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Extra Sports
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USA
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 Posted - 27 October 2002 : 14:07:23
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| Anybody know how to convert NDFS partition with winXp to fat32 with win98. I can format C:, but I am not sure how to change partitions! |
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dayve
Forum Moderator
USA
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Posted - 27 October 2002 : 14:37:29
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| Partition Magic (workstation) or Volume Manager (server/raid) from PowerQuest. BUT...... I have not yet seen a successful NTFS to FAT32 conversion which I have tried twice on 2 separate computers this past month. |
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Extra Sports
Average Member
USA
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Posted - 27 October 2002 : 14:39:10
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Originally posted by dayve
Partition Magic (workstation) or Volume Manager (server/raid) from PowerQuest. BUT...... I have not yet seen a successful NTFS to FAT32 conversion which I have tried twice on 2 separate computers this past month.
My cousin said he tried partition magic, and didnt work. |
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Extra Sports
Average Member
USA
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Posted - 27 October 2002 : 14:40:39
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I need to install something other then winXP since its trash IMO. Waited so long for it, and freezes more than win98. Maybe if I try winMe? Is that NDFS partition or for Fat32?
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dayve
Forum Moderator
USA
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Posted - 27 October 2002 : 14:44:47
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XP freezes? I think you may have other issues because there is NO way 98 is more stable than XP. I don't like XP either but the system kernel is basically the same as NT/2000 and has proven itself better than the other windows lineup.
Like I said about PM, it gives you the option, but I have yet to see it work.
BTW, why are you calling it NDFS? as a matter of semantics, it is NTFS. Also, you are not forced to run XP on NTFS, you can select FAT32 which is what a lot of 95/98 users do so they can dual boot. |
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Gremlin
General Help Moderator
New Zealand
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Posted - 27 October 2002 : 18:59:35
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| Pretty sure we've converted NTFS to FAT32 with Partition Magic 7 (Pro version) before, theres also a new version 8 out of the standard edition I believe. |
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dayve
Forum Moderator
USA
5820 Posts |
Posted - 27 October 2002 : 21:05:03
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Pretty sure we've converted NTFS to FAT32 with Partition Magic 7 (Pro version) before, theres also a new version 8 out of the standard edition I believe.
I've tried Pro 7 and 8. I've even tried Volume Manager.. now it could be the 2 computers that I've tried that are having some kind of weird hardware issues but I've tried with the startup disks as well and still get an error. I know it should be able to be done, otherwise the option would not be available to convert so I don't know why I'm having problems. It's not a big deal to me really, I've just never seen it done and wanted to try one day. |
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Roland
Advanced Member
Netherlands
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Posted - 28 October 2002 : 13:46:59
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We used to have truckloads of problems with Windows XP Pro. Things weren't fixed until the computer was replaced. First one was an AMD Athlon 2000+ or something like that, and now it's an Intel P4.
We dumped that computer supplier 'cause all the time he kept blaming the software we use (CorelDraw) while it was obviously the hardware he'd supplied because even XP's setup in DOS wouldn't work 
So in short: even though I don't like XP, it's never given us a single problem since we got a decent computer to go with it. Maybe your computer just doesn't meet the system requirements for XP? |
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drirene
Junior Member
USA
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Posted - 29 October 2002 : 01:26:50
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| Why not run Win2K? That will run your current NTFS as is. Plus 2000 in my opinion was the absolutely best OS Microsoft has made. I'm sorry my new system came with XP Pro. It doesn't crash, but from time to time it will "stall" and just go very slow until it catches up to itself. |
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Extra Sports
Average Member
USA
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Posted - 29 October 2002 : 20:39:22
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| Well it dont crash like win98 and you have to restart it, but it crashed and comes back. BTW win98 is not more stable then XP, but sure is alot of faster. |
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dayve
Forum Moderator
USA
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Posted - 29 October 2002 : 21:21:26
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Well it dont crash like win98 and you have to restart it, but it crashed and comes back. BTW win98 is not more stable then XP, but sure is alot of faster.
98 is only faster if you base it on the same amount of RAM which is unfair because XP loves RAM. I think if you had a 98 machine with 1 gig of RAM and an XP machine with 1 gig of RAM you'd find XP running faster and more efficiently than 98. 98 is just a beast, nothing I ever even considered using long term. and as for XP crashing, it really should not be crashing at all. I still think you're having issues aside from the OS. |
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tduffy
Junior Member
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Posted - 30 October 2002 : 02:25:14
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Originally posted by Extra Sports
Well it dont crash like win98 and you have to restart it, but it crashed and comes back. BTW win98 is not more stable then XP, but sure is alot of faster.
98 is only faster if you base it on the same amount of RAM which is unfair because XP loves RAM. I think if you had a 98 machine with 1 gig of RAM and an XP machine with 1 gig of RAM you'd find XP running faster and more efficiently than 98. 98 is just a beast, nothing I ever even considered using long term. and as for XP crashing, it really should not be crashing at all. I still think you're having issues aside from the OS.
Very true, actually if you have more than 256megs of ram in a win98 system, it will start to perform worse because it doesn't know how to handle anymore memory than 256megs |
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Kenno
Average Member
Cambodia
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Posted - 30 October 2002 : 14:21:52
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Originally posted by Extra Sports
Well it dont crash like win98 and you have to restart it, but it crashed and comes back. BTW win98 is not more stable then XP, but sure is alot of faster.
Have you tried leaving Win98 and Win XP computers on for a few days, and then go back to use? You'll be able to tell which one is faster. Win98 has so many bugs, it sucks up memory and don't release all of them back to the system. Win XP has better memory management.
Anyway, it's also true that on a slow machine, Win98 runs fater than WinXP. |
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