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NT quiz gone wrong
Name: DefectiveDrivers Date: December 2, 2003 at 18:52:27 Pacific OS: Windows NT CPU/Ram: n/a
Comment:
I recently took a quiz about Windows NT and the following question is still bothering me:
You install NT on your Windows 98 computer and find that while in NT workstation, you cannot see the 98 partition. Why? (p.s. I don't know if it was set up to dual boot, if NT was clean installed entirely, or if NT was put in a folder on 98 - it doesn't say)
a) NT parition formatted with FAT16 b) 98 partition formated with FAT32 c) 98 deleted during installation d) 98 partition has not been set as active withnt NT settings.
Name: wanderer Date: December 2, 2003 at 21:34:53 Pacific
Reply:
It would be a choice between b and c with me leaning toward b. NT can't see a fat32 partition. The fact they mention partition in the question tells me there are three partitions: common system which contains the boot files, a 98 partition and a NT partition.
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Response Number 2
Name: Jonathan Date: December 3, 2003 at 09:21:09 Pacific
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answer : B NT CAN'T see fat32 (unless you install a special software... so in a general matter, it can't see FAT32 partitions)
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Response Number 3
Name: Jennifer SUMN Date: December 3, 2003 at 12:28:46 Pacific
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b or c...
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Response Number 4
Name: DefectiveDrivers Date: December 3, 2003 at 17:09:53 Pacific
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I guess NT was not cleanly installed OVER 98. Cause, well you can't do that. The registries are too different. And the question wasn't so elaborate for us to assume the person formatted the HD and then put in NT, so he probably put it either to dual boot or in a 98 folder. In that case, it would be B. Thanks.
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Response Number 5
Name: hmmm Date: December 4, 2003 at 20:19:01 Pacific
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Not enough info really-e how the Hdd was partitioned. It depends if Win98 was on Fat16 or Fat32. If fat32 I beleive it will reformat the drive because no recognisable partitions will be "seen" by NT4s setup process.
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