FDISK the hard disk?

[Ken Blake]

In

you can use NTFS DOS to access the NTFS partition.

Although you can use NTFSDOS, the free version provides read
access only. To be able to write to an NTFS from DOS, you need
the paid version.

 

[Frank]

In

I don't agree that I was lucky. True, they weren't as stable as Windows
XP, but they were stable enough that reinstallation was not required.
Besides my personal experience on my own machines, I maintained these
versions of Windows for several other people, and never needed to
reinstall them there either.

Get real....There is no such thing as a stable Windows Operating System.
For example, how many patches, not upgrades, but patches have been
introduced for XP alone? Too many for me to count. It takes over 6
hours to get an (up to date) XP with just the basic applications. More
time is involve if one does not have a slipstreamed copy. If I knew about
Xandros when XP went gold, I sure would not have purchased XP.
You MVP'S remind me of volenteers at a hospital. The administrators
on down a few levels are getting paid an obsene amount of money
and the volenteers and nurses are doing the grunt work.
Just my 2 pence.

 

[BC]

Actually I've had good luck loading the free
NTFS DOS driver prior to a Win98 boot (gotta
watch the memory usage) and being able to
have full access to an attached NTFS drive.

But it is only READ-access generally on the
free version, and it doesn't seem to work
reliably with XP NTFS for large file reads.

-BC

 

[Guest]

What would you do when the mem/sysresources were maxed and windows would quit
responding and GPF /close improperly and files would get corrupted. even 9x
with there illegal functions would corrupt the system files. Ever tech that
I know would reload their 3x and 9x OS every six months because of these
issues. I also worked with a MS beta tester, he was invited by MS to test
their products, and he even reccomended reinstalling 3x and 9x becuse of
their instalbility. So like I said you either are an extreamly competent
tech, very lucky, or your clients never had any software or computer needs
except for the very basic functions.

 

[Ron Martell]

Get real....There is no such thing as a stable Windows Operating System.
For example, how many patches, not upgrades, but patches have been
introduced for XP alone? Too many for me to count. It takes over 6
hours to get an (up to date) XP with just the basic applications. More
time is involve if one does not have a slipstreamed copy. If I knew about
Xandros when XP went gold, I sure would not have purchased XP.
You MVP'S remind me of volenteers at a hospital. The administrators
on down a few levels are getting paid an obsene amount of money
and the volenteers and nurses are doing the grunt work.
Just my 2 pence.

Based on your standards there is no such thing as a stable operating
system of any type, At least I cannot think of one that has not
required multiple patches.

6 hours to update XP? You must be on a slow dial-up connection.

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP
http://aumha.org/alex.htm

 

[Guest]

So very soory to reply on your posts - I am new here and want to start a new
post but when I go to new, question I DO NOT Get a screen to pop up so I can
then start my post - EX. no Subject or Message screen
Somebody Please Help and Again I'm sorry for the reply but I did not know
what else to do????

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Janice,

Use a newsreader to access these groups instead of the web interface:
http://rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

So very soory to reply on your posts - I am new here and want to
start a new post but when I go to new, question I DO NOT Get a screen
to pop up so I can then start my post - EX. no Subject or Message
screen
Somebody Please Help and Again I'm sorry for the reply but I did not
know what else to do????

The reason you're having such problems is that you are using the web
interface to read this newsgroup--it's the slowest, clunkiest, most
error-prone method there is. Do yourself a favor and switch to a newsreader,
such as Outlook Express, which comes with Windows. See
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm