Method 2 (Manually Converting to NTFS)

Before you manually convert to NTFS, you must have the following:

A bootable MS-DOS diskette (OSR2 or later) having IDE CD support or network support and containing the following MS-DOS utilities: FDISK, FORMAT, and XCOPY.

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 installation CDs and the Service Pack 4 CD, or appropriate network share.

Appropriate Compaq device drivers, located at www.compaq.com.

1.Insert the bootable MS-DOS diskette into the diskette drive and turn on or restart the computer.

2.At the MS-DOS Prompt, run FDISK and press Enter.

3.When prompted, select large drive support.

4.From the FDISK main menu, select “Delete partition or logical DOS drive” (Option 3) and press Enter.

5.Select the appropriate option(s) to delete existing partitions or logical drives. The order in which FDISK will allow deletion is as follows:

A)Logical drives lowest drive letter first (d: … z:).

B)Extended partition(s)

C)Primary partition

D)Non-DOS partition(s) (at any time)

After completing steps 1-5, install the operating system as described in the following section.

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