[Sheherazade]

After I select what language during installation, I get this:

"Unable to install. Installation requires an NTFS-formatted drive containing the My Documents folder. The installation wizard will now end."

I can't do anything and I'm dumb when it comes to computers. Any ideas?

[Kleiner]

Your hard drive is either not formatted as NTFS, or the installer isn't reading your drive correctly. Go to My Computer, right click your drive and select Prterpies. It will show you what file type it is.

If it's not set to NTFS, you will have to reformat your drive, which will mean losing all your data

[Sheherazade]

Wow, I found it but that fucking sucks ass. Lose all my info on my drive or play FF14. Returning this shit tomorrow.

[Kleiner]

Honestly i'm suprised you havent run into this issue yet. having a primary hard drive as FAT32 (which is what i'm expecting you have) is rarely a good idea because of the way it limits file sizes.

[Sheherazade]

Ya, its FAT32. Lol, it won't even let me format it either:

"Windows cannot format this drive. Quit any disk utilities or other programs that are using this drive and make sire that no window is displaying the contents of the drive. Then Try formatting again."

[rambus]

didnt even know people still had fat32 formated for HDD, how old is your comp? it can't be that hard to get a new HDD if your bent on keeping that data, or get an exteral HDD or humbdrive, depending how much valuable data you got.

didnt even windows 98 allow you to format ntfs? or was 98 the last os for fat 32, i dont remember.

Kleiner, on 01 October 2010 - 07:39 PM, said:

Honestly i'm suprised you havent run into this issue yet. having a primary hard drive as FAT32 (which is what i'm expecting you have) is rarely a good idea because of the way it limits file sizes.

^ that, you really need a different format for more things i suspect.

you can't right click and format a HDD if your OS is on that HDD you are able to right click and format drives just as long as your os is not booting off it.

easiest would to get a new HDD put xp/ vista/ windows 7 on it and i think they do NTFS by default, i think only windows 98 and lower does fat32 or lower.
this way you don't have to worry about moving data, i think HDD can start at 20 dollars so its less then the game and save headache in future.

This post has been edited by rambus: 01 October 2010 - 08:51 PM

[treelo]

Whoever makes your HDD should have the tools necessary for formatting it properly available on their site.

[Banter]

Hi

http://www.aumha.org...5/a/ntfscvt.php

[Banter]

I mean really, a quick google search popped up about a hundred results.

[Sheherazade]

thx a bunch! I had a copy of windows 7 laying around and decided to upgrade myself. I am a Mac user and was on windows xp sp3 so I didn't have much on windows anyway. Anyway, everything seems to working as of now. I'm doing my comp updates etc and hopefully, all will be well.

I haven't got the NTFS bullshit and seems like everything is going ok!

[-Kaine-]

That sure was weird lol.. HDDs are no longer formatted in FAT32 since what.. Windows 98..? xd

[Banter]

-Kaine-, on 02 October 2010 - 03:45 AM, said:

That sure was weird lol.. HDDs are no longer formatted in FAT32 since what.. Windows 98..? xd

You can format them in FAT32, or even regular old FAT if you really want to. Good luck keeping anything secure on that though.