I am trying to install NT on a Secondary slave 2G HD- I am able to boot from NT CD, and start setup-but after I set that drive with a full NTFS partition,the setup program keeps telling me that the partition that was just created is not a proper partition fo NT? How can I format thsi drive with NTFS? What is the commands, or do I need other software?

If you want to partition your hard disk, you have to first delete all other partitions before starting over. Using FDISK.EXE, you can partition the disk according to your needs. Before you begin, it is important to remember that there is a specific order in which each partition can be deleted from the hard disk. You must delete any non-DOS partitions first, logical partitions second, the extended partition third, and the primary partition last. When removing an NTFS partition, make sure that the partition is not an extended partition. If it is, FDISK.exe will remove the NTFS partition, but ruin the hard disk. The reverse order applies when you create partitions. You must first create a primary partition, then an extended partition, then logical partitions, and finally you can convert to NTFS if you are using Windows NT. If you currently have an HPFS partition, you have two options with Windows NT. You can either delete the partition and create a FAT partition in its place, or convert the HPFS partition to NTFS. Unlike previous versions of Windows NT, Windows NT 4.0 Workstation does not support installations that use existing HPFS partitions. Deleting Partitions To delete existing partitions: Boot your computer to MS-DOS. At the command prompt, type FDISK.EXE You are now running the fixed-disk setup program. To display your partition information, press 4. Press Esc to continue. Select 3 to indicate that you want to delete partitions. Decide which partition to delete and press the number associated with it. Type the volume label of the partition to verify the deletion. Type Y to confirm. Press Esc to continue. Creating Partitions To create new partitions: Create the primary DOS partition. Do not use all of the free space unless you have a very small partition. Create the extended DOS partition. Create a logical partition or individual partitions on the extended partition. Convert your FAT partition either by using the CONVERT utility during Windows NT setup or by using Disk Administrator from Windows NT \ Administrative Tools (Common Group). Select option 2 to make one of your partitions active (usually this is your boot partition). Type the number of your partition to mark it as active. Press Esc to continue. Press Esc again to continue and exit FDISK.exe. Reboot your computer to make the changes take effect. Format your active partition by typing: A:\format C: /S This formats your C: partition with the necessary system files so that you can boot your machine. Exercise 2-2 Converting an Existing FAT Partition to NTFS To take advantage of the NTFS file system’s capabilities after you have installed Windows NT on a FAT partition, you can convert your FAT partition to NTFS. To convert a FAT partition to NTFS: Log on to your computer as Administrator. Click Start Menu | Programs | Command Prompt. At the command prompt, start the CONVERT.exe conversion utility by typing: C:\CONVERT D: /FS:NTFS This converts the D: partition to NTFS. Reboot the computer to create the file system. You must reboot because you do not have exclusive rights to the file system (NT cannot access the hardware directly). During the boot up process, the file system begins converting to the FAT partition to NTFS.

Attempting to use Fdisk on an extended partition that is NTFS will not 'ruin' the disk; it just won't be able to delete NTFS areas that's all. (Fdisk will only delete NTFS from Primary area only - and has to be a version from DOS 5x/6x/Win'9x...). If you can't delete them from within Disk. Admin. (once NT is installed...), or using the 3 installs floppies/set-up routine, then you can use < delpart.exe >. This was part of NT3.51 Resource Kit, was omitted from NT4 RK; is available from: http://hercules.lss.ksu.edu/download/MSSTUFF/index.htm You can also delete any/all partitions/logical-drives on the 2nd Hd from within the NT set-up routine... But it's probably easier to do it before via Fdisk, as advised by Junior... and then install NT as advised above, by Junior, it's pretty complete, and should solve your dilemmas... Also be aware of the NTFAQ's (John Savill's) at http://www.win2000mag.com - specifically the installations section via: http://www.windows2000faq.com - useful resource to have around...