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How can you format Cdrive in W2K Server?

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by melih

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I have a RAID5 array with 5 partitions (C-D-E-F-G drives)with different sizes on a W2K-Server.
I wanted to format the "C:" partition and do a fresh W2K-server installation on the "C:" drive without loosing the data on the other drives.

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by rkelly

Boot from the Windows 2000 Server Product CD and during the install you can select that you wish to install on C: and that you want to format it using FAT/NTFS.

Hope that helps

by melih

Thanks for the answer, but this does not work. I found a way around it though. I used a W98 boot disk w/ FDISK utility on it. FDISK allows you to format an NTFS partition (in this case the C: drive) and create the new Primary partition with FAT32.
After this is done, W2K boot CD recognizes the C: drive and allows you to convert FAT32 to NTFS during the SETUP process.

by shawnyong

You can choose to format your c partition during the installation by booting with the Win server CD. The data on other drive will still be there.

If you do not wish to do that, you can slave your HD and bootup using other system with Win 2000 OS.This will enable you to see your "slave" OS drive and format it.

by melih

This will not work with RAID-5 configuration. I found a way around it though. I used a W98 boot disk w/ FDISK utility on it. FDISK allows you to format an NTFS partition (in this case the C: drive) and create the new Primary partition with FAT32.
After this is done, W2K boot CD recognizes the C: drive and allows you to convert FAT32 to NTFS during the SETUP process.

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