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Formatting a drive D:

Source: microsoft.public.virtualpc
Sent: 07/22/2009
From: Geoffry
Message:

I added a 2nd Virtual Drive and after reading the forum I found why it didn't
show up; I still need to format it.

I tried to open a cmd window and but Fdisk wasn't available.
I tried Format, but it required that I have the volume name, which for some
reason I couldn't match. It also required me to use FAT32 and didn't allow
NTFS.

I simply want a data & program drive with no OS installed. Can't I easily
do this from cmd window within my XP guest OS?

Geoffry

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Re: Formatting a drive D:

Sent: 07/22/2009
From: "Steve Jain [MVP]" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

On Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:58:01 -0700, Geoffry
<(email address - cut out)> wrote:

First, you need to go into disk management under computer management
(right-click My computer, select Management) and initialize and
partition it, after that you can format it (also in the disk
management section)

--
Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/

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>I added a 2nd Virtual Drive and after reading the forum I found why it didn't
>show up; I still need to format it.
>
>I tried to open a cmd window and but Fdisk wasn't available.
>I tried Format, but it required that I have the volume name, which for some
>reason I couldn't match. It also required me to use FAT32 and didn't allow
>NTFS.
>
>I simply want a data & program drive with no OS installed. Can't I easily
>do this from cmd window within my XP guest OS?
>
>Geoffry

Re: Formatting a drive D:

Sent: 07/22/2009
From: "Mark Rae [MVP]" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

"Geoffry" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...

Yes you can, in exactly the same way you would if you had added a physical
drive to a physical computer... Remember that, as far as software (both OS
and apps) is concerned, there is no difference between a physical machine
and a virtual machine...

Steve has provided you with the answer, but this isn't a Virtual PC question
per se..

--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net

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> I simply want a data & program drive with no OS installed. Can't I easily
> do this from cmd window within my XP guest OS?

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