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XP Fdisk question
Name: Tanatz Date: November 16, 2002 at 05:13:39 Pacific OS: Windows XP Pro CPU/Ram: Pentium4 1.5/1gig SDRAM
Comment:
Went to Run command, typed CMD, got a DOS window. Now, I have 2 hard drives, and after trying Linux and going back to XP, they were renamed to F: and C:, instead of C: and D:. So, the prompt is F: instead of C:. Anyway, at F:, i typed 'fdisk' and it says something like invalid command or something along those lines? Am I missing something?
Name: Brian Rignall Date: November 16, 2002 at 05:19:59 Pacific
Reply:
yeah
C:\FDISK X:
where c:\ is the location of the folder containing the command [fdisk.exe]and X is the DRIVE LETTER of the target drive [partition].
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Response Number 2
Name: Tanatz Date: November 16, 2002 at 10:08:12 Pacific
Reply:
Ok, so I typed:
F:\FDISK F:, and got:
F:\FDISK is not recognized as an internal or external command etc.
What would happen if I just formatted the drive through My Computer? By right clicking on the drive and clicking format?
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Response Number 3
Name: Joey Date: November 16, 2002 at 10:28:01 Pacific
Reply:
XP Pro doesn't have fdisk. It has a similar program called diskpart, but only if you installed the Recovery Console.
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Response Number 4
Name: seat6 Date: November 16, 2002 at 11:56:08 Pacific
Reply:
Right click on my computer/manage/disk management. You can format from there.
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Response Number 5
Name: Tanatz Date: November 16, 2002 at 14:58:46 Pacific
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I'm not sure I have the Recovery Console, is it an update?
I see Computer Management ( Local ), but no disk management.
Also, under help, I searched for delete partition, and it gave me 2 choices, through a command line or through windows interface, but clicking on the link didnt connect me anywhere :) Stupid computer.
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Response Number 6
Name: Samson Date: November 17, 2002 at 08:59:47 Pacific
Reply:
If you realy need aquire a copy of fdisk then your best bet is to create a Win98 boot disk. Almost all Win98 boot disks come with a copy of fdisk.exe and format.exe
I don't think that fdisk will run on XP since it's a DOS program. You will there for need boot from the floppy and run it in DOS.
Name: Jareendc Date: November 17, 2002 at 10:39:58 Pacific
Reply:
Search in windows help for recovery console and you will find all the answers. You can install it by running this command after inserting windows xp cd x:\i386\winnt32 cmdcons
where x: is the letter of your cdrom drive. Check help to be doubly sure.
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