Re: format problems?

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From: Allan Ballard (aballard_at_ix.netcom.com)
Date: Mon Mar 19 2001 - 16:07:56 EST

Unfortunately, NT4 just won't play. It says a w5 gig D partition is too large to format durilng setup. I created a few such
partitions using Partition Commander, with DOS on a 2 gfig primary C. So, I guess I will havse to tilnker some more.

On Mon, 19 Mar 2001 16:03:49 -0500, Rob Bell wrote:

>No, but it doesn't need to. If your goal is to install NT, then format to FAT16 and allow the NT setup process to format it
to NTFS during installation.
>
>Rob
>
>"Allan Ballard" <aballard_at_ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>>
>> Can MS DOS 6.22 format a partiton to NTFS?
>>
>> On Mon, 19 Mar 2001 15:33:32 -0500, Rob Bell wrote:
>>
>> >Make a bootable floppy disk with FORMAT.EXE on it. Add FDISK and other utilities if you need. Once you boot
with
>> the floppy you should be able to do what you want to the HD.
>> >
>> >Rob
>> >
>> >"Toni" <cruelpeep_at_yourvillage.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I am in need of some help. A friend gave me a hard drive to install windows
>> >> on because i have a cd rom in my thinkpad and he doesn't.
>> >> upon booting this drive it says:
>> >> OS/2 !! SYS01475
>> >> OS/2 !! SYS02027
>> >>
>> >> I cannot figure out how to format or fdisk the drive as typing anything has
>> >> no effect.
>> >> I tested the drive with easy setup and it said the drive was OK.
>> >> Thanks to anybody who can help,
>> >> Toni Kennedy
>> >>
>> >>
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