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Reformatting new harddrive problems
Just installed Win XP home on a new WD 80 gig HD. Partitioned for 2
drives. (NTFS format)
First time I did it, Win XP was installed on both drives.
Didn't like that, so I reformatted again and installed XP again.
Drive letters assigned by windows were, C and E, with E having windows
installed in it.
Windows was installed on E drive. and C drive had only the following on
it...
Recycler
System Volume Informaton
Temp
boot.ini
Config.Sys
IO.SYS
MSDOS.SYS
NTDETECT.COM
ntldr
NOTHING ELSE!
Thought I would rename E to C and C to D. Did that and now I have...
''Local Disk E (C)''
''Local Disk C (E) This drive has functioning Windows XP on it.
Also I found out that with XP would allow only NTFS format, no FAT 32.
When Installing, I read every word during the format and install, never
did see anything showing drive letters.
1. Any ideas what would cause windows to install like that?
2. IS THERE any GOOD reason to NOT re-format to FAT 32?
3. I am thinking of using my Win ME disk (full version) to reformat the
harddrive to FAT 32, then after format put XP (upgrade) disk in and
installing Windows XP on C drive. Will this work, anything to watch out for?
4. Will I be able to change the partition using Win ME disk?
Thanks
bently
Just installed Win XP home on a new WD 80 gig HD. Partitioned for 2
drives. (NTFS format)
First time I did it, Win XP was installed on both drives.
Didn't like that, so I reformatted again and installed XP again.
Drive letters assigned by windows were, C and E, with E having windows
installed in it.
Windows was installed on E drive. and C drive had only the following on
it...
Recycler
System Volume Informaton
Temp
boot.ini
Config.Sys
IO.SYS
MSDOS.SYS
NTDETECT.COM
ntldr
NOTHING ELSE!
Thought I would rename E to C and C to D. Did that and now I have...
''Local Disk E (C)''
''Local Disk C (E) This drive has functioning Windows XP on it.
Also I found out that with XP would allow only NTFS format, no FAT 32.
When Installing, I read every word during the format and install, never
did see anything showing drive letters.
1. Any ideas what would cause windows to install like that?
2. IS THERE any GOOD reason to NOT re-format to FAT 32?
3. I am thinking of using my Win ME disk (full version) to reformat the
harddrive to FAT 32, then after format put XP (upgrade) disk in and
installing Windows XP on C drive. Will this work, anything to watch out for?
4. Will I be able to change the partition using Win ME disk?
Thanks
bently