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[Javaguy]

hehe well I got a new pc (built it myself) recently and blah very nice but as blood players will know im having trouble getting older games to work on the B- thing. Christmas is coming so what im a gonna do is get another HDD (SATA) format it in XP, and install windpws 3.1 and DOS 5 on it so I can dual boot!
the entire project depends on a relative having windows 3.1...
Ill be playing with MS office version 4.3 in no time.

[Chris]

Originally posted by Javaguy@Dec 7 2005, 09:37 AM
format it in XP, and install windpws 3.1 and DOS 5 on it

you'll get problems there, as WinXP can format NTFS only, which is not readable by DOS or Win3.11, try to use some partition manager to format the HD (if that wasn't you intention already)

[Nikson]

If you install WinXP on a machine, creating a partition for a different OS later will not work.
Format, install Win3.1, then create a partition, and install XP on it (which will automatically reformat it to NTFS)

[Shrek]

Well, I think Windows XP can format the HD in "normal" FAT32.... I mean, it suggests you to format in NTFS but you can change it... Well, at least I formated my HD like that (FAT32) :whistle:

[Data]

win 3.11 might not work with fat32

basicly you need an underlaying dos that support it.
Don't know if 5.0 supports it

[The Fifth Horseman]

Definitely not. I once had bought a FAT-32 formatted HDD (second-hand) and DOS 6.2 did not recognize it.

Oh, and to my knowledge only WinXP Pro does have the ability to format in both FAT32 and NTFS.

[efthimios]

Originally posted by the_fifth_horseman@Dec 7 2005, 01:02 PM
Definitely not. I once had bought a FAT-32 formatted HDD (second-hand) and DOS 6.2 did not recognize it.

Oh, and to my knowledge only WinXP Pro does have the ability to format in both FAT32 and NTFS.

XP Home formats in either.

[Javaguy]

I have now a 2 gig partition drive e: in FAT format. Hope 3.1 recognises it.. I DID have an old copy of windows 95 with its certificate of authenticity n everything, it came with an old computer that exists no more..
cant seem to find it though
I formatted the partition ect with norton partition manager.
I know that our old win95 comp used FAT

[The Fifth Horseman]

XP Home formats in either.

Nope. Been there, tried that.

I have now a 2 gig partition drive e: in FAT format. Hope 3.1 recognises it.
I know that our old win95 comp used FAT

You still don't get it.
FAT 16 is NOT THE SAME as FAT 32. FAT 32 support was introduced in Windows 95 "B" (aka OSR 2), and it was not present in Windows 3.x.
As a side note, I doubt 3.11 will recognize 2-gig partitions either.
For FAT 16, the partition size should not exceed 800 MB, otherwise you'll be wasting a lot of space.

[DonCorleone]

EDIT: Well, I think one should be able to read before trying to make an expedient statement

(I mean nobody else, but me...)

sry there