Re: W2K boot question

From: Steven L Umbach (n9rou_at_nospam-comcast.net)
Date: 01/16/05 

Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 13:18:13 -0600

There should be no problem to do a reinstall and format the drive to
whatever you want by booting from install cd. What problem are you having?
You may want to use fdisk first to partition the drive into two or three
partitions. --- Steve

"Greenthumb" <aballardNOSPAM@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:92eju09ifd5hlp6qckt9vt0pnjj8ssp6v9@4ax.com...
> Ok, thanks.
>
> But I having trouble getting a reinstall to format the drive.
> It is NTFS now, one large 20 gig C partition.
>
> I'll look around and see if I can find a way to use FreeDOS
> to boot, format to FAT32, and then reinstall. I am confient
> that when the W2K install see a FAT32 partition it will
> provide a reformat option to NTFS...
>
> Allan
>
> On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 12:27:01 -0700, "Roger Abell" <mvpNOSpam@asu.edu>
> wrote:
>
>>Boot has completed in W2k by the time you see the login prompt.
>>You do not want to have to log in.
>>
>>Having a machine set to not require log in is one of the best ways
>>to loose private information as well as control over the health of
>>the machine and installed software. Anyone that walks by can just
>>turn it on and do what they wish. Setting a machine this way is
>>not in one's best interests.
>>
>>The following may however help you in this objective
>>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310584/EN-US/
>>or, if the wizard is alive on your system
>>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;228801
>

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