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Install 98 from XP with ntfs
Name: Tuyen LY Date: March 28, 2003 at 19:57:04 Pacific OS: Xp Pro CPU/Ram: 256mb
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Hi, i want to install windows 98 to use some software. The windows i'm using right now is XP Pro and NTFS. How can i install 98 without removing xp and changing my partition to FAT32? Thank You TLC
Name: wizardz Date: March 28, 2003 at 20:43:51 Pacific
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repartation.... NTFS can't go backward to FAT32... other then that add another harddrive.. =)
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Response Number 2
Name: Daniel Date: March 28, 2003 at 21:58:34 Pacific
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Buy a second harddrive and install windows 98 on it. If you had choosen option 2 on install which is fat32 then you could have installed win98
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Response Number 3
Name: SniperX Date: March 28, 2003 at 22:05:01 Pacific
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NTFS¶‘Ê[ be converted back to FAT32.. i have done it
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Response Number 4
Name: Jeff Newton Date: March 29, 2003 at 00:31:15 Pacific
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Without a format?
How did you do it, SniperX?
Exactly!
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Response Number 5
Name: banana Date: March 29, 2003 at 01:24:58 Pacific
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NTFS can be converted back to FAT32 without a format. i have done it using PQ PartitionMagic8. i imagine there may be other utilities that can also do this. You can also resize and create new partitions etc.
Have a... Banana...
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Response Number 6
Name: Jeff Newton Date: March 29, 2003 at 12:04:41 Pacific
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Banana: Only on Win2000 will PM convert fat32 to NTFS
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