ntfs partition

[ondras]

Hi,

I successfully followed the guide at http://forum.onmac.net/showthread.php?t=1316 to create a Windows installation with second FAT32 partition. Now I want to have that second partition NTFS (to allow files > 4GB).

Unfortunately, Windows is unable to re-format this partition. Disk management tools states that 'operation did not complete successfully', while executing 'format d: /fs:ntfs' tells me that 'system volume cannot be formated' (system volume is, of course, c: ).

Moreover, it looks like MacOS X is unable to create a NTFS partition.

Am I completely lost here?

Thanks for any feedback,
Ondra

[kirreip]

try to format your partition by booting on the xp cd. press R to the get to the repair console and if it asks you which windows you want to repair press 1.
then try again what you allready tried by typing:

format d: /fs:ntfs

give a short feedback wether it worked or not...

[ondras]

try to format your partition by booting on the xp cd. press R to the get to the repair console and if it asks you which windows you want to repair press 1.
then try again what you allready tried by typing:

format d: /fs:ntfs

give a short feedback wether it worked or not...

Thanks a lot for this advice; fortunately - I already managed to solve this. My cure was the 'convert /X' command, run directly from windows' command line. I initially thought that it is equally powerful as 'format' (which failed), but I was mistaken: it converted FAT32 partition to NTFS in seconds. It even preserved existing data :)

[kirreip]

that's great: that would have been my plan B if plan A had not worked. but I didn't know, that it even preserves the existing data. thanks for the usefull feedback!