DOS FDISK program sees NTFS partitions as HPFS

 Last reviewed: June 26, 1996
Article ID: Q150315
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
  • Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.5 and 3.51
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5 and 3.51

SUMMARY

The FDISK program from MS-DOS 6.22 can remove Windows NT file system (NTFS) partitions on hard disk drives. However it, identifies these partitions as HPFS.

MORE INFORMATION

This misidentification is due to the method in which file systems are reported to the system. The System Identifier Byte in the partition table for both NTFS and HPFS is 0x07. This indicates an Installable File System (IFS) type. Both HPFS and NTFS are installable file systems.

KBCategory: kbsetup kbtool
KBSubcategory: ntfilesys nthowto
Additional reference words: FDISK NTFS HPFS

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Last reviewed: June 26, 1996
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