How to change NTFS format into Fat32?

[Eric]

The HDD is in NTFS format, with 98 bootdisk, when I boot up a computer, I
cannot see all the HDD, will 98 bootdisk not able to recognize the NTFS drive?
I would like to run Ghost.exe 6.0 under DOS mode to backup and restore
images, therefore, I keep using 98 bootdisk to solve any PC problem. Today, I
need to fix a XP with NTFS HDD, and my approach does not work. When I try to
use FDisk (Window 98) to re-partition the HDD, I cannot re-partition this HDD
neither, I can delete the primary Logic partition, but I cannot delete the
extended partition. Once if I can re-partition the HDD, then I can format it
with 98 bootdisk and run Ghost.exe 6.0 under DOS mode.

I have tried to run XP CD during the installation, I can delete the extended
partition HDD to be unrecognized, then I boot up the computer with Window 98,
and format the extended partition with no problem. After that, I connect
this HDD into another computer and copy all images and tools into D: drive.
As this moment, C: drive get nothing and not formated, and D: drive contains
Ghost images and tools, so I boot up the computer with 98 bootdisk, and try
to run ghost within D: drive, but I found nothing within D: drive. I have
checked the rest of the drives, and find no ghost images and tools, and I get
no idea where the files go. However, when I re-insert this HDD into another
computer under XP, then I can see all images and tools within D: drive, this
is weird. Does anyone have any suggestions why I cannot see all images and
tools under D: drive under 98 bootup?
I just want to run Ghost.exe 6.0 under DOS mode in order to restore the
Ghost Images.
Does anyone have any suggesitons?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions
Eric

 

[Shenan Stanley]

The HDD is in NTFS format, with 98 bootdisk, when I boot up a
computer, I cannot see all the HDD, will 98 bootdisk not able to
recognize the NTFS drive? I would like to run Ghost.exe 6.0 under
DOS mode to backup and restore images, therefore, I keep using 98
bootdisk to solve any PC problem. Today, I need to fix a XP with
NTFS HDD, and my approach does not work. When I try to use FDisk
(Window 98) to re-partition the HDD, I cannot re-partition this HDD
neither, I can delete the primary Logic partition, but I cannot
delete the extended partition. Once if I can re-partition the HDD,
then I can format it with 98 bootdisk and run Ghost.exe 6.0 under
DOS mode.

I have tried to run XP CD during the installation, I can delete the
extended partition HDD to be unrecognized, then I boot up the
computer with Window 98, and format the extended partition with no
problem. After that, I connect this HDD into another computer and
copy all images and tools into D: drive. As this moment, C: drive
get nothing and not formated, and D: drive contains Ghost images
and tools, so I boot up the computer with 98 bootdisk, and try to
run ghost within D: drive, but I found nothing within D: drive. I
have checked the rest of the drives, and find no ghost images and
tools, and I get no idea where the files go. However, when I
re-insert this HDD into another computer under XP, then I can see
all images and tools within D: drive, this is weird. Does anyone
have any suggestions why I cannot see all images and tools under D:
drive under 98 bootup?
I just want to run Ghost.exe 6.0 under DOS mode in order to restore
the
Ghost Images.
Does anyone have any suggesitons?

Start using newer tools.
BartPE or the UBCD4WIN.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

The HDD is in NTFS format, with 98 bootdisk, when I boot up a
computer, I cannot see all the HDD, will 98 bootdisk not able to
recognize the NTFS drive? I would like to run Ghost.exe 6.0 under
DOS mode to backup and restore images, therefore, I keep using 98
bootdisk to solve any PC problem. Today, I need to fix a XP with
NTFS HDD, and my approach does not work. When I try to use FDisk
(Window 98) to re-partition the HDD, I cannot re-partition this HDD
neither, I can delete the primary Logic partition, but I cannot
delete the extended partition. Once if I can re-partition the HDD,
then I can format it with 98 bootdisk and run Ghost.exe 6.0 under
DOS mode.

I have tried to run XP CD during the installation, I can delete the
extended partition HDD to be unrecognized, then I boot up the
computer with Window 98, and format the extended partition with no
problem. After that, I connect this HDD into another computer and
copy all images and tools into D: drive. As this moment, C: drive
get nothing and not formated, and D: drive contains Ghost images
and tools, so I boot up the computer with 98 bootdisk, and try to
run ghost within D: drive, but I found nothing within D: drive. I
have checked the rest of the drives, and find no ghost images and
tools, and I get no idea where the files go. However, when I
re-insert this HDD into another computer under XP, then I can see
all images and tools within D: drive, this is weird. Does anyone
have any suggestions why I cannot see all images and tools under D:
drive under 98 bootup?
I just want to run Ghost.exe 6.0 under DOS mode in order to restore
the
Ghost Images.
Does anyone have any suggesitons?

Start using newer tools.
BartPE or the UBCD4WIN.

To answer your subject-line query...
Third party tools - like Partition Magic, etc.

As an additive - Ghost has 32-bit (GUI/Windows) versions that run fine in
BartPE/UBCD4WIN.

 

[Mark Adams]

The HDD is in NTFS format, with 98 bootdisk, when I boot up a computer, I
cannot see all the HDD, will 98 bootdisk not able to recognize the NTFS drive?
I would like to run Ghost.exe 6.0 under DOS mode to backup and restore
images, therefore, I keep using 98 bootdisk to solve any PC problem. Today, I
need to fix a XP with NTFS HDD, and my approach does not work. When I try to
use FDisk (Window 98) to re-partition the HDD, I cannot re-partition this HDD
neither, I can delete the primary Logic partition, but I cannot delete the
extended partition. Once if I can re-partition the HDD, then I can format it
with 98 bootdisk and run Ghost.exe 6.0 under DOS mode.

I have tried to run XP CD during the installation, I can delete the extended
partition HDD to be unrecognized, then I boot up the computer with Window 98,
and format the extended partition with no problem. After that, I connect
this HDD into another computer and copy all images and tools into D: drive.
As this moment, C: drive get nothing and not formated, and D: drive contains
Ghost images and tools, so I boot up the computer with 98 bootdisk, and try
to run ghost within D: drive, but I found nothing within D: drive. I have
checked the rest of the drives, and find no ghost images and tools, and I get
no idea where the files go. However, when I re-insert this HDD into another
computer under XP, then I can see all images and tools within D: drive, this
is weird. Does anyone have any suggestions why I cannot see all images and
tools under D: drive under 98 bootup?
I just want to run Ghost.exe 6.0 under DOS mode in order to restore the
Ghost Images.
Does anyone have any suggesitons?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions
Eric

The reason you can't see the content of the D: drive is because the drive is
formatted NTFS and the tools you are using to format with only deal with FAT
32 and can't see or read NTFS partitions. What you need to do is restore the
Ghost image by using a Ghost boot disk. If you can't do that you should boot
with the XP install disk, delete the C: partition, then recreate the C:
partition from the unallocated space and format it NTFS. Then install Windows
on C:. After you have Windows running on C:, you should be able to copy your
data back from the D: drive. At this point, I would abandon any attempts to
use the Ghost image because you seem to be unwilling to use the proper method
to restore the image. It will be much easier to make a clean install of
Windows, reinstall your applications and copy your data back. The days you
have spent messing around with boot disks, you could have done 100 clean
installs.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Forget all about trying to mix DOS and NT structures, you'll get
nowhere.

You would definitely have to expand on that comment for it to be factual.