win 2000

[cheeser]

Need some advice,i have win98 on first half of 40 gig harddrive and win2000 on second half ,running both duel boot with system commander,i also have 1 40gig and 1 80 gig on the system fat32,when i try to save any files on these drives from win 2k over 4 gig ,it will use the fat 32 limit which is no good for me,so i changed the 80 gig to nt so i would not have the 4 gig limit ,it works but when you you reboot into win2000 the 80 gig drive is dead says needs formating,so i do it over again,same thing??,what is up here,if i switch it back to fat32 it will stay,how do i go about making it stay in nt or can i?


Cheeser

 

[Duracell]

... but when you you reboot into win2000 the 80 gig drive is dead says needs formating,so i do it over again,same thing?? ...

never heard such thing;
in W2k you format your 80 GB to NTFS5 => all is fine, you can normal use this partition;
but when you next time boot your W2k, Windows gives an error "partition is dead, you have to format it"

maybe a problem with system commander ("hide partition" function); look in the helpfile/manual; i never tried system commander;

and/or wait for hints from other members;


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[cheeser]

Maybe you misunderstood windows did not give error,partion is dead . what happens the separate 80 gig drive has no system,if i leave it at fat32 it will stay working but if i try to store over 4 gig of videos on it,it will have the windows fat32 limit and will not store more then that 4gig for one file,i wan't to use ntfs on this drive which i can ,until i reboot and then it is back to no system format drive. I use win98 as first system on partioned 40 gig drive and win2k as second system on same drive and have a 40 gig [fat32] and 80 gig [fat32] the 80 gig drive i am try to switch to ntfs,but when i reboot i t goes back to format drive.


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[Duracell]

Maybe you misunderstood windows did not give error,partion is dead . ... i wan't to use ntfs on this drive which i can ,until i reboot and then it is back to no system format drive.

i think i understand you right; W2k boots without a problem;
But when you will use your 80 GB NTFS5 "non system partition", you can't use this partition (get an error) and have to format the 80 GB "non system partition" again?

i will stay in my opinion: maybe a problem with system commander ("hide partition" function)
my theory: system commander modifies the partition type or status information while booting, so W2k can't identify your 80 GB NTFS5 "non system partition";


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