re: NTFS/FAT 32 problem Sunday, June 25, 2006 at 4:48 am Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Mick Allen (69 messages posted) Cheers for the advice - I managed to re partition the disk using my WinXP CD disk, from there it was straightforward to format the 2 partitions using XP as FAT32 On Saturday, June 24, 2006 at 9:54 pm, C K wrote: >Win 98 can't see or work with an NTFS formated drive. XP/W2K will not format a primary >or logical drive over 32 gig (you would have to partition it smaller). > >Download a Win ME boot disk image from www.bootdisk.com, then make the boot disk >(as per intructions). This will have the updated fdisk and format commands. Boot >this disk and use fdisk to delete the non-DOS partition(s), then create the new partition, >(make sure to select large drive/disk support when starting fdisk to enable FAT32), >then exit and run the format command.. > >Also make sure the drive shows correctly in the BIOS. If it doesn't, you won't see >it from DOS or Windows. > > > Written in response to: re: NTFS/FAT 32 problem (C K: Saturday, June 24, 2006 at 9:54 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] NTFS/FAT 32 problem (Mick Allen: Thu, Jun 22, 2006, 11:45 am) re: NTFS/FAT 32 problem (gewg_: Thu, Jun 22, 2006, 12:00 pm) re: NTFS/FAT 32 problem (Mick Allen: Thu, Jun 22, 2006, 12:18 pm) re: NTFS/FAT 32 problem (C K: Sat, Jun 24, 2006, 9:54 pm) re: NTFS/FAT 32 problem (Mick Allen: Sun, Jun 25, 2006, 4:48 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum