Q104091 - MS-DOS Can View and Manipulate NTFS Partition

PSS ID Number: Q104091

Article Last Modified on 08-8-2001

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.1
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.1
Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1

Symptoms

After choosing to boot into MS-DOS, either from Boot Loader or by using a bootable MS-DOS floppy disk, you can both view and modify an NTFS partition using normal MS-DOS commands. Afterwards, the NTFS partition is corrupted.

Cause

Your computer had OS/2 installed with IBM Boot Manager on the first partition. When you installed Windows NT, you directed Setup to reformat an existing NTFS partition or convert a partition to NTFS. Due to the configuration, the partition type was not set. The partition remained marked as FAT.

From OS/2, run the FDISKPM command to remove the NTFS partition. Then reinstall Windows NT directing Setup to convert the partition to NTFS.

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