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daytona°
and if so...HOW?
Thanks
JB
Thanks
JB
daytona° said:and if so...HOW?
Thanks
JB
daytona° said:and if so...HOW?
Thanks
JB
I would like to reload my XP Home O/S and I would like to start off "fdisk"
ing the H/D...this way I hope to remove ALL from the H/D. I know the CD asks
to format in either FAT or NTFS, but formatting does not do deep enough
I would like to reload my XP Home O/S and I would like to start off "fdisk"
ing the H/D...this way I hope to remove ALL from the H/D. I know the CD asks
to format in either FAT or NTFS, but formatting does not do deep enough
JB
and if so...HOW?
Thanks
JB
and if so...HOW?
Thanks
JB
Quite a chatty reply
and several mistakes. Just to pick a few:
- But fdisk can work with partitions whatever their OS e.g. win NT.
=> There is no such thing as an NT or a Win98 partition.
WinXP recognises FAT/FAT32 partitions and NTFS partitions.
=> fdisk.exe cannot create NTFS partitions.
=> fdisk can delete some but not all NTFS partitions.
- whatever function of fdisk you refer to, it will work.
yes there is . A partition with NT on it can be called an NT
partition, just like a computer with windows on it can be called a
windows box.
i've never run into an issue of fdisk not deleting a partition, and if
that happened, i'd be suprised if there was no way to get fdisk to
delete it.
Since you clearly know of such an issue, why don't you elaborate. It's
clearly not typical.
Your only argument that isn't proven wrong, is your claim, which you
haven't given any backing to. That there are some NTFS partitions that
fdisk can't delete. I'd like to see why, what extent that is true.
I have often deleted NTFS partitions with fdisk, and never had a
problem. You are talking of something unusual, which you haven't even
described.
You're entitled to use your own language, as long as you
clearly flag it as such. Current usage differentiates between
FAT/FAT32 and NTFS partitions. Each has its own
tight specification.
you're right. ButFine, run this little experiment:
1. Create an extended partition under WinXP.
2. Create an NTFS logical drive inside this partition.
3. Boot the machine with your Win9x boot disk.
4. Run fdisk and try to delete the logical drive, then the
extended partition.
5. Report the result here.
It's not a question of "typical" or otherwise but a well-known
limitation of fdisk.exe. This is one of the reasons why it should
not be used for disks with NTFS drives.
daytona° said:I would like to reload my XP Home O/S and I would like to start off "fdisk"
ing the H/D...this way I hope to remove ALL from the H/D. I know the CD asks
to format in either FAT or NTFS, but formatting does not do deep enough
JB
Get a reality check and stop defending the indefensible.
fdisk.exe is a DOS/Win9x tool. It has no place in the
world of Windows XP.
Lil' Dave said:Get the software from the hard drive manufacturer's website to write zeroes
to the drive.
Place it on boot media (floppy or Cd). When done zeroing the
drive,....
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