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formating 40GHD with XP on it
Name: angel Date: November 29, 2003 at 10:48:28 Pacific OS: windows XP CPU/Ram: 96RAM
Comment:
i want to format my drive so i can install windows 98 but when doing it it says i got to get rid of NTFS..what steps do i follow to format the drive with XP on it.
Name: Kevin Date: November 29, 2003 at 10:53:09 Pacific
Reply:
Boot from the 98 floppy, at the A: prompt type fdisk, choose to delete the partitions, the NTFS is considered a non-DOS partition. After all partitions are deleted, you can then create partitions (don't forget to make the primary partition active). Then reboot again and format the new partition, then install 98.
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Response Number 2
Name: madmax666 Date: November 30, 2003 at 11:44:35 Pacific
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