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[Zoso]

my OS is xpsp2 and it has been usb bootized with usboot.

I first noticed this when I tried to install first defense ISR, it indicated that it could not continue set up because the system drive must be formatted ntfs. this is odd because I had started from scratch using dsfok and zeroing the drive then windows disc manegment utility to make a new active ntfs partition.

so I looked at it with mbrwhiz and sure enough it said fat 16b, then I checked it with beeblebrox, same thing:

heres a screen shot:



after experimenting a bit I found that it changes to fat16b only after marking it as active in drive management. does it every time. the only way I can make it work as ntfs correctly is by marking it as active in mbrwhiz or other but not inside windows.

what could be causing this behaviour?


thanks

[Sha0]

my OS is xpsp2 and it has been usb bootized with usboot.

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what could be causing this behaviour?

Could it be "usboot"?

[Zoso]

Could it be "usboot"?

hi Sha0, I thought it might be but it seems to not be usboot. it is either because Ive stripped this xp down with nlite and more or it could be tricky ICH9/ahci issues again. next I will try fresh install xp when I get a chance but I wanted to ask about it to see if anyone had noticed this before. I have only noticed it on this machine or on hdd I partitioned in this machine.

I may never get to the bottom of this since I found that marking them active with mbrwhiz is a work arround but if I learn more I will post about it here.

thanks