secondtube Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 I know partition magic does it, but i dont have that program. Brian Hamilton just got a new to him, computer. He wants 98 on it (obviously, lol). Well, i'm pretty sure it has a ntfs partition (which is why they are having a problem formatting it). Can i format his hd back to fat32 easily? Or does he have to buy a new harddrive? Thanks all... STeve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenSeasJim Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 Fdisk > delete NON-DOS Partition > Create new Partition. Reboot Format Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberHippie Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 Yeah I think once you kill the partitions and reformat, shouldn't be a problem to get back to fat32. Make him go win2k, he'll be happier in the end, tell him I said he's a goof if he doesn't! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondtube Posted August 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 SSJ, i'm 99.9% sure you cant do that.... if you can, great, i'll do that. but something tells me you cant do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondtube Posted August 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 oh, cyberhippy, you wanna buy him a copy of win2k? i REFUSE to install cracked copies of ANYTHING but win98, as i dont want to deal with the headaches of customers when they get overrun with virus's, as everyone does with win2k. Security leaks through the roof. Software harder to find cracked (every piece of software has been cracked for 98) If he wants to spend 200-300 on a pro copy of XP, i'll gladly install it, then explain the importance of making that sh!tty operating system usuable. Fix Fix Fix Microsofts massive problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 Steve, I have a disc called "The Ultimate Boot Disk" and it has about 25 programs on it,one being 'kill disk" and I just checked it (booting of the cd-rom) and it can do it,I actually have done it while I was having all the problems a couple weeks back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondtube Posted August 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 great....can i borrow it? this'll make it easier on Brian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 You can borrow mine or grab it from here actually. Ultimate Boot CD Scan down to "Hard Drive Wiping" then click on "Active@ killdisk free edition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondtube Posted August 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 you da man! i owe ya a beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenSeasJim Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 Steve I do this at work all the time and it works fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 How'd it work out for ya Steve? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondtube Posted August 31, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 well, as it turned out, Hamiltons computer was already in fat32 format. everything went smooth as silk. thanks for the help greg and SSJ. I'm going to try on another frieds computer ... he wants to go back to 98 from XP (geee, i wonder why?) ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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