IT question...
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From: Pikesville, MD
Originally Posted by chrism9232
get a windows 98 bootdisk go in to fdisk it will say do you want support for large drives select yes. delete the partition create a partition (it will fat32 you had ntfs) reboot. with win 98 bootdisk type format c: when it is done put win xp disk in cd drive reboot. reinstall win xp do not format when you install xp do it on fat32 most people could not get and data off of it now
Cake walk to get that data if you really wanted.
Unless you over-write the entire drive's surface with 1s and 0s, no fdisk or format, or change to the MBR will make a difference.
