Problem with partitioning -- How to format hard drive and reinstall Windows?

[akonstam at trinity.edu]

On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 08:37:37PM -0800, peter wu wrote:
> Thanks, Eddie,
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>   I supposed I first need to make a Win98 boot diskette. However, my  computer does't have a floppy drive. Can I make a Win98 boot CD  instead? (I've read some links/postings that mentions Win98 boot  diskette. Does it have to be on a floppy?)
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>   Also, once I format hard drive as FAT, can I reconfigure it to NTFS? (I  could be wrong, but I thought WinXP was on NTFS.) Can I make it  dual-boot with Linux if the file system is FAT instead of NTFS?
>   
>   Thanks, again.
>   
>   --peter
>   
WinXP can be either Fat32 or NTFS and Linux will work with both. If it
is Fat32 it can be easily mounted in Linux and read and written to.
However, writing too often can be bad for the health of WinXP.

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