Strange problem.
 

Not a strange problem really I'm sure. I just don't know how to get out of
it :)

I run 98se and have 2 hard drives. I decided to install Win2000 on my second
drive to see how it was then decided against using it. During installation I
requested NTFS. Having abandoned this project I am now back with my original
98se installation and the second drive ( ex win2000 ) is installed and can
be seen during post etc... but I cannot "see" it from win98se ( presumably
because of NTFS ) How do I get to the drive to reformat it as FAT32 ??

Hope this makes sense - any help greatly appreciated.

J

"joe" wrote in message ...

I run 98se and have 2 hard drives. I decided to install Win2000 on my
second
drive to see how it was then decided against using it. During installation
I
requested NTFS. Having abandoned this project I am now back with my
original
98se installation and the second drive ( ex win2000 ) is installed and can
be seen during post etc... but I cannot "see" it from win98se ( presumably
because of NTFS ) How do I get to the drive to reformat it as FAT32 ??

1. Use Win2K FDISK to remove partition(s).
2. Use Win98 FDISK to create and format partition(s).

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

Thanks Don

Small problem. I can no longer get into Win2000, can that FDISK be
extracted from the CD ?
Thanx for your help

"Don Phillipson" wrote in message
...
"joe" wrote in message
...

I run 98se and have 2 hard drives. I decided to install Win2000 on my
second
drive to see how it was then decided against using it. During
installation
I
requested NTFS. Having abandoned this project I am now back with my
original
98se installation and the second drive ( ex win2000 ) is installed and
can
be seen during post etc... but I cannot "see" it from win98se (
presumably
because of NTFS ) How do I get to the drive to reformat it as FAT32 ??

1. Use Win2K FDISK to remove partition(s).
2. Use Win98 FDISK to create and format partition(s).

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

_generally speaking_..

Boot with a win98 DOS startup floppy and run fdisk, saying "yes" to "large disk
support". Select the 2nd drive and delete the "non-dos" partition.

Create an extended partition in its place. Create a "logical" within that.
Exit fdisk, reboot and format the drive from windows explorer.

I don't know the exact syntax of any of these steps, as I seldom
use fdisk, but that should give you the general idea.



"joe" wrote in message ...
Thanks Don

Small problem. I can no longer get into Win2000, can that FDISK be
extracted from the CD ?
Thanx for your help

"Don Phillipson" wrote in message
...
"joe" wrote in message
...

I run 98se and have 2 hard drives. I decided to install Win2000 on my
second
drive to see how it was then decided against using it. During
installation
I
requested NTFS. Having abandoned this project I am now back with my
original
98se installation and the second drive ( ex win2000 ) is installed and
can
be seen during post etc... but I cannot "see" it from win98se (
presumably
because of NTFS ) How do I get to the drive to reformat it as FAT32 ??

1. Use Win2K FDISK to remove partition(s).
2. Use Win98 FDISK to create and format partition(s).

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

Sorry Don

After doing some more exploring ( I am not very adept at this sort of
thing ) I found the following option in win98 FDISK

Change Current fixed Drive

When I selected this I could suddenly see the ntfs partition and was able to
delete and rebuild etc....

Sorry for the confusion, maybe other inexperienced users can learn from
this.

Thanx again
J


"joe" wrote in message ...
Thanks Don

Small problem. I can no longer get into Win2000, can that FDISK be
extracted from the CD ?
Thanx for your help

"Don Phillipson" wrote in message
...
"joe" wrote in message
...

I run 98se and have 2 hard drives. I decided to install Win2000 on my
second
drive to see how it was then decided against using it. During
installation
I
requested NTFS. Having abandoned this project I am now back with my
original
98se installation and the second drive ( ex win2000 ) is installed and
can
be seen during post etc... but I cannot "see" it from win98se (
presumably
because of NTFS ) How do I get to the drive to reformat it as FAT32 ??

1. Use Win2K FDISK to remove partition(s).
2. Use Win98 FDISK to create and format partition(s).

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

You can get one he
http://www.bootdisk.com/

Please read the Read Me in the right frame for instructions on extracting/using
the downloads.

--

Brian A. Sesko
{ MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
http://basconotw.mvps.org/



"joe" wrote in message ...
Thanks Don

Small problem. I can no longer get into Win2000, can that FDISK be
extracted from the CD ?
Thanx for your help

"Don Phillipson" wrote in message
...
"joe" wrote in message
...

I run 98se and have 2 hard drives. I decided to install Win2000 on my
second
drive to see how it was then decided against using it. During
installation
I
requested NTFS. Having abandoned this project I am now back with my
original
98se installation and the second drive ( ex win2000 ) is installed and
can
be seen during post etc... but I cannot "see" it from win98se (
presumably
because of NTFS ) How do I get to the drive to reformat it as FAT32 ??

1. Use Win2K FDISK to remove partition(s).
2. Use Win98 FDISK to create and format partition(s).

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

"Bill Blanton" wrote in message
...
_generally speaking_..

Boot with a win98 DOS startup floppy and run fdisk, saying "yes" to "large
disk
support". Select the 2nd drive and delete the "non-dos" partition.

Create an extended partition in its place. Create a "logical" within that.
Exit fdisk, reboot and format the drive from windows explorer.

I don't know the exact syntax of any of these steps, as I seldom
use fdisk, but that should give you the general idea.

There really isn't any once you enter FDISK. Choices in fdisk are made by
selecting #'s and pressing Enter other than giving the volume a name, which of
course is typed in. Once finished with fdisk, simply reboot and then format or
press ESC to back out to the DOS prompt.


--

Brian A. Sesko
{ MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
http://basconotw.mvps.org/