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**Franc Zabkar** · September 4th 06, 10:39 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion

On Mon, 4 Sep 2006 16:05:29 -0400, "MEB" meb@not
put finger to keyboard and composed:

IF the disk had NT5/XP NTFS used on it:

BEFORE YOU ATTEMPT TO REMOVE XP NTFS with a DOS program or using ANY DOS
techniques;;;;

DON'T!!!! YOU WILL NOT BE SUCCESSFUL unless you are an expert at doing so,
AND have the proper tools for disk manipulation and recovery!!!

DO NOT USE OLD DOS TECHNIQUES TO ATTEMPT REMOVAL OF NT5/XP NTFS.
This information is faulty and does not fully address the variables
associated with the NT5 - XP NTFS file system: it's encryption and
compression, hidden directories/folders, partitions (which the system
creates automatically) within partitions, "on the fly" CHS changes, and
other factors.

I would rewrite the MBR using ...

fdisk /mbr

.... and then delete and recreate the partition table using standard
DOS fdisk procedures.

I can't see any problem with this, unless the supplier of the PC has
made some peculiar changes to the BIOS which render sections of the
disc invisible. But that wouldn't be an NTFS issue.

- Franc Zabkar
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