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| Thread ID: 36712 | 2003-08-18 09:11:00 | Second hard disk drive installation | darrell (4426) | Press F1 |
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| 168412 | 2003-08-18 09:11:00 | Hi I've put an additional (new) 120Gb hard drive in my machine. I'm running W98. I've initialised (right word?) it using 'fdisk' in MSDOS. Then I formatted it (right click and "format" in My Computer). The new drive has been seen by the system and given a "D" drive letter. So it seems to have gone OK apart from the fact that it's showing in My Computer as a 1.9Gb drive instead of a 120Gb!! Have I done something stupid? Cheers Darrell |
darrell (4426) | ||
| 168413 | 2003-08-18 23:12:00 | Did you enable large disk support during FDISK? If not, maxium partition is 2GB per partition :) | SKT174 (1319) | ||
| 168414 | 2003-08-18 23:44:00 | i would also ditch fdisk and use a better partitioning program (ranish is a free one) and partition the disk into more useable parts. check out the faq's. | tweak'e (174) | ||
| 168415 | 2003-08-19 00:41:00 | for a HDD of that size it pays to partition into smaller sizes 20 and 50 50 is good easiest to use partition magic can help if you are in wgtn | kiwibeat (304) | ||
| 168416 | 2003-08-19 04:53:00 | > i would also ditch fdisk and use a better partitioning program (ranish is a free one) If I may be so bold as to ask, what would your opinion be of this site's (http://fdisk.radified.com/) view of fdisk being the best one to use? FDISK's #1 strength is compatibility. Other partitioning utilities [such as the wonderful Partition Magic] offer far more features, such as the ability to modify partitions non-destructively, and are easier to use. They may look prettier, but none offer better compatibility .. with the infinite number of system configurations possible .. taking into account both hardware & software. I use PM myself [everyone should keep a copy handy]. But I only use it when FDISK is not an option. And I *always* use FDISK to partition new hard drives. Microsoft's FDISK is the closest thing there is to a partitioning standard. It has been around since the days when dinosaurs walked the earth .. well, almost. It is the least likely to generate quirky compatibility issues. (bold highlight mine) |
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| 168417 | 2003-08-19 07:29:00 | Also make sure your fdisk program is not an older version (eg 95). I got caught out by this, and couldn't understand why I kept getting this tiny partition. | Jen C (20) | ||
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