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adman9000
Hi guys I wonder if anyone could help me out here. Basically, I got a
new PC about a week ago which came preloaded with XP. After messing
around with it a bit too much, the whole system basically became
unusable so as it was pretty new, I thought I would format the hard
drive and start over, as it came with a bunch of software I didn't
really want anyway. However, I didn't realize I wasn't sent out the XP
CD, and after speaking to the guys I bought the PC off of, they said
they'll send it down in a couple of weeks. I have a Win98 CD still, so
thought I would re-install that first and use that for a while until my
XP CD came, but after formatting the system, when I tried to run the
Win98 intsallation through DOS, it said that becuse my hard drive was
partitioned in NTFS, it couldnt do the install - it needs to be changed
into the FAT32 format. I tried to use the fdisk utility on my 98 boot
disk, but this just freezes up every time I try and either delete or
activate a partition. Does anyone know how to change my hard drive
partition from NTFS to FAT32 using either the 98 boot disk or CD, or am
I stuck with no PC until the CD is sent down?
Thanks,
Adam
new PC about a week ago which came preloaded with XP. After messing
around with it a bit too much, the whole system basically became
unusable so as it was pretty new, I thought I would format the hard
drive and start over, as it came with a bunch of software I didn't
really want anyway. However, I didn't realize I wasn't sent out the XP
CD, and after speaking to the guys I bought the PC off of, they said
they'll send it down in a couple of weeks. I have a Win98 CD still, so
thought I would re-install that first and use that for a while until my
XP CD came, but after formatting the system, when I tried to run the
Win98 intsallation through DOS, it said that becuse my hard drive was
partitioned in NTFS, it couldnt do the install - it needs to be changed
into the FAT32 format. I tried to use the fdisk utility on my 98 boot
disk, but this just freezes up every time I try and either delete or
activate a partition. Does anyone know how to change my hard drive
partition from NTFS to FAT32 using either the 98 boot disk or CD, or am
I stuck with no PC until the CD is sent down?
Thanks,
Adam