ntfs version numbers different after uninstalling vista

pany · 11 Jan 2007 at 16:39

Hi there,

I have followed the guides on the net to uninstall my beta version of vista and it seems to have done the trick. However the partition that it was on , has reformnatted to ntfs version 0.0 and as such I can't use partition magic to merge the partitions due to xp home partitions being 3.1.

Does anyone know how to change the ntfs version? If i try a reformat via xp, either from my computer or disk management, I get the error message that some other program is using that partition. Doubtful as there is nothing on it.

Any help greatfully received.

OzyOly · 11 Jan 2007 at 16:41

pany said:
Hi there,

I have followed the guides on the net to uninstall my beta version of vista and it seems to have done the trick. However the partition that it was on , has reformnatted to ntfs version 0.0 and as such I can't use partition magic to merge the partitions due to xp home partitions being 3.1.

Does anyone know how to change the ntfs version? If i try a reformat via xp, either from my computer or disk management, I get the error message that some other program is using that partition. Doubtful as there is nothing on it.

Any help greatfully received.

Is page filing on that partition?

pany · 11 Jan 2007 at 17:11

No paging file on partition f, the partition that vista was instaled onto. Paging file on C is left as standard, 1.5x memory.

There does however seem to be a file on f, even after the format, it is labelled recycler and seems to be nprotect.exe, some part of nortons misguided attempt at replacing the recylce bin. I dont know how this got there after a format, and it will not remove/ delete.

Theguy · 11 Jan 2007 at 21:00

how about, in partition manager, boot up with a floppydisk of partion manager on, format the partition in that, and make sure u chose NTFS xp version (3.1 as you say).
once that is done, boot into xp and then join the together?

marc2003 · 11 Jan 2007 at 21:17

can you not delete the vista partition and then extend your existing partition to take up the free space? or is your setup a little more complicated than that?

pany · 12 Jan 2007 at 09:04

Theguy said:
how about, in partition manager, boot up with a floppydisk of partion manager on, format the partition in that, and make sure u chose NTFS xp version (3.1 as you say).
once that is done, boot into xp and then join the together?

Will give this a go when I get back tonight, thanks for the suggestion.

Had managed to clear off nprotect.exe and get 1 of the ntfs0.0 partitions to merge, but not the partition that held vista. :confused:

Your suggestion kinda feels like it should work, crosses fingers