On Thu, 23 Mar 2000 18:01:05 +0100 Bernie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Mr. Dos" wrote:
>> I recently bought a new hard drive (15 Gig) for my computer (Compaq 4504) but
>> when I tried to partition it, fdisk would only recognize 10 Gigs of it.
> Really? It should only see 8.4G.
>> When I went back to delete the partitions and start over I got a prompt that
>> I could not delete partitions because it is "locked." Any ideas on what I
>> should do next?
> You must use FDISK from either DR-DOS 7.0x (I think), MS-DOS 7.x (W9x) or
> Linux - but you can only use the first 8.4G for DOS (unless you use MS-DOS
> 7.x).
It is true that depending on the DOS version being used, there is a limit
to the size of the partition it can recognize. Another thing that can
impose limitations on the size of disk partitions that may be recognized
is the BIOS. You might need to check the specs on your BIOS to determine
how large of a disk partition it may recognize. If your desired partition
size exceeds the maximum recognizeable by your BIOS, then you can usually
download and install a special fix-it utility from the web site of the hard
drive manufacturer.
Sam Heywood
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