User manual WINTERNALS FAT32 FOR NT4

[. . . ] 4 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Winternals Software LP Page i FAT32 for Windows NT 4. 0 1 Introduction FAT32 for Windows NT 4. 0 is a FAT32 file system driver for Windows NT 4. 0. [. . . ] The rest of the primary disks, and any other disks, should be formatted with FAT32. Winternals Software LP Page 2 FAT32 for Windows NT 4. 0 2. 2 Setting Up Your Partitions FAT32 for Windows NT 4. 0 does not provide the ability to create FAT32 drives, or to convert existing FAT16 or NTFS drives to FAT32 format. It only makes it possible to view existing FAT32 drives. A copy of Windows 95/98 or a utility like Powerquest's PartitionMagic is needed in order to create FAT32 partitions. If you wish to benefit from the space efficiency advantages FAT32 has over FAT16 drives and are setting up a new computer, follow these steps. When you partition the drive, create at least two partitions: one for system files and one for data files. You may also choose to create two partitions for system files: one for Windows 9x and one for Windows NT. Of course, you may wish to create multiple data file partitions. Install Windows 9x first, placing its system files (the \WINDOWS directory) on the first partition (the C:\ drive), which must be formatted as FAT16. Then format all the data drives as FAT32 drives. Finally, install Windows NT on either the C:\ drive, or the second system drive you created. The second system drive can be formatted as NTFS or FAT16. After installing FAT32 for Windows NT 4. 0 the data drives will be accessible from Windows NT. Winternals Software LP Page 3 FAT32 for Windows NT 4. 0 3 CHKFAT32 FAT32 for Windows NT 4. 0 includes a read-only command-line CHKDSK program for FAT32. It can be run from any directory since it is placed in the <winnt>\system32 directory. The installation program configures CHKFAT32 to run automatically during the system boot, and you can run it manually at any time. Specifying no parameters has CHKFAT32 scan all of the system's FAT32 drives. You can also list the driver letters of particular disks you want to be scanned: chkfat32 d: e: CHKFAT32 does not repair errors. If CHKFAT32 reports problems with a FAT32 volume you should immediately shut down the system and boot into DOS 7. 0 (for example, off of a boot floppy) or Windows 95/98 and run Scandisk or another FAT32 drive repair utility. Winternals Software LP Page 4 FAT32 for Windows NT 4. 0 4 Troubleshooting After installing the FAT32 program I still can't see my FAT32 drives. Here are some things to check: Make sure that the FAT32 driver is started by looking in the Devices section of Control Panel. If it is not listed as started the program may not be installed correctly. Check that your disk is visible using Disk Administrator. [. . . ] Uninstall FAT32 using the Control Panel. Ensure that \winnt\system32\drivers\fat32. sys is deleted. I've encountered errors when copying large files, or CHKFAT32 complains about corrupt files when Windows 95 says the disk is fine! [. . . ]