im not a newbie but i dont know much about NTFS. can some explain to me how to format NTFS drives? i cant fromat them with "Format" and i've had some problems removing the partition with fdisk. is there special switch or program? and are they present on Win2k/XP's setup disks?
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there are 3 ways, one of which you just mentioned. by booting up with a win2000/ winXP CD it will load a setup utility which can be used to delete and create a new partition. you could than do a full format using a NTFS filing system.
another way to delete an NTFS partition id through FDISK. this is done by selecting delete> non-DOS partition. you cannot format through FDISK and regular versions of DOS cannot access a partition formmatted with NTFS.
through the win2000 and winXP operating systems there is a feature called 'computer management'. you can access this by right clicking on 'my computer' and selecting 'manage'.
another way to delete an NTFS partition id through FDISK. this is done by selecting delete> non-DOS partition. you cannot format through FDISK and regular versions of DOS cannot access a partition formmatted with NTFS.
through the win2000 and winXP operating systems there is a feature called 'computer management'. you can access this by right clicking on 'my computer' and selecting 'manage'.
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you can't get NTFS without Windows NT, 2000, XP or 2003
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