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Nov 19th, 2004, 01:26 PM
jeb2022

FDisk

I have a computer, where I want to delete a primary partition.

However, someone has set the volume label to a number of characters that you can't type with a regular keyboard, such as °, á, and ÷. How can I a) override the prompt that requires volume label to delete the partition b) type these characters in FDisk?

Thanks,
Jon.
Nov 19th, 2004, 09:19 PM
dglienna

If you have XP, you can change the properties of the drive, which I think will change the input needd for FDISK. You could also just install XP. It wil format the drive for you, and, I *think* that it will allow you to create partitions. The regular format command won't. I just checked it out.
Nov 19th, 2004, 09:48 PM
RobDog888

When you do a format from a DOS enviroment only (no Windows
loaded) it prompts you for the Volumn name. The characters your
refering to are the upper set of ASCII characters (128-255). You
can create them by pressing the Alt + 0153 for example (™ symbol).
Nov 19th, 2004, 10:47 PM
dglienna

VOL C: will display it.
Nov 20th, 2004, 07:44 PM
jeb2022

there is no OS installed and I'm running this using a windows bootdisk and I cant enter the upper end ASCII characters.
Nov 20th, 2004, 08:16 PM
RobDog888

Why do you want to have your volumn label with the extended
characters? You should be able to use the Alt + four digit
character code to enter an extended ascii char?
Nov 20th, 2004, 10:26 PM
dglienna

just format the drive again, and don't enter a volume lable.
Nov 21st, 2004, 02:03 AM
Ideas Man

If you intend on installing Windows XP on the drive, just boot off the CD and use the partition utility in the setup, it's much easier to use than FDISK and allows you to format using NTFS.
Nov 25th, 2004, 02:24 PM
Dave Sell

Re: FDisk

Quote:

Originally posted by jeb2022
I have a computer, where I want to delete a primary partition.

However, someone has set the volume label to a number of characters that you can't type with a regular keyboard, such as °, á, and ÷. How can I a) override the prompt that requires volume label to delete the partition b) type these characters in FDisk?

Thanks,
Jon.

You can type all ASCII characters (0-255) into any command shell using the Alt-code trick.

Go to your command shell and hold down the Alt key, and type in a number between 0 and 255 on the numpad. When you release the Alt key, that ASCII character will appear on the prompt. This will work in FDisk also.