DOS utility for the NTFS file system!

[Optimus Prime]

Originally posted by optic_pro1430


Probably... In the Windows XP Help it states the following:

NTFS: File size limited by size of volume.

FAT: Maximum file size is 2GB.

FAT32: Maximum file size is 4GB.

NOTE: Some older prorgams may not run on an NTFS volume, so you should research the current requirements for your software before converting.

when i run a DOS program it comes up with something like

c:\windows\himem.sys... then a few seconds later goes

INCORRECT DOS VERSION
INCORRECT DOS VERSION
INCORRECT DOS VERSION

three times like that, then quits... strange eh?

[NDD]

What are those three files listed in your Autoexec files ? You can probably alter them to run with the Setver command.
List them here and we'll try to help you (if you ever need them running ...)

[optic_pro1430]

Hmm... Does it happen with all the DOS programs or only with one? Incorrect DOS version eh...? Hmm... According to my calculations, that error you receive shouldn't happen with all DOS programs because most of my old DOS games work on the partition...

[vibe666]

Originally posted by more
Thank you so much.
Hopefully I can format the H/D on my Dell
Inspirion 4100 with WindowsXP preloaded.
I'll let you know what happens.

If you already have XP installed on your system you can convert your FAT/FAT32 Partitions to NTFS from within XP. I think it's in accessories somewhere, but I'm not running XP at the mo, so I couldn't tell you exactly. it is in there though.

If its a clean system you are talking about you can (and should) boot XP from the CD (choose CDROM as the first boot device in your Bios) and you can select NTFS as the file system and XP will quick format it from whatever it is to NTFS in a few seconds.

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[optic_pro1430]

Vibe666, you are correct. You can convert FAT16/FAT32 to NTFS, but you cannot do it the otherway. So you can't convert FAT16/FAT32 to NTFS, but you can do it the otherway.

[vibe666]

Originally posted by optic_pro1430
Vibe666, you are correct. You can convert FAT16/FAT32 to NTFS, but you cannot do it the otherway. So you can't convert FAT16/FAT32 to NTFS, but you can do it the otherway.

you just contradicted yourself there optic_pro1430.

To clear that up:

You CAN convert FAT16/FAT32 to NTFS from within WinXP, but you CAN'T convert NTFS back into FAT16/FAT32 afterwards.

All is not lost however, as you can still use Partition Magic 7 (not sure about earlier versions) to convert it back as long as you have plenty of free space on the disk for PM to move data around while it converts it.

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[dmoltrup]

Originally posted by Optimus Prime


when i run a DOS program it comes up with something like

c:\windows\himem.sys... then a few seconds later goes

INCORRECT DOS VERSION
INCORRECT DOS VERSION
INCORRECT DOS VERSION

three times like that, then quits... strange eh?

DOS used to do that when running a BATch file. The problem was caused by not leaving a blank line at the end of the BATch file. If the EOF (end of file) character was placed directly after the last command in the file, the infamous triple message would show up. It would usually look like:

C:\GAMES\FLIGHTSIM\>
C:\GAMES\FLIGHTSIM\>
C:\GAMES\FLIGHTSIM\>

....Or whatever your particular DOS prompt looked like.

If your bach file looked like:

@echo off
cls
C:\GAMES\FLIGHTSIM\FLIGHTSIM.COM /640 /16 /SB

It would show the prompt or error code three times, because there is no blank line at the bottom of the file. Kind of weird.

[optic_pro1430]

you just contradicted yourself there optic_pro1430.

DOH!

[marc666]

thanks