OEM Supplied Recovery CD sets system as FAT 32

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I have an XP Recovery CD from ASUS. It has a ghost file for the re-install. I know I can build an nlited version by copying the i386 folder. My question is can I control how the hard drive is partitioned with a registry addon in nlite or some other way? The Recovery CD automatically makes the first partition FAT 32. I want NTFS. If there is no way, will reformating the system partition cause any problems?

Thanks for any help

[KRYOGENIUS]

Hello

I have the same problem with Acer Cd !!

What is the extension of ghost image ? gho/ghs ? or v2i ?

Have you tried to open it with the browser of ghost ?

I'm trying to modify the image to add this parameters without success !

If someone have a solution ?

Thanks

Edited July 25, 2006 by KRYOGENIUS

[Ponch]

If there is no way, will reformating the system partition cause any problems?

The CD first does the partitioning, then applies the image, then boots it.

You can format it in NTFS in between but if you reapply the FAT32 ghost image, it will be FAT32 at the end anyway. But you say you will only use the i386 files and not the ghosting, so normally your new nLite cd will let you format the way you want, no ? (like a normal XP install). Also you can still convert FAT to NTFS after the install, it takes few minutes. Not very elegant but ...

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Thanks Ponch. That pretty much answers my questions. I wasn't sure how the disk was being formatted, I didn't know it was part of the ghost image. I haven't done the install of the nlited version, but I'm optimistic.

Thanks again

[bottled leaf]

I remember the good ole days of FAT32...