HowTo: Gdisk NTFS Partition Format ?

I appreciate that link, however GDisk.exe can format, but I've only found data on FAT32 support, and I'm looking for ANY solution that I can incorporate into my command line solution that allows me to Format Partitions in NTFS without the XP/NT CD.

Any solutions for that?

So far I have this...but it only solves for FAT32, not NTFS

gdisk.exe 1 /del /all /y
gdisk.exe 1 /cre /pri /sz:4500 /for /q /v:BOOT /y
gdisk.exe 1 /cre /ext /sz:2000 /y
gdisk.exe 1 /cre /log /for /q /v:BK /y

-n8Dog

You are correct. I have never used gdisk to format a partition, so wasn't aware that it could.

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ghost.nsf/docid/2000030715304425?OpenDocument&seg=hm

I don't see support for NTFS included though.

Have you considered including the format.com command from an existing windows installation on your disk?
Located here: c:\windows\system32\format.com

Seeing as it's only 25KB in size, it should be able to fit on a floppy and would be able to be used in a batch file.

Hope this helps!

:o)

Bartender_1

Does format.com support  NTFS?

-n

gdisk doesn't support ntfs, but you can use the recovery console tools below

DISKPART
diskpart /add /delete device_name drive_name partition_name size
Use this command to manage the partitions on your hard disk volumes. You can use the following options:
/add : Creates a new partition.
/delete : Deletes an existing partition.
device_name : The name of the device that is used to create a new partition.
drive_name : A drive-letter-based name, for example D:.
partition_name : The partition-based name for deleting an existing partition.
size : The size of the new partition in megabytes.
You can determine the device name from the output of the MAP command, for example, \Device\HardDisk0. You can use the partition name instead of the drive name argument, for example, \Device\HardDisk0\Partition1. If you use no arguments, a user interface for managing your partitions appears.

FORMAT
format drive: /Q /FS:file-system
Use this command to format the specified drive to the specified file system. In the command syntax, /Q performs a quick format of the drive, drive is the drive letter of the partition to format, and /FS:file-system specifies the type of file system to use such as FAT, FAT32, or NTFS. If you do not specify a file system, the existing file system format is used if it is available.

So FORMAT.COM will support NTFS? Hmmm.. I will check this out

Sorry, guess I missed you additional question.

As FriarTuk pointed out format.com under Windows XP will support NTFS.

It is located in %systemroot%\system32

(Click start, click run, type "%systemroot%\system32", hit enter.)

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Bartender_1

Hmm, well I'm looking for a command line & OS-independent utility that will allow me to format NTFS.

So far I'm getting nothing. I'm sure there is something.. somewhere.. Just haven't found it.

-n

Ok, please explain a little more detail about what you are trying to accomplish so I can try to assist better.

Is this to create a bootable disk that you can insert and have it do everything without input from you?

If so, what is being used to create this boot disk? (DOS 6.22, FreeDOS, Windows 98, etc.)

I'm trying to determine why copying the format.com command from Windows XP to a floppy isn't working for you, so any info you can provide would be appreciated.

(What error message do you get when you try to run the format.com command from your floppy?)

:o)

Bartender_1

its a custom user-inputless series of events that occurs to re-image/partition a drive.

everything works great. however i wanted NTFS partitions, not FAT32

all i need is a small .EXE or .COM that formats a partition NTFS...so far nothing has presented itself.

-n8

btw only the format that comes with xp will do ntfs unless you find some other 3rd party utility that can - if you do let me know.