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Can you boot from NTFS HDD?

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Updated: 11/9/2022

Yes with win XP and later versions of operating systems it's recommended.

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Toshiba power up error F3-F200-0002?

Boot any bootable OS(with a partition manager) from a USB stick or DVD and reformat your HDD to NTFS, then try a clean install. Alternatively you could insert the HDD into another computer to reformat it, if you're not known with bootable operating systems. If this does not work you might need to replace the HDD.

If you switched from OS 98 to 2000 and now want to switch back how do you reformat your computer?

If you've format your hdd using NTFS, then you need a windows 98 bootdisk to startup, run fdisk.exe and choose Y to treat NTFS as large disk. delete the NTFS partition and recreate the FAT32 partition. Then restart, format the HDD and install Win98.

Can win me support conversion from fat32 to ntfs?

No. Windows ME cannot boot off of NTFS partitions, and it cannot read them without special software.

How can you decide which hdd to boot from when you have an OS on each hdd?

If both of the oses are windows oses you can use the MBR (Master Boot Record)to choose the OS you want to boot from or in your BIOS settings you can choose for it to automatically boot from a specific hard drive or partition(section of the hard drive).

How do you change a ntfs to fat32 on external hdd?

The only way i know is to format it to FAT32. Remeber to make a back up.

If you install Linux and Windows on one HDD this is called?

Dual-boot or multiboot.

Why four partition of hard disk drive?

Because there are only 64 Bytes(4*16) spaces in MBR(master boot record - keeps the information about partions of HDD and booting information from where computer will boot) for creating four partitions in a HDD

What file system does Windows XP use?

NTFS is the predominant file system although FAT is supported on XP.

Computer won't boot says Boot Failure press any key to continue?

I have that problem too. 1st check your SATA n' power cable to HDD, okay? Then go to BIOS n' see if your HDD is being detected, yes or no? Even after that it does not show your HDD, try to put that HDD in your friends PC. If it worked then problem with wires. Replace SATA n' power cable with new one. If even in his computer it gave error than you have to buy a new HDD.

Which file system allows more fragmentation FAT32 or NTFS?

NTFS allows more Fragmentation Than the FAT32 NTFS is capable to find the fragment quite fast, since the whole information is kept in several compact records. If a file is fragmented quite strongly, then, the HDD head has to implement many movements. It slows the process down.

What are the system files found in NTFS?

System files are files necessary to boot an operating system. They do not necessarily exist on any given NTFS volume, and the choice of file system does not affect which system files are present.

How do create a boot disk to format windows xp with ntfs?

Download and boot from the Ultimate Boot CD available from http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ Use a disk utility to erase the partition and Windows will do the rest when you install it. thank you pretty good windows xp boot disk

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