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  1. Oct 6th, 2002, 06:39 AM #1
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    partion harddrive and totaly reinstall

    hey, i want to partition my c drive. i want to install win2k on my computer. i dont mind losing any thing coz i have nothing to lose.

    ive got win2k on at the moment, but its not been installed propearly, can any one help?


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    If you have nothing important on the drive...

    go to www.bootdisk.com, make yourself a boot disk. I like the Win98 ones since they are not full of crap.

    run fdisk, delete all your partitions, make a new primary partition, format the partition, and install 2K on it
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    I just pop in the Win2k install CD, and delete my partition, create a new, and format it.
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    For 2K, make sure you format as NTFS (not convert!) using the installer...
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    Originally posted by parksie
    For 2K, make sure you format as NTFS (not convert!) using the installer...
    from my experience format as NTFS or convert doesn't makes any difference...

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  7. Oct 7th, 2002, 07:01 PM #6
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    Formatting uses 4096-byte allocation units. Converting uses 512-byte units, leading to increased fragmentation.
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