Why did I lose the multiple formatting options during XP Pro SP3 setup

[E-66]

I slipstreamed SP3 into a clean source and installed from DOS using WINNT.exe (that's how I've always done it).

There are four formatting options I normally I see.  These: http://www.informit.com/content/images/cha...nks/03fig03.jpg

Format the partition using the NTFS file system (Quick)

Format the partition using the FAT file system (Quick)

Format the partition using the NTFS file system

Format the partition using the FAT file system

When I installed this time, however, there were only two:

Convert the partition using the NTFS

Leave the current file system intact (no changes)

What causes the change?  Is it SP3's updated version of WINNT.exe or SETUP.exe?

Is there any way to get the four options back?

Edited June 7, 2008 by E-66

[Ponch]

It looks like an upgrade menu ?

[E-66]

The menu looks identical to the one in the link in my first post except that it only has the two options I mentioned. I've been fooling around with this some more and I don't think it has anything to do with SP3, I think it has to do with the way I delete all the information on the partition before I do another install.

The HDD I'm using has a small primary partition and several logical partitions, one of which I install Windows on. Normally when I want to do another test install I put the HDD into another PC and then use Explorer to delete all the files on the Windows partition. Then I put the HDD back in the original PC and install from DOS and everything goes as planned.

This last time, in order to save some time from moving the HDD to a different PC, I booted from a CD that has some system tools on it and deleted the files on the Windows partition that way. Then I rebooted and attempted to install from DOS as I normally do but got the menu with 2 options for formatting instead of the one with 4.

I think using the system tools CD to delete the files on the Windows partition has something to do with it. During the install, prior to getting to the formatting menu, you come to the screen where you select which partition to install onto. If I select the logical partition I normally choose - the one I deleted the files from with the sytem tools CD - then the next screen only has the menu with 2 options for formatting. If I select any other logical partition I get the menu with 4 options I'm used to seeing.

All I'm doing with the system tools boot CD is using a file explorer, doing a Ctrl-A to select all the files/folders on the partition, and deleting them. I don't know why the partition would look any 'different' during the subsequent XP install than it does when I use the other method of deleting the files & folders, but apparently it does.

Edited June 7, 2008 by E-66