Formatting Windows 2000, NTFS, & FDisk questions

[dragonturtle]

Hello,

I have Windows 2000 on an NTFS partition with some issues, now I'd like to format and reinstall it. My problem is, I have the OS installed on c:, but I have d: and e: on the extended partition with data that I want to keep.

I've always used the W98 boot disk to format before, but I now realize that it can't read NTFS.

AFAIK, my only option is to use FDisk to delete the partition where the OS is, re-add it, then reinstall. But I'll lose the extended partition, which I don't want.

Is there another way? Is NTFS always such a pain during format/installs?

 

[Freestone]

If you boot from the Windows 2000 CD you'll be able to reformat the current C: during the installation.

 

[dragonturtle]

Thanks for the reply. When I tried booting from CD, the prompts were written as though it would only write on top of the existing installation.

I also checked an MS article, I can hit F10 to get the Recovery Console at the Windows Setup Welcome screen, and format the partition from there.

Cheers.