Converting NTFS to FAT32? Help? Please?

[NeuromancerWGDD'U]

Brief explanation: I recently upgraded to XP and I changed the file system to NTFS. I decided to put Windows 98 on the hard-drive too (since I find gaming in XP grossly inadequate, particularly with the veritable plethora of DOS-based games that I have amassed (DOSbox can only emulate so well)), but it won't let me.

What I want to know is if there's any way to revert to FAT32 without backing up all my data (I really don't feel like burning 71 CD's), or, if that's not possible, then I'm curious as to whether there is any third-party software (prefferably free, and it would have to be able to do so without data backup) that can create a partition on my drive. I looked into Partition Magic, but it claims to only be able to handle up to an 80 gig hard drive, and I have a 93 ("100") gig HDD.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Geoff]

Do you mean norton partition magic? because there is also a Qwest partition magic. I've used norton to create partitions on my 200gb hard drive, so i dont know where it said it only supported up to 80gb. What version is it?

 

[NeuromancerWGDD'U]

Norton 8.0

· Partition hard drives as large as 80 GB

You say you've used it to partition larger drives, though? Was that the full version, or the demo version?

I suppose I'll try downloading the trial version and see if that works.

 

[Super_Nova]

If partition magic won't convert it you can at least move the NTFS partition over some and make room for a second FAT32 partition for Windows 98.