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Converting Back To FAT32

Discussion in 'Windows OS' started by Cucumber, Jul 10, 2002.

  1. Cucumber Newcomer, in training Posts: 203

    Hey....i have a n00b of a friend, who installed Win2000 Pro, and then for some reason decided he didnt like it...dont ask:confused:
    ....anyways, when installing he converted to NTFS!:rolleyes: And, now he cant Format C:, or convert back to FAT32...how could he go about doing this?

    Laters

    Cucumber
    Cucumber, Jul 10, 2002
    #1

  2. SNGX1275 TS Special Forces Posts: 11,917   +119

    run fdisk in dos mode from a boot floppy. delete non dos partition. then create primary dos partition. restart. format c:
    SNGX1275, Jul 10, 2002
    #2

  3. Cucumber Newcomer, in training Posts: 203

    Thanks:grinthumb thats wat i told him to do yesterday, but i wasnt 100% sure it would work! Phew:rolleyes:
    Cucumber, Jul 11, 2002
    #3

  4. Phantasm66 Newcomer, in training Posts: 6,504

    no matter what file systems you use on a hard drive, they can be removed, the drive returned to an unformatted state, and then reformatted with some other file system.
    Phantasm66, Jul 12, 2002
    #4

  5. Tweakster Newcomer, in training Posts: 224

    So what is a file system? I hear that the location of info on a disk is contained on the inside of the disk. So where is disk file system and how does it work, do all disk automatically mount and are compressed that why newer file systems are more efficant ?
    Tweakster, Jul 12, 2002
    #5
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