Convert NTFS drive to FAT32 in DOS?

[ablang]

Stupid Windows 2000 Pro. I came to the option (from the 4 boot disks) to install it on FAT32 or NTFS, but it refused to install on FAT32, so I went w/ NTFS and it wouldn't install on that either. So now I can't get my drive back. Can I Convert NTFS drive to FAT32 in DOS?

[mike_sanfil]

i don't think you can, you would have to move the data off the drive and then reformat.

[bailey]

correct
you can't go from ntfs to fat32
save what you want and remove the partition and create a new one.

[OuTpaTienT]

Partition Magic will do it. But other than using that or a similar utility, no, it can't be done without a reformat.

[John Prophet]

well u said it wouldnt install..so I guess you dont have any data to save.

you can just boot to a Win98se or WinME type floppy and run fdisk and do "remove non-dos partition" and then you can start from scratch