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FAT32 Partition visible from NTFS
Name: Skip Date: January 25, 2000 at 03:10:06 Pacific
Comment:
Hi
I have a 6gb drive which i have partitioned as 2gb NTFS and 4gb FAT32. When i boot into NT 4.0 (NTFS) the FAT32 partition is visible but not accesible. How can i get this drive to disappear from my NT partition?
Name: Spell Date: January 25, 2000 at 03:58:30 Pacific
Reply:
Windows NT will not read FAT32 partitions. You will need to make the partition a NTFS if you wish to us it for NT.
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Response Number 2
Name: Skip Date: January 25, 2000 at 05:56:56 Pacific
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Yes Spell I know this already. You misunderstood the question as i do not wish to access the drive in NT. I want it removed as the drive is configued for Win98.
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Response Number 3
Name: Jamie Date: January 25, 2000 at 21:59:47 Pacific
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Why?
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Response Number 4
Name: skip Date: January 26, 2000 at 03:15:55 Pacific
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Why? - Well what is the point of having it there if you cannot access it!!
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Response Number 5
Name: flikserv Date: January 26, 2000 at 09:49:30 Pacific
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I know this isn't what you've asked for, but it is possible to access a FAT32 partition from NT. The SysInternals site has a freeware app which will allow NT read-only access to a FAT32 partition. Link is here:
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