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Problem formatting HD

Posted: 12-13-2003, 08:47 PM
Ian
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I have got a 18.2GB SCSI which i have partitioned twice!

1 - 5GB
2 - 13GB

I used to keep all of my personal files and setup files on
here, but now i want to run my OS (Windows XP Pro) off it.

It tries to perform the format but fails saying
"System Partition is not allowed to be formatted."

How can I format this drive?
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Problem formatting HD
Posted: 12-14-2003, 12:05 AM
If you are formatting partition 1 then disk manager will
prevent attempts to format the boot partition.

You have the option to format during installation of XP
so that's the time to format the XP partition.
>-----Original Message-----
>I have got a 18.2GB SCSI which i have partitioned twice!
>
>1 - 5GB
>2 - 13GB
>
>I used to keep all of my personal files and setup files
on
>here, but now i want to run my OS (Windows XP Pro) off
it.
>
>It tries to perform the format but fails saying
>"System Partition is not allowed to be formatted."
>
>How can I format this drive?
>.
>
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