firefly2442 0 Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 Ok, so I'm reinstalling my old system with Win ME and then upgrading to XP again. I need to format the C:\ drive and wipe it completely. The format currently is NTFS. I need to change it to FAT32. How do I startup from the cd and then use the commandline to convert the drive? What is the keyboard shortcut? THANKS! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
snakebite1967 0 Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 (edited) first question why would you isntall ME then go to xp, or do you only have an xp upgrade disk and not a full stand alone o/s ? secondly you can convert from within xp from fat 32 to ntfs or back if its already installed, sorry ic ant be more help ive jsut never loaded ME or 98 then xp on top secondly if you have a second pc handy you could slave the hd to it and format from within windows selecting fat32 as the file system then out it back in your old pc with a clean formated hd just a thought Edited June 24, 2003 by snakebite1967 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
firefly2442 0 Posted June 24, 2003 Author Share Posted June 24, 2003 Yeah, I don't have the standalone version. Only upgrade... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crimson 0 Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 (edited) Most O/S disks are capable of beeing bootable. Go into your BIOS and make the cd drive first to be read. I think the floppy is the first by default. Edited June 24, 2003 by Crimson Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Specter 0 Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 Also, you dont need to install ME first, even with the upgrade instead of full version. The upgrade will only want to verify that you have ME or 98, asking you to insert the disk into the CD so it can verify it. The upgrade disk has the full OS on it, only requiring the previous version check. I recommend you do a clean XP install, skipping ME altogether, as it pretty much negates all the advantages of XP. Doing the upgrade will require XP to integrate and use the ME registry, and it also cuts down on the stability of the OS. I would also recommend only making your OS partition NTFS, and leaving your data and apps on FAT32 partitions, especially if you dual boot, or want to access any of the info from Linux or Unix, as FAT32 is fully mountable by just about any other OS out there, and NTFS is not. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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