This drive must have been previously partitioned with either MS-DOS or Windows 95a. You must use a verion of FDISK that is from Windows 98 (or 95b+) that is aware of partiton sizes larger than 2.0 GB. 1) Boot from your Windows 98 setup disc. 2) Select "Command prompt" option. 3) Run "fdisk" 4) Delete the primary and extended partiton, including all logical drives. (All data will be deleted) 5) Create a new primary partition and assign all the drive space to it. 6) Reboot 7) Run format again for create a new FAT32 formatted partition.
--- In [email protected], "John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am trying to format a new hard drive to replace one that is > defective. The new drive is a 3.2 Gigabyte. I used the command > format c:. It is now recognized as 2 hard rives even though it is > only one drive c and d. I have other computers with larger drives > that only recognize them as one drive. How can I make it so the new > drive is seen as only one drive or is this something that depends on > the brand or on the particular computer. The Hard Drive is a Quantum > and the Computer is a Dell. I used a windows 98 boot disk to format. > > Thanks for your help. > > John If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer Tech Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
