Hard Drives

[Nuts]

you can not format the c:\ drive that has win 2k on it.
win xp needs some of the files on the root directory.
you can however delete all of the folders on the c:\
drive (ie winnt, program files, ect) and then use the c:\
drive as a regular HD for storing files.

nuts
>-----Original Message-----
>I am running win2000 on a 10 gb primary master, and
winxp on a 60gb primary
>slave (dual boot system). I would like to reformat the
10 gb drive and use
>it for backup and storage, without an operating system.
Will winxp still
>boot after I do this? Do I have to make changes in
boot.ini?
>
>
>.
>

[mk]

Thank you for that valuable info.
mk
"Nuts" > wrote in message
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you can not format the c:\ drive that has win 2k on it.
win xp needs some of the files on the root directory.
you can however delete all of the folders on the c:\
drive (ie winnt, program files, ect) and then use the c:\
drive as a regular HD for storing files.

nuts
>-----Original Message-----
>I am running win2000 on a 10 gb primary master, and
winxp on a 60gb primary
>slave (dual boot system). I would like to reformat the
10 gb drive and use
>it for backup and storage, without an operating system.
Will winxp still
>boot after I do this? Do I have to make changes in
boot.ini?
>
>
>.
>