Help, Please! Formatting second drive in NTFS

[volfan]

I am trying to figure out how to format a backup drive (120 GB Western Digital) in NTFS without having to install Windows 2000 on it. I am very familiar with doing the FAT32 with a Windows Boot Disk, but I can't seem to figure out a way to format it with NTFS without installing W2K. Any suggestions? I feel like an idiot, but formatting in NTFS is fairly new to me, and the Western Digital utility disk only supports formatting with FAT. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Daovonnaex]

<< I am trying to figure out how to format a backup drive (120 GB Western Digital) in NTFS without having to install Windows 2000 on it. I am very familiar with doing the FAT32 with a Windows Boot Disk, but I can't seem to figure out a way to format it with NTFS without installing W2K. Any suggestions? I feel like an idiot, but formatting in NTFS is fairly new to me, and the Western Digital utility disk only supports formatting with FAT. Any help would be greatly appreciated! >>

The file system is only a matter of high-level formatting anyhow. Just boot from the Win2k CD and format that drive in NTFS.

 

[Slapstick]

I take your using W2k. Try Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Computer Management and under Storage, Disk Management. You can format the drive from there.

 

[UsandThem]

Go into "My Computer"

Right click on the second drive and go to format. You can format it within Windows 2000 as long as the OS is not on that hard drive.

 

[Windogg]

The "without Windows 2000" part is your problems.

Win9x (95/98/ME) does not support NTFS (NT File System).

Windogg

 

[volfan]

I appreciate all of your suggestions. I got it working correctly now!