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    Jan 1, 2007, 09:47 AM
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    I have a hard drive which is formatted as ntfs which I want to format as fat32 so that I can put Windows98 onto it, but it refuses to reformat with fdisk, is it possible to go back to fat32 or not, any suggestions appreciated
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    Jan 1, 2007, 10:56 AM
    You don't format with FDisk. You use FDISK to remove whatever partition is on it and recreate them. You then use a Win98 version of Format to format the drive.
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    Jan 1, 2007, 12:30 PM
    Scottgem is right. Use Fdisk to remove the NTFS partition and then use it again to put a new partition in place. Once you have done that then you can use the Win98 Startup disk (or Win 98 CD-Rom) to make it a Fat32 HD.
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    Jan 2, 2007, 09:51 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by ray steward
    I have a hard drive which is formatted as ntfs whic i want to format as fat32 so that I can put Windows98 onto it, but it refuses to reformat with fdisk, is it possible to go back to fat32 or not, any suggestions appreciated

    Many thanks for the replies, I will put them to good use.
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