Adding a FAT32 partition or converting an NTFS partition to FAT32....

[Matthew Gordon]

I need to know how to do one of the above in either WIndows XP or Knoppix. I need a FAT32 partition so I can save things in Linux, obviously, so Knoppix or whatever distro I use will be useful. I already tried to find out how to add a partition in XP but I couldn't find out how anywhere.

[Ksilebo]

http://www.powerquest.com/partitionmagic/

The only way to fly. (AFAIK)

[Matthew Gordon]

On something technically unrelated, when resizing my main NTFS partition, it errored out, b0rking Windows, which now no longer boots.

I can access the data using Knoppix, which naturally boots since it is on a CD.

[Ksilebo]

Boot using the XP CD, use the System Recovery Console, and try a fixmbr or fixboot

It sometimes works. *shrugs* Otherwise, its format/reinstall funtime.

[Mr. X]

Whats the error when you boot? Thats pretty generic info when you just say its b0rked.

[Ksilebo]

When I hear that "(Insert NT5 based OS Name) cant boot, what happen?" Its either

• NTOSKRNL
• NTLDR
• The MBR
• Disk Error (damaged, bad sectors...etc)

The first 3 are somewhat fixable, the 4th, well, hardware replacement.

[Mr. X]

A fixmbr/fixboot will rarely work unless the MBR or bootsector where actually damaged. If created or moved around partitions, it most likely is NTOSKRNL error, in which a very simple fix which works in this case is to renumber the partitions in the boot.ini, since the bootloader cant find what partition XP sits on.

But like I said a more specific error message would be of more help. I could be something totally different, and there are many other things that could cause NT to fail, but the ones you mentioned tend to be the most common.

[Matthew Gordon]

It b0rks as in it restarts before it completes the boot, and it keeps doing it over and over.

I don't have an XP disc, otherwise I'd probably just format the damned drive and start over.

EDIT: It gets to the boot screen, but a few seconds after it first shows, it reboots itself.