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| Thread ID: 49758 | 2004-09-29 11:38:00 | slave hdd install ok but what next ? | peterjan (6214) | Press F1 |
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| 276786 | 2004-09-29 11:38:00 | slave hdd installed ok but struggle to get to terms with fdisk when partitioning menu is displayed and the choice I have to make. I have tried a couple of things and managed to get a D: assigned but the result was that windows did not run so had to redo. Is there anything that need to be done with the cmos settings also ? Thanks anyone. |
peterjan (6214) | ||
| 276787 | 2004-09-29 11:54:00 | Can you give a bit more info please. How many drives do you have, how many partions do you want to set up and for what (another OS, data), what version of windows are you running (if win 2k you can format from within windows or XP you can format & partition from within windows), have you got a utility disc that cam with the drive? Cheer Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 276788 | 2004-09-30 01:50:00 | Hi Murray, Thanks for your reply and yes I forgot to mention a couple of things. I am running win 98se and the drive I added is the second drive. I am not particually interested at this stage to partition this drive but I want to be able to acces it as part of my system and as such have a letter assigned to it. I realise that I have to format after the system has assigned a letter to it but getting to that stage is a struggle. The hdd has been bought off the shelf and does not have any software with it. Perhaps I could get some software that does it all fro me ? cheers |
peterjan (6214) | ||
| 276789 | 2004-09-30 01:59:00 | This site (http://fdisk.radified.com/) is excellent for guidance on how to use FDISK and partitioning hard drives. This page (http://partition.radified.com/) on the same site may be of some help as well. |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 276790 | 2004-09-30 01:59:00 | > Perhaps I could get some software that does it all > fro me ? Check the manufactuers website ;) |
Pete O'Neil (250) | ||
| 276791 | 2004-09-30 02:04:00 | It would be better to partition it now rather than later when you've poped some data on there. How big is the drive, is LBA enabled in the BIOS, is the drive Auto Detected by BIOS? Seagate, Western Dgital, etc, have good graphical disk partitioning and formatting utilities for their drives, fdisk is fine but, if your not comfotable with it there is no harm in using a more modern, easier to use interface. Not sure whether they will run from windows in win98, certainly does in win2k and later. They're downloadable from the websites. Your C: (windows system/boot) drive will show up as device 0 the second drive D: as device 1 and so on, except that it depends where your CD/DVD is installed as far as primary or secondary channel and master or slave where it will show in the device list. Don't rely on windows hard drive naming to partition and format. At A: \ type map to get the true picture (san the space between : & \). Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 276792 | 2004-10-02 09:46:00 | Hi Murray, Not sure about LBA enabled, could not find this in BIOS ? Both drives are auto detected ok in BIOS. (IDE primary master and slave) I have used a suggested approach from Western but to no avail. After the intial fdisk etc they suggest to do a cntrl alt del to reboot but my pc then shows the message...windows protection error. and ...you need to restart your computer( press any key ).... This does not work either and I have to undo the guff I did with fdisk before I have the PC doing it's normal thing. I probably will have to do a lot more investigating and check out a few items suggested by other pc geeks ? Anyway thanks for replying. Cheers Peter |
peterjan (6214) | ||
| 276793 | 2004-10-02 09:47:00 | Thanks Susan you're very sweet. cheers Peter |
peterjan (6214) | ||
| 276794 | 2004-10-02 09:49:00 | Thanks Pete I will check this one out too. cheers Peter |
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