Formatting Hard Drive

KB7FXJ · 12-25-2002, 01:59 PM

Reformated hard drive trying to put Windows on it and I get this ( If you have HPFS or NTTS installe on your hard drive, you will need to create an MS-DOS boot partition to set up window's.) I've used fdisk and it tell me DOS Partition already exists and when I try to set to active it tells me it is already set to active. HELP PLEASE.... Can't get to the cd rom drive to load windows... Thanks KB7FXJ (In Alaska)

Xtraneous · 12-25-2002, 02:34 PM

Woah... slow down. What version of windows are you trying to install, what are your system specs? What filesystem are you trying to install on? (NTFS? FAT? FAT32?)

EDIT: When you wrote "NTTS," I assume you meant NTFS. Am I correct?

KB7FXJ · 12-25-2002, 03:14 PM

Trying to install ME. Computer had Me on it before and grandson formated the hard drive and asks grandpa to help. Yes I meant NTFS that is correct. Hope this helps and thanks for the help.. KB7FXJ

idealcrash_abx · 12-25-2002, 03:37 PM

It's been a while since I used Fdisk, but that DOS partition you say you already have must be an extended DOS partition, and I assume the primary partition was NTFS? Was that the file system you were using? There is a way to delete Non-DOS partitions with Fdisk, just don't remember the exact procedure but I know it's possible as I've done it before. You need to delete it and then create a primary DOS partition or logical dos drive, make it active and format it.

kaz · 12-25-2002, 03:42 PM

Fdisk option 4 will display the partition info so you can see what you need to do...

KB7FXJ · 12-25-2002, 07:38 PM

Thanks to everyone for the help.. I got it done. I needed to reformat after everything was done and I hadn't done that. Up and running thanks.. Just a note--- my family said there wouldn't be anyone to help me on xmas but like always you are there. Thanks you made my grandson very happy......KB7Fxj

Xtraneous · 12-25-2002, 08:54 PM

How did you have an NTFS partition with WiMe (read as: "Why Me")?

WinMe is based off of the Windows 9x kernel, and does not support (without 3rd party software) NTFS drives.

territorian · 12-26-2002, 01:47 AM

Quote:

How did you have an NTFS partition with WiMe (read as: "Why Me")?

This was my question too!

guiness · 12-26-2002, 01:54 AM

Must have been the Grandson

chile62 · 12-26-2002, 02:07 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Xtraneous
How did you have an NTFS partition with WiMe (read as: "Why Me")?

WinMe is based off of the Windows 9x kernel, and does not support (without 3rd party software) NTFS drives.

That's a standard error message when there isn't a dos partiton present.

12-25-2002, 01:59 PM	#1
KB7FXJ Registered User Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Alaska Posts: 17	Formatting Hard Drive Reformated hard drive trying to put Windows on it and I get this ( If you have HPFS or NTTS installe on your hard drive, you will need to create an MS-DOS boot partition to set up window's.) I've used fdisk and it tell me DOS Partition already exists and when I try to set to active it tells me it is already set to active. HELP PLEASE.... Can't get to the cd rom drive to load windows... Thanks KB7FXJ (In Alaska)
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12-25-2002, 02:34 PM	#2
Xtraneous 83.2351%DysfunctionalGeeK Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Really Uncomfortable Chair, MI Posts: 615	Woah... slow down. What version of windows are you trying to install, what are your system specs? What filesystem are you trying to install on? (NTFS? FAT? FAT32?) EDIT: When you wrote "NTTS," I assume you meant NTFS. Am I correct?
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12-25-2002, 03:14 PM	#3
KB7FXJ Registered User Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Alaska Posts: 17	Hard Drive Trying to install ME. Computer had Me on it before and grandson formated the hard drive and asks grandpa to help. Yes I meant NTFS that is correct. Hope this helps and thanks for the help.. KB7FXJ
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12-25-2002, 03:37 PM	#4
idealcrash_abx Somewhat Damaged.. Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 121	It's been a while since I used Fdisk, but that DOS partition you say you already have must be an extended DOS partition, and I assume the primary partition was NTFS? Was that the file system you were using? There is a way to delete Non-DOS partitions with Fdisk, just don't remember the exact procedure but I know it's possible as I've done it before. You need to delete it and then create a primary DOS partition or logical dos drive, make it active and format it. __________________ P4S8X 1003a * P4 2.53GHz w/Alpha PAL8942 * 2x512MB OCZ PC3200 Rev2 * Gigabyte Radeon 9700Pro * SB Live! Platinum * Western Digital 120GB 7200rpm 8MB * Seagate Barracuda V 120GB 7200rpm 2MB * DVD-ROM Toshiba SD-M1502 * CD-RW HP 9150i * Lian-Li PC65 modded * Enermax 431W
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12-25-2002, 03:42 PM	#5
kaz ØLÐ GUÝ® Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: New Jersey Posts: 2,514	Fdisk option 4 will display the partition info so you can see what you need to do... __________________ "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
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12-25-2002, 07:38 PM	#6
KB7FXJ Registered User Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Alaska Posts: 17	Thanks to everyone... Thanks to everyone for the help.. I got it done. I needed to reformat after everything was done and I hadn't done that. Up and running thanks.. Just a note--- my family said there wouldn't be anyone to help me on xmas but like always you are there. Thanks you made my grandson very happy......KB7Fxj
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12-25-2002, 08:54 PM	#7
Xtraneous 83.2351%DysfunctionalGeeK Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Really Uncomfortable Chair, MI Posts: 615	How did you have an NTFS partition with WiMe (read as: "Why Me")? WinMe is based off of the Windows 9x kernel, and does not support (without 3rd party software) NTFS drives.
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12-26-2002, 01:54 AM	#9
guiness Out Of The Wild Blue Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 4,270	Must have been the Grandson
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