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| Thread ID: 25194 | 2002-09-28 04:16:00 | WIN98 reading a 8GB HDD as 2GB | fergie (424) | Press F1 |
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| 84036 | 2002-09-28 04:16:00 | Hi. I have just finished building my own PC. I purchased a 8.7GB Hardrive (i was short of cash - this had to do for the time being), i purchased it 2nd hand - and i had tested it on my old PC and it worked fine - all 8700mbs. However, after building my PC, i check MY COMPUTER (using WIN 98) and it says 2GB, it is not 2GB as i had tested it before, and also, when the PC boots up, it says 8700mb under IDE primary bla bla bla. Please help. |
fergie (424) | ||
| 84037 | 2002-09-28 04:23:00 | what did you format it as ? fat16? did you install win98 fresh on to the disk on your new machine? |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 84038 | 2002-09-28 04:26:00 | The first thing that comes to mind if it picks it up in the BIOS is that it's not been partitioned fully. Get a 98 Boot disk and restart your PC using it. Use FDisk to finish the partitioning, Check the FAQ for partitioning, It wont destroy the data coz you'll only be adding and not doing anything to what's already there. It'll simply mean you've got a 2 gigi primary and a 6 gig second drive. Chilling_Silence |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 84039 | 2002-09-28 04:26:00 | It is possible that you have partitioned with FAT16 instead of FAT32. You can have access to the whole drive if you partition it into separate 2Gb partitions, but if you do have FAT16 it would be better convert to FAT32. | Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 84040 | 2002-09-28 04:27:00 | MMM.... It may be that the second partition is NTFS, and 98 doesn't suport that, so you'd need to erase the Non-DOS partition in FDISK Chilling_Silence |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 84041 | 2002-09-28 04:49:00 | Hi, Thanks for fast response I just checked - i did format it using FAT16. SO how do i change it to FAT32. Cheers |
fergie (424) | ||
| 84042 | 2002-09-28 05:08:00 | Go back to FDISK. Delete all partitions. Create new partitions and make sure you answer yes to "Large hard drive support" |
Elephant (599) | ||
| 84043 | 2002-09-28 05:56:00 | Or, slightly easier, In Accessories in your Start Menu will be a foler labelled System Tools, with Drive Convertor or something - Converts it to FAT32. You may need to add that Windows Component (Add/Remove Progs then its the middle Tab up the top) and then, you could try selecting your C-Drives Properties, It'll be somewhere in there too... Soz i can't be a bit more specific, it's been a while since I converted partitions like that! Cheers Chilling_Silence |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 84044 | 2002-09-28 06:58:00 | Hi, Thanks for tht, before i do it though - i just want to check something. It comes up that if you're running a previuos version on MS-DOS or WIndows, u will not be able to access these OS after u do this..... Does this mean i'll lose everything (everything is only my settings really) and if so, would a complete back up be able to restore all these settings (i have a CD-RW) and if so, how do i complety back up all the data. Cheers |
fergie (424) | ||
| 84045 | 2002-09-28 09:43:00 | But if there is only one 2 Gig partition THAT will be converted. What will happen with the rest of the drive? |
Elephant (599) | ||
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