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Convert NTFS to FAT32?

torch Page Icon Posted 2006-03-05 1:44 AM
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Hi,

I have a computer running Ubuntu 5.10 on a Hard Drive with NTFS... I would like to install FreeDos instead, but FreeDos does not support NTFS... Is there any way of formatting the hard drive fat32?

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mscdex Page Icon Posted 2006-03-05 2:15 AM
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Well, you can boot up to a linux live-cd (e.g. live version of ubuntu or knoppix). Then just recreate the partition with cfdisk (making fat32 partition of course), and then format it. That would probably be your best bet.
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torch Page Icon Posted 2006-03-05 11:10 AM
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I am not that experienced with Linux yet. What is cfdisk?
I can use the Ubuntu live cd
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C:Amie Page Icon Posted 2006-03-05 3:20 PM
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It's a partition manager. You need to delete the NTFS partition - which you can do using a Windows XP/2000 install CD if necessary or by following advanced setup on most bootable linux install CD's.
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torch Page Icon Posted 2006-03-05 4:27 PM
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Thanks C:Amie, I will try that...
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