FAT32 conversion

[kdeans]

I have recently upgraded from win95 to win98 in order to take advantage of FAT32's ability to use partitions larger than 2 Gb. I upgraded on my current 2 Gb and then cloned this over to a new 10 Gb drive. I am able to boot and run from this new drive, but I am unable to convert to FAT32 because it needs more than the 64 Mb of RAM that I have just to do the conversion. I have disabled all device drivers in the startup files in case it is looking for conventional memory with no change. Does this sound right? It's only a 2 Gb partition with 8 more Gbs unpartitioned that I will dynamically allocate if I can get the initial conversion to go.

 

[Karl Blessing]

If its the microsoft program that complains about converting to Fat32, get something like Partition Magic 5. It even has a dos version which looks almost identical to the windows version, you can convert your partition to fat32, then just resize it. <p>Karl<br><a href=mailto:kb244@kb244.8m.com>kb244@kb244.8m.com</a><br><a href=

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[LadyH]

you can also use Norton Ghost to clone the system, there is a switch to convert to fat32 with the application.&nbsp;&nbsp;I use it often when working with systems at work, works great and you would be able to download a demo of this utility to copy the drives...

 

[brandon12]

use fdisk at the command prompt when you boot.&nbsp;&nbsp;I have used this with less than 64mb of 98.&nbsp;&nbsp;It should work.&nbsp;&nbsp;