dos with ntfs

[Twizitd]

i use fat 32
ok i dont like formating my comp cuz i have too much to back up
so i just goto dos and deltree.exe the windows and program files dir and reinstall windows. it works
so if i change it to ntfs is this still possible? can i use a startup disk and still goto command prompt

 

[GeSuN]

DOS is not able to see NTFS partitions, but! there is NTFS drivers for DOS. Try this one --> http://www.cgsecurity.org/ (sorry it's in french)

and this one http://www.informatik.hu-berlin.de/~loewis/ntfs/

 

[Nothinman]

A) NT doesn't need reinstalled as much as Win9X, if it does you need to find out what you keep doing wrong.
B) If it's that important to you, buy something like Drive Image or Ghost and make a 'good' image you can restore to when you break things.

 

[Twizitd]

naw its not that theres something wrong that i need to reinstall
its just i had 98 and XP dual boot so now i wanna nuke 98 and convert to ntfs

ima try those drivers out

damn the link on that page is dead

 

[AndyHui]

These FAQs will provide all that you need:

FAT32 vs NTFS (for the DOS NTFS driver)

How do I remove an OS from Dual Boot?

How do I convert from FAT32 to NTFS?

How do I use Win2K/WinXP's Recovery Console to access all my files?

 

[Twizitd]

where is the dos drivers on there i cant see em.

but anyways i dont have win98 anymore but still using fat32

just want to know if its possible to boot to dos, deltree the windowsxp and prog files folder, and reinstall XP, with ntsf.
that is the goal

like say i pop in a dos startup...
what will happen?
will it load dos
if so, what will happen when i type dir on a ntfs system

 

[GeSuN]

where is the dos drivers on there i cant see em.

If you're using a dual-boot configuration (using both Win2K/XP and another operating system on the same computer), you may not be able to gain access to files on NTFS partitions from the other operating system on your computer. For this reason, you should probably use FAT32 or FAT if you want a dual-boot configuration. The NTFS used by Win2K/XP is not compatible with the version used by Windows NT4. There are programmes available that will make NTFS partitions accessible under Windows 98/ME such as NTFS for Win98 and NTFSDOS Professional Edition.


Last paragraph man...