How do I format partition as NTFS?

I'm trying to install Windows Vista on my Mac Pro, second hard drive. I printed out the instructions for the Bootcamp process. I'm using a single partition drive and letting Bootcamp set up a second partition for Windows. Everything works okay, but it won't install. I get this error message: "Disk 1 Partition 3 Bootcamp. Windows cannot be installed to this disk space. Wiondows must be installed to a partition formatted as NTFS.
What I should I do to correct this problem. I thought this would be a pretty easy process using Bootcamp on Leopard.
Thanks for the help.

I have the exact same problem, I got a new 8 core Mac Pro with 2 HD. I was planning to install Windows on the second drive but kept getting the "Windows cannot find system volume..." message. I tried every combination and workaround I could find (including those in this thread) and the ones on the various Windows support sites but nothing worked.
I finally gave up and tried to install on the HD in Bay 1 (drive 0), so I used bootcamp assistant to split the disk 0 (bay 1) that has my mac partition with a Windows Partition, followed the instructions for bootcamp and it worked as expected! No more errors.
So I wonder if there is something about those secondary drives that Windows does not like (I read somewhere it could be a problem with the SATA driver)
Since I still want to have my windows and mac on the 2 separate drives, I wonder if swaping them - putting disk in bay 2 in bay 1 and the one in bay 1 in bay 2 and putting Leopard on what was the drive 1 instead of drive 0 and windows on the old drive 0 - could help. I have not tried it yet since I'll have to re-install Leopard from the disks and need to backup the system first. If I try I'll post back the results to this thread.
For now it looks like your only option is to split your primary HD with a windows partition and not use the separate internal drive.

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Hello,
My computer's startup disc is full, so I need to clean house. [And I just generally need to save files]. I have a Mac OS X 10.7.5 and I also runs Parallels for my windows needs (basically Microsoft Office Suite). Also, my work computer is a pc, so I don't want any files I tranfer to my home computer corrupted.
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C:\Windows\system32>fsutil fsinfo ntfsinfo c:
NTFS Volume Serial Number :       0x242afc902afc5fea
Version :                         3.1
Number Sectors :                  0x000000003a352fff
Total Clusters :                  0x000000000746a5ff
Free Clusters :                  0x0000000005e48694
Total Reserved :                  0x00000000000007f0
Bytes Per Sector :               512
Bytes Per Physical Sector :       512
Bytes Per Cluster :               4096
Bytes Per FileRecord Segment    : 1024
Clusters Per FileRecord Segment : 0
Mft Valid Data Length :           0x000000000c3c0000
Mft Start Lcn :                  0x00000000000c0000
Mft2 Start Lcn :                  0x0000000000000002
Mft Zone Start :                  0x00000000000cc3c0
Mft Zone End   :                  0x00000000000cc820
RM Identifier:        16D85EDA-ACBE-11E4-A5A3-A05A914FC676
C:\Windows\system32>fsutil fsinfo ntfsinfo d:
NTFS Volume Serial Number :       0x42f230acf230a657
Version :                         3.1
Number Sectors :                  0x000000003a344fff
Total Clusters :                  0x00000000074689ff
Free Clusters :                  0x0000000004cd1d59
Total Reserved :                  0x00000000000004f0
Bytes Per Sector :               512
Bytes Per Physical Sector :       512
Bytes Per Cluster :               4096
Bytes Per FileRecord Segment    : 1024
Clusters Per FileRecord Segment : 0
Mft Valid Data Length :           0x000000000d680000
Mft Start Lcn :                  0x00000000000c0000
Mft2 Start Lcn :                  0x0000000003d33dff
Mft Zone Start :                  0x00000000000cd680
Mft Zone End   :                  0x00000000000d0a80
RM Identifier:        ECA1E0C8-16BA-11E2-9D34-BC5FF45A168E
C:\Windows\system32>fsutil fsinfo ntfsinfo g:
NTFS Volume Serial Number :       0x3c2a8ca32a8c5c30
Version :                         3.1
Number Sectors :                  0x00000000e8dc7fff
Total Clusters :                  0x000000001d1b8fff
Free Clusters :                  0x0000000011a7dc88
Total Reserved :                  0x0000000000002180
Bytes Per Sector :               512
Bytes Per Physical Sector :       4096
Bytes Per Cluster :               4096
Bytes Per FileRecord Segment    : 1024
Clusters Per FileRecord Segment : 0
Mft Valid Data Length :           0x0000000002780000
Mft Start Lcn :                  0x00000000000c0000
Mft2 Start Lcn :                  0x0000000000000002
Mft Zone Start :                  0x00000000000c0e40
Mft Zone End   :                  0x00000000000cc840
RM Identifier:        9E8A90E7-BF88-11E4-B26E-BC5FF45A168E
C:\Windows\system32>

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Hello,
I'm a recent switcher so sorry if this is a banal question:
How do I format a partition? (without first erasing the disk)
I have an external drive with one NTFS partition which I rather keep and just format the free disk space. From the disk utility it looks like the drive will be erased...
Any ideas?
Many Thanks!

Thanks both for your replies.
That's too bad but I'm actually surprised that I can't do this using my Mac when this can easily be done in both Windows and Linux (using the excellent gparted for example).
Perhaps my question was not clear enough (I haven't given up just yet...). Lets give another example:
Total disk space: 200 GB
Current partition (1): 110 GB (NTFS)
Free disk space: 90 GB
I want to create a second partition (using all the available FREE disk space - 90 GB) and format that partition without touching the existing NTFS partition. So I take it this is not possible since I cannot add a partition in Mac OS X?

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You can obtain from your friends (I am sure someone has it) Microsoft WXP installations CD and install OS on C partition. On Toshiba download page you will find chipset and all necessary drivers to make WXP running properly. When finished connect external HDD or USB memory stick and copy all your data there. you can also install Nero demo version and create data CD or DVD. It is lot of work but if you have time you can do this without any problems.
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