Ok, i see what you are saying. I just did the same thing. I added a second drive to my 2k box, to only put games on. I just fdisk out of habit. Anyway, once I booted up with the second drive after having fdisk'd it, Win2k will automatically tell you that it needs to be formatted, and ask you whether fat32 or NTFS. --- Tia Haenni wrote: > I don't need to install an OS, the HD will just be > used for data. So > then, if I fdisk the HD for NTFS, that should be it? > If I already have a > Windoze OS installed and am not installing a new OS > on said HD, I don't > want to fdisk /mbr, do I? > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-kclug@marauder.illiana.net > [mailto:owner-kclug@marauder.illiana.net] On Behalf > Of Dustin Decker > Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 10:41 AM > To: kclug@kclug.org > Subject: Re: Uninstall/Reformat HD > > > On Mon, 19 Aug 2002, Kurt Kessler wrote: > > > I always use my handy Win98 Startup disk. I just > boot > > to the floppy and fdisk the patitions. Also, be > sure > > and "fdisk /mbr" too. Then Just boot the new OS > cd. > > Windows is real good about destroying any info on > a > > hard drive :p > > If you boot off of the CD to do the Win2K install, > you needn't go > through all the "fdisk /mbr" stuff... > D. > > -- > *-----------------------------------* > | Dustin Decker | > | dustind@moon-lite.com > *-----------------------------------------* > | http://dustin.moon-lite.com | > | > | Moon-Lite Computing | Feeling amorous, she > looked under the > | > | 913.579.7117 | sheets and cried, > "Oh, no, it's > | > *-----------------------------| Microsoft!" > | > | > | > > *-----------------------------------------* > > > > majordomo@kclug.org > Enter without the quotes in body of message > > > > > majordomo@kclug.org > Enter without the quotes in body of message __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com