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Convert Fat16 to Fat32 under Win98 fails?
I want to convert my FAT16 HD (1Gb capacity) to FAT32. Prepared the disk
with a scandisk (no errors detected) and defragmentation run. Tried to use the standard Win98 utility for it. It works ok up to the stage where the system is automatically rebooted to start up and continue under DOS. Then the system hangs, just after executing the mode commands of autoexec.bat (anyway that's the last activity on the screen that I can see). 1. What may cause the system to hang? 2. Are there alternative ways to run the conversion program, e.g. directly from a DOS boot disk? Thanks, Peter. |
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Yes, it can be run straight from Dos if I remember correctly. Hold down the
Ctrl key as you boot and choose Safe Mode, Command Prompt Only in the resulting menu. You may need to hunt for the file but can probably call it with a /? switch to see what the command line would look like. I don't have a 98 machine to look at. -- Wayne Morgan "Peter" wrote in message i.nl... I want to convert my FAT16 HD (1Gb capacity) to FAT32. Prepared the disk with a scandisk (no errors detected) and defragmentation run. Tried to use the standard Win98 utility for it. It works ok up to the stage where the system is automatically rebooted to start up and continue under DOS. Then the system hangs, just after executing the mode commands of autoexec.bat (anyway that's the last activity on the screen that I can see). 1. What may cause the system to hang? 2. Are there alternative ways to run the conversion program, e.g. directly from a DOS boot disk? Thanks, Peter. |
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"Peter" wrote in message i.nl... I want to convert my FAT16 HD (1Gb capacity) to FAT32. Prepared the disk with a scandisk (no errors detected) and defragmentation run. Tried to use the standard Win98 utility for it. It works ok up to the stage where the system is automatically rebooted to start up and continue under DOS. Then the system hangs, just after executing the mode commands of autoexec.bat (anyway that's the last activity on the screen that I can see). 1. What may cause the system to hang? 2. Are there alternative ways to run the conversion program, e.g. directly from a DOS boot disk? Thanks, Peter. There is a good utility called Partition Magic of course, for the same money you could just buy a larger drive! |
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"philo" schreef in bericht ... "Peter" wrote in message i.nl... I want to convert my FAT16 HD (1Gb capacity) to FAT32. Prepared the disk with a scandisk (no errors detected) and defragmentation run. Tried to use the standard Win98 utility for it. It works ok up to the stage where the system is automatically rebooted to start up and continue under DOS. Then the system hangs, just after executing the mode commands of autoexec.bat (anyway that's the last activity on the screen that I can see). 1. What may cause the system to hang? 2. Are there alternative ways to run the conversion program, e.g. directly from a DOS boot disk? Thanks, Peter. There is a good utility called Partition Magic of course, for the same money you could just buy a larger drive! Great idea, happened to have a couple of floppies with PM on it lingering around here... Converted the disk - succesfully according to PM - but now Win98 won't startup properly, the system hangs after executing the MODE commands... Any clues? Thanks, Peter. |
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"philo" schreef in bericht
... "Peter" wrote in message i.nl... I want to convert my FAT16 HD (1Gb capacity) to FAT32. Prepared the disk with a scandisk (no errors detected) and defragmentation run. Tried to use the standard Win98 utility for it. It works ok up to the stage where the system is automatically rebooted to start up and continue under DOS. Then the system hangs, just after executing the mode commands of autoexec.bat (anyway that's the last activity on the screen that I can see). 1. What may cause the system to hang? 2. Are there alternative ways to run the conversion program, e.g. directly from a DOS boot disk? Thanks, Peter. There is a good utility called Partition Magic of course, for the same money you could just buy a larger drive! Some more info on the current status: the drive has been converted succesfully (have a lot more empty space) and can be accessed from a DOS bootdisk and will also startup in safe mode including network. When I look at bootlog.txt it seems to have loaded most of the drivers and devices, but fails when trying to load the fonts (Failure code 0016). Thanks, Peter. |
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Peter wrote:
| I want to convert my FAT16 HD (1Gb capacity) to FAT32. Why ? |
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"Kevin Lawton" schreef in bericht ... Peter wrote: | I want to convert my FAT16 HD (1Gb capacity) to FAT32. Why ? To achieve a better usage of my drive, i.e. more free space... |
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"Trent©" schreef in bericht ... On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 10:46:14 +0100, "Peter" wrote: Some more info on the current status: the drive has been converted succesfully (have a lot more empty space) and can be accessed from a DOS bootdisk and will also startup in safe mode including network. When I look at bootlog.txt it seems to have loaded most of the drivers and devices, but fails when trying to load the fonts (Failure code 0016). Thanks, Peter. Are you still running the autoexec? Run without it 'till you get the system running properly. Then use it again if you need to. Failing to load fonts shouldn't keep the machine from booting. Have a nice week... Trent If the cheese isn't yours...its Nacho cheese, man! Well, I decided to re-install Windows98, and that resolved the problem... Thanks all for your help... Peter. |
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