FAT32 in Windows XP.

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FAT32 in Windows XP - Ghost Problem.

Hey guys,

I need to format a hard drive in XP to FAT32 in preparation for a Windows 98 drive backup (Ghost 12) that I need to make…

What should I do as I can’t format in FAT32 in XP’s disk management?

Any ideas :(

Cheers,

SW.
 
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XP will only format FAT32 volumes up to 32GB, you may need a boot disk for anything larger. If you are restoring a Win 98 ghost file it will automatically restore it as FAT 32.
 
Bomag said:
XP will only format FAT32 volumes up to 32GB, you may need a boot disk for anything larger. If you are restoring a Win 98 ghost file it will automatically restore it as FAT 32.
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Oh right - the new drive is empty/unformatted and the Win 98 drive that I need to copy over to it is FAT32. Will the source drive bring its file system with it?

Failing that I may just dig out Partition Magic, I think I have it somewhere :)

Cheers,

SW.
 
use gparted it's a live boot cd, can do all filesystems i think (well can def do fat32 anyway!)
 
Ahhhh :eek:

I just created an exact copy of the drive, but it has also carried over the source drives size - its an 80GB drive displaying as 4GB, the size of original drive...

What have I done wrong :(

SW.
 
Okay, a reboot sorted out the incorrect size report - but when I put the new drive into the 98 machine I get and 'invalid system disk' error :(

It would be anything to do with the new drive being 80GB would it? It's a Windows 98 SE machine...

Cheers,

SW.
 
I'm also a bit confused about the options I should be making when I create the backup...

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Any ideas :(

Cheers,

SW.
 
I am not certain which version of ghost you are using but I only use the DOS version (not the windows version).

Firstly you should do a drive to drive copy (or drive to image and then drive) otherwise it will not copy the MBR and boot block. The software should ask to confirm the size of the new drive.
 
Thanks for the reply mate!

I'm using version 12, only just bought it...

All I've done so far is a disk to disk copy, and after a reboot the drive displays its actually size fine - it just gives the system disk error when I put it in the intended machine :(

I'm going to try out the different pin configurations tomorrow on the new drive - see if that makes any difference? I think the original drive was set to 'cable select' and I don't that I've tried that yet?

Cheers,

SW.
 
Boot off a bootable ms-dos floppy and type "sys c:" - the program you used may have copied the partition across but i doubt it copied the system files correct and made the disk bootable.

see here http://www.computerhope.com/syshlp.htm

Seem to recall having to do this myself a couple of times when I upgraded/replaced my IBM deathstars on a regular basis :D
 
Thanks mate, I’ll give that a try later - I've not got access to the machine again until this evening, it's in use during office hours :)

Thinking about it though, could i perform the boot disk trick on it whilst it is out of the host machine? Eg. The drive in my machine, I boot from the floppy: "sys d:" Would that work - I might give that a try later...

I've never done any Ghosting myself before, so I can't really comment on the mechanics of the process, but I know I've seen DVD backups of Windows 2000 loaded straight onto a new hard drive that would then boot up after a restart? There was no need to manually load any drivers or anything - I thought that was the beauty of it :p

Cheers,

SW.
 
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