Hello Viktor.

11 Dec 03 19:16, you wrote to me:

 VP> 09 Dec 03 17:05, you wrote to CHARLES ANGELICH:

 CA>>> XP and W2K use NTFSv5, not the older NTFS of WinNT. AFAIK there
 CA>>> _is_ no way to revert back to FAT32 from NTFSv5 other than
 CA>>> reformatting the drive and a complete reinstall.

 VP> Linux successfully reads both NTFS v4 and v5 - all you need is a spare
 VP> partition where to put the extracted data. Then run a
"repair" install
 VP> on top of the old OS and it should be bootable and usable.

Yes,

 VP> There are also commercial tools that can perform the conversion in a
 VP> couple of mouseclicks.

Partion Magic 4.0 which is the last time I paid money for such a tool, does 
not like v5 NTFS. :-(

 RT>> Yeah! how'n the heck do you format a partion that you cannot
 RT>> read, and that WIN95/98's FDISK will not touch.

 VP> With a good fdisk replacement :) I think Symantec have a freeware tool
 VP> called gdisk that can operate on any partition type. Also all the
 VP> linuxish tools (sfdisk for example) and the commercial products ... I
 VP> cant really remember when i used fdisk the last time - it simply suxx
 VP> :)

Was not aware that there where any good fdisk replacements, any idea where I 
could download a copy?

Russell

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