Formatting Problems!!?

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eminem910

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Ok, I got 2 drives.. 120 gig drive(master) and a 45 gig drive(slave)..
the 120 gig is divided into 2 partitions.. C: (112 gigs) and D:(6 gigs).. windows XP is on D: ... now..i'm having trouble starting it..and i think i need a format.. so i need to copy files..to either C: or E: ..

My main problem is.. in DOS mode.it only shows C: and D:... it doesnt show the 120 gig as a 2 partition drive..but as a 1 partition.. how can i fix this? (using xp custom bootdisk btw)
 
reason this is a problem is.. i want to format my 6 gig partition..not the whole 120 gig drive..with a lot of files.. =(
 
I will bet that you made them "Dynamic" disks. Dynamic disks are not viewable by any other operating system other than Windows XP/2000
 
beats me...what bootdisk should i use? my OS is windows xp.. but could i use a win2000 bootdisk?....since you say it supports dynamic disks which theoretically i have i guess
 
What file system are you using?
What XP version, pro or home?
What do you mean by DOS mode?
What does diskmanagement say?

There should be no need to use anything else than the Windows XP cd, no win98 or win2k boot disks.
 
hmm.you know what i noticed..the xp recovery console..is better than the bootdisk dos mode..=)... that might have solved my problem... i think the file system is ntfs.. using xp pro i believe... and by dos mode i mean the command prompt.. dunno anything about disk management...=\
 
ah heck..i wanted to copy files... from the 6 gig drive..to my bigger drive..and then format the 6 gig drive.. apparently its not that easy.. i type "copy "my documents and settings/*/my documents" c:\" but i get access denied... bah..there has to be an easier way!...lol.. someone please help.... been having no pc for 3 days...fast pc atleast with all my music...=)
 
xcopy is the command you want. Use the switches /e /v /q /h /o
example xcopy d:\mymusic\*.* /e /v /q /h /o

Copy is a very limited command and cannot create directories (I could go on about it's limitations)
del is very limited too.
deltree is the more advanced ver of del.

1. get into the drive (typing in D: or whichever drive) you want to copy to (using winxp boot cd/recovery consol)
2. use the xcopy with the switches
3. That should do it.
 
apparently i was able to use my winxp cd.. yay..
 

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