hdd format problems

[guy81422]

got a 40 gig matrox hdd some how formatted to htfs / or
hfts xp running gear anyway, xp hated my set-up how do i
get the hdd reformatted back to fat 32 help!!!!!!

[Jerry]

Boot from a DOS floppy and run FDISK.

"guy81422" > wrote in message
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> got a 40 gig matrox hdd some how formatted to htfs / or
> hfts xp running gear anyway, xp hated my set-up how do i
> get the hdd reformatted back to fat 32 help!!!!!!

Fdisk from a floppy or CD bootup
XP can format as Ntfs or Fat32

[Jack E Martinelli]

"How to Use the Fdisk Tool and the Format Tool to Partition or
Repartition a Hard Disk"
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];255867

"Order in Which MS-DOS and Windows Assign Drive Letters"
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];51978

Partition planning

http://www.aumha.org/a/parts.htm
http://badour.freewebsites.com/html/partitions.html
http://www.newlogic.co.uk/kbase/fdisk/page1.htm
http://www2.cajun.net/~theriots/blk/dual_boot/share_part.htm

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"guy81422" > wrote in message
...
> got a 40 gig matrox hdd some how formatted to htfs / or
> hfts xp running gear anyway, xp hated my set-up how do i
> get the hdd reformatted back to fat 32 help!!!!!!