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WinXP & Fdisk
I'm attempting to remove an install of xp from a scavaged drive. Simply formatting the drive doesn't do the trick, but I've been told that Fdisk is the answer. The problem is I've been unable to run Fdisk.exe from within xp. I've tried the Start > Run > CMD > Fdisk method, but it returns with "incorrect dos version". Is there a way to run the command from within xp that doesn't involve a boot disk from a previous version of windows? (My floppy is cooked & I don't particularly want to replace it.)
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Running format on the drive results in an error message. Something about not having permission to a particular folder. The drive itself is installed as a slave. I'd like to use it as pure data storage.
I'll read up on Knoppix, sounds like it could be a viable option. Partition magic might work but my wallet is about to starve to death as is. What I'd really like to know is if WinXP has the ability to run older dos programs. I suspect an emulated dos environment would be sufficent to run fdisk. |
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If you are using that drive as a slave, you should be able to do the following:
Anyone familiar enough to even look for fdisk should be able to make out what Microsoft was doing with this Logical Disk Manager thingy. Basically a fdisk GUI. |
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fdisk, winxp |
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