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How do I remove NT from a FAT partition?

A. If you have NT installed on a FAT partition then you will need to remove the NT operating system files and the NT boot loader. To remove the files and the boot loader boot a MS-DOS disk with the deltree utility copied and perform the following:

  1. C:
  2. DELTREE WINNT
  3. CD PROGRA~1
  4. DELTREE WINDOW~1
  5. CD \
  6. DEL NTLDR.
  7. DEL NTDETECT.COM
  8. DEL BOOT.INI
  9. DEL PAGEFILE.SYS (this file may not be on the active partition depending on your configuration)
  10. DEL BOOTSECT.DOS
  11. Boot up using a Win95 or DOS startup disk, and type SYS a: c:
  12. Reboot

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