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| 152486 | 2003-06-14 05:01:00 | I want to reformat my p4. Back in the the days when run on win98 I would use the bootup floppy but I don't have one with my win2000 cd. So I will have to boot from cd but I want to set a partition. I tried DOS mode inside windows but it does not like my commands. So how would I get into dos before win2k starts up |
Ron Bakker (356) | ||
| 152487 | 2003-06-14 07:48:00 | You can find instructions on how to make a boot disk for Win2000 here: Create Setup Boot Disks for Windows 2000 (support.microsoft.com) | Jen C (20) | ||
| 152488 | 2003-06-14 07:51:00 | Just boot from the CD and reinstall from the beginning changing the partitions as you want. | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 152489 | 2003-06-14 08:19:00 | You can delete and create new partitions using the Win2000 Install Disc! | Archibald (180) | ||
| 152490 | 2003-06-14 09:00:00 | Use a Windows 95C or 98 startup disk Remove the 'non-Dos partiton(s)' Create new DOS partitions Remove the startup disk and restart the computer Boot from the installation CD Select which file system type to form the primary partition when prompted Do at your own risk Backup critical data before altering partition(s) |
Merlin (503) | ||
| 152491 | 2003-06-14 09:14:00 | > Use a Windows 95C or 98 startup disk > > Remove the 'non-Dos partiton(s)' > > Create new DOS partitions > > Remove the startup disk and restart the computer Archibald just said that you can do that off the Win2K CD.. Its also much easier unless you're splitting the partition :-) You get the option of NTFS, FAT32 (Or FAT16 if its less than two gigs) and then you have the option of leaving as is :-) |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 152492 | 2003-06-14 12:17:00 | 1. Removing partitions depends on whether WINNT or WINNT32 installation is attempted. 2. It is not possible to "get into dos before win2k starts up" since Windows 2000 is not DOS-style operating system directly accessing the hardware. 3. While it is possible to remove and create partitions during Text mode, creation is limited to primary partitions. 4. ."You get the option of NTFS, FAT32 (Or FAT16 if its less than two gigs) and then you have the option of leaving as is" This statement is factually incorrect since only two file systems are offered for formatting when installing Windows 2000. Also, it erroneously alludes to the maximum disk size for FAT16 rather than stating the minimum size for FAT32. |
Merlin (503) | ||
| 152493 | 2003-06-15 08:17:00 | > 4. ."You get the option of NTFS, FAT32 (Or FAT16 if > its less than two gigs) and then you have the option > of leaving as is" This statement is factually > incorrect since only two file systems are offered for > formatting when installing Windows 2000. Also, it > erroneously alludes to the maximum disk size for > FAT16 rather than stating the minimum size for > FAT32. Actually, it offers FAT or NTFS. If it is over 2 Gigs (I installed Win2K on a PC about 5 hours ago) then it prompted me to say that because the HDD is over two gigs (It was a 2.6 Gig HDD) it will format it with the FAT32 file system! You can have FAT32 partitions that are smaller than two gigs.. Ive had a 20 meg FAT32 partition before! |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 152494 | 2003-06-15 09:49:00 | > You can have FAT32 partitions that are smaller than > two gigs.. Ive had a 20 meg FAT32 partition before! Hey Chilling, how did you manage that. I thought it had to be at least 500 ish Meg to be FAT32! You holding out on us again?! ;):) |
Archibald (180) | ||
| 152495 | 2003-06-16 04:47:00 | Re: Merlin Hey that worked out well. I used the win98 boot disk to start afresh. & then the win2k cd formated in nfts. |
Ron Bakker (356) | ||
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