Win98 - HDD Problem

hi, i have 2 80gb Hdd's in a PC with win98SE installed on it.
when i installed the OS i formated one Hdd to Fat32, now i can't access the other cause it's NTFS.

any ideas how i can access the NTFS Hdd so i can convert it?




any help is appreciated
thanks

 

Since win98 doesnt have native NTFS support, thats not going to work from your WIN98 machine... unless you use a 3rd party application.

i've found some freeware you might try, like http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/NtfsWindows98.html
however this only enables 'Read Only' access to the drive, so I doubt you'll be able to change the file system through windows.

however, if you dont have data that needs to be saved on the ntfs drive, you can always just reformat it through Fdisk or a newer standalone program.

 

i would to format it to fat32 but i can't access it.

 

Disconnect your current Windows 98 drive and boot from the Windows setup CD to the point at which it lets you format the drive.

 

I don't think that you really need to disconnect your 2nd HDD. Boot your pc by way of the win98se start up disk. Then use the fdisk and format commands to clear your second HDD. Just be careful that you select the right HDD.

In fact better still, disconnect the 1st HDD (the good one) and that way you can't make any errors.

Good Luck

 

Just disconnect the first drive, start with a disk/CD, and format the other in Fat32. That's all there is to it. Just remember to make the second NTFS drive, the master on the line.

 

thanks guys, i used the start up disc to access it and fdisk/format it.