Formatting Linux drive in Windows to NTFS

[Footer4321]

Hey, I have an external drive that i has linux installed on. I want to format it to NTFS but as of right now it is not recognized under my computer on windows xp. What can i do to format it to NTFS. I have a copy of knoppix layin around if that would help. Thanks!!!!!!

 

[Josh_B]

Is the hardware there in device manager?

If not, it's not an fs issue.

Anyways, even if the fs type isn't recognized, you can still use disk manager to format it to NTFS.

Good luck.

 

[Footer4321]

Its showing up under device manager. How do i format it from there? Thanks

 

[dandragonrage]

Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Computer Management - Disk Management

 

[unhappy_mage]

You might be better off making a partition of the correct type under Knoppix and then formatting it under Windows. Boot knoppix, and start a command line (konsole).
"fdisk /dev/hda" - this may be /dev/hdb, c, or d, depending on your setup. Make sure you get the right one!
"p" to print the current layout
"d" to delete a partition
"1" to select the first
"2", "3", etc to delete all the others
"p" to make sure it's empty
"n" for new
"p" for primary
"1" for partition number
enter to select beginning of disk
enter to select end
"t" for change type
"1" for partition 1 (may not be required)
"7" for HPFS/NTFS
"w" to write and exit.
Then reboot to Windows, format and continue as normal.

 

[Footer4321]

Thanks Guys, I got it working

 

[Korialstrasza]

if you format a harddrive with linux on it (to NTFS) from another harddrive with XP, what will that do to the linux hard drive? Will it erase all the files?

 

[unhappy_mage]

yep, bye bye linux.