because it is EXACTLY like
the original.Just unplug the failed drive.
Buying another hard drive is more cost effective ( just my opinion) than
buying ZIP drives
and disks or R/W CD's and is much faster.
There are some other features that come with Partition Magic.For $35 (
Buy.Com) this software is well worth the money.I also use this software
on my personal machine which has 4 hard drives.It has Win98 (FAT32) and
NT ( NTFS) with a back up drive for each.
By the way,I don't work for Power Quest.
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