At 01:02 PM 7/6/01 -0400, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote the following:
>8 Gig hard drive in machine for 2+ years.
>At start up, now only recognizes 1.9 Gigs.
>Ran scandisk & defrag.
>Still only 1.9 gigs.
>What happened?
FAT 16 ?
MyComputer/Right click on drive letter icon/Select Properties/General tab
Does File System: say FAT or FAT 32
If it says FAT then your disk is set as a FAT 16 drive and only 2GB (1.9GB
actual) will be seen. You will need to convert to FAT 32.
Either you had a FAT 16 partition and other FAT 32 partitions that somehow
have been lost or your system somehow went from FAT 32 to FAT 16.
You can boot to MS-DOS and use FDISK then select 'Enable Large Disk Support'
to re-set the partition sizes you want or you can use Win 98's built in FAT
32 converter (Start/Programs/Accessories/System Tools/Drive Converter).
WARNING: All data will be lost and the OS will need to be reinstalled.
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Gerry Boyd
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