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xp won' boot and is now fat
my xp home edition is now fat. I am trying to convert to ntfs. when i do i get insufficient space to do conversion. If i try to format my hard drive to ntfs, will it become RAW format? I found it had a lot of bad sector space.
how do I use EASUS to fix the problem. I downloaded it to a CD.
Thank you
how do I use EASUS to fix the problem. I downloaded it to a CD.
Thank you
basically a bit confused about your question.
> my xp home edition is now fat.
> I am trying to convert to ntfs.
what is your actual problem to be addressed? XP won't boot, or FAT to NTFS conversion.? what's the point for you to link the two things?
> when i do i get insufficient space to do conversion.
are you converting a boot system partition currently in FAT format?
> If i try to format my hard drive to ntfs, will it become RAW format?
what do you mean by the RAW format? do you mean low-level format?
BTW, you can't reformat current system partition of XP. you may move the disk to another system as internal or external data disk, then format it.
> I found it had a lot of bad sector space.
how did you know the disk got bad sectors?
> how do I use EASUS to fix the problem. I downloaded it to a CD.
are you referring to EASEUS?
> my xp home edition is now fat.
> I am trying to convert to ntfs.
what is your actual problem to be addressed? XP won't boot, or FAT to NTFS conversion.? what's the point for you to link the two things?
> when i do i get insufficient space to do conversion.
are you converting a boot system partition currently in FAT format?
> If i try to format my hard drive to ntfs, will it become RAW format?
what do you mean by the RAW format? do you mean low-level format?
BTW, you can't reformat current system partition of XP. you may move the disk to another system as internal or external data disk, then format it.
> I found it had a lot of bad sector space.
how did you know the disk got bad sectors?
> how do I use EASUS to fix the problem. I downloaded it to a CD.
are you referring to EASEUS?
Run the disk manufacturer's diagnostic tool. If it tells you the disk is bad, replace it (or better, get a new PC with a current OS, as XP has been EOL for over 2 Years now).
You'll find the manufacturer's tools on the UBCD:
http://mirror.sysadminguide.net/ubcd/ubcd535.iso
You'll find the manufacturer's tools on the UBCD:
http://mirror.sysadminguide.net/ubcd/ubcd535.iso
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I'm sorry. I left a confusing question.
1. The PC will not boot up. i can only get it to boot using the Recovery disk or an old version of Norton (then going to command prompt)
2. This PC has XP Home Edition
3. I tried to convert to NTFS, but it said there was insufficient space. I ran chkdsk c: /f /r on the drive, and there was 20480 bad clusters
4. I previously formatted the drive and it came back as a RAW drive. I reformatted the drive and now it is a FAT drive.
5. I copied EASUS to a CD, but it won't come up when it is inserted into the CD drive.
6. I know this is an old PC, it was working (had several power outages and then the problems started)
Hope my explation helps.
Thank you
1. The PC will not boot up. i can only get it to boot using the Recovery disk or an old version of Norton (then going to command prompt)
2. This PC has XP Home Edition
3. I tried to convert to NTFS, but it said there was insufficient space. I ran chkdsk c: /f /r on the drive, and there was 20480 bad clusters
4. I previously formatted the drive and it came back as a RAW drive. I reformatted the drive and now it is a FAT drive.
5. I copied EASUS to a CD, but it won't come up when it is inserted into the CD drive.
6. I know this is an old PC, it was working (had several power outages and then the problems started)
Hope my explation helps.
Thank you
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OK. thank you both.
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Then I suggest to replace the hard disk, and reinstall. The retired hard disk will have the original data along with the backup.
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