Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 22:07:32 +0800 From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] fdisk cannot partition 8.4gb
At 10:50 PM 30/04/2002 -0700, you wrote: >Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 05:44:35 +0000 >From: "Cerulean Skies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: fdisk cannot partition 8.4gb > >So I'm finally taking the big step and am in the process of upgrading my >HD to a 20GB one. I'm following some advice I saw on the list a while >ago, using a windows boot disk's fdisk to partition out the first 8.4 >minus hibernation space, and a second hibernation partition, then use a >disk manager to partition the rest. However, when I tried to fdisk, it >can only see 7978 MB, and will only let me parition 1137 MB. Any ideas as >to why? Ah I see what you mean (refer to my previous post about not having heard of that limit). Windows FDISK has a bug in it which means that in a way it actually DOES see above 8 gig, it just wraps around (so if you've got a 9 gig hard drive it'll let you go to about 1 gig or so because its wrapped around). Play it safe, get an overlay program and do it properly. I *THINK* Windows FDISK will behave with an overlay, if not use Partition Magic or Linux FDISK. Alternatively, I think there's a freeware program out there called Ranish partition manager (or something like that), I've got a colleague that swears by that but I've never used it myself. Apparently it lets you do all that stuff as well. - Raymond --- /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ | | "Does fuzzy logic tickle?" | | ___ | "My HDD has no reverse. How do I backup?" | | /__/ +-------------------------------------------| | / \ a y b o t | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | HTTP://www.raybot.net | | ICQ: 31756092 | Need help? Visit #Windows98 on DALNet! | \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
