Win98 Not recognising 80Gb HDD

[Matt]

Hi All,

I could use some help, please:

I have an 80Gb HDD which is being recognised by the BIOS
but Win98 Fdisk only sees it as a 10Gb Drive. How do I
get Win98 to regonise the full size of the drive?

Thanks in Advance

matt

[Ron Martell]

"Matt" > wrote:

>Hi All,
>
>I could use some help, please:
>
>I have an 80Gb HDD which is being recognised by the BIOS
>but Win98 Fdisk only sees it as a 10Gb Drive. How do I
>get Win98 to regonise the full size of the drive?
>
>Thanks in Advance
>
>matt

Hard Disk Limited to 8-GB Partition
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 153550
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=153550
(your BIOS may not be *fully* capable of supporting these large
drives).

Fdisk Does Not Recognize Full Size of Hard Disks Larger than 64 GB
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 263044
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=263044

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."

[Bernard Rother]

"Ron Martell" > wrote in message
...
> "Matt" > wrote:
>
> >Hi All,
> >
> >I could use some help, please:
> >
> >I have an 80Gb HDD which is being recognised by the BIOS
> >but Win98 Fdisk only sees it as a 10Gb Drive. How do I
> >get Win98 to regonise the full size of the drive?
> >
> >Thanks in Advance
> >
> >matt
>
> Hard Disk Limited to 8-GB Partition
> Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 153550
> http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=153550
> (your BIOS may not be *fully* capable of supporting these large
> drives).
>
> Fdisk Does Not Recognize Full Size of Hard Disks Larger than 64 GB
> Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 263044
> http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=263044
>
> Good luck
>
>
> Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
> --
> Microsoft MVP
> On-Line Help Computer Service
> http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
>
> "The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."

Hi Ron, although I haven't read MS' KB docs .. I've got two 80gig Barracudas
running under Win 98SE without any problems. I do seem to remember having a
hiccup while prepping the drive ( fdisk & format etc ) I didn't use any
extra routines to play with the bios .... maybe set the MB bios HDD settings
to LBA ?! I work with one drive and use Karen's Replicator to backup to the
other drive every night. Good luck Matt.

I even managed to get Win 98SE to work with 1 gig of DDR400 memory. Adjusted
a setting in Vcache.

Cheers,
Bernard

[Bill Blanton]

"Bernard Rother" > wrote in message ...
>
> "Ron Martell" > wrote in message
> ...
> > "Matt" > wrote:

> > >I have an 80Gb HDD which is being recognised by the BIOS
> > >but Win98 Fdisk only sees it as a 10Gb Drive. How do I
> > >get Win98 to regonise the full size of the drive?

> > Fdisk Does Not Recognize Full Size of Hard Disks Larger than 64 GB
> > Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 263044
> > http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=263044
> >

> Hi Ron, although I haven't read MS' KB docs ..

Uh..why not?

> I've got two 80gig Barracudas
> running under Win 98SE without any problems.

You say "without any problems", but above you say 98 is not recognizing
the full size of the drive. If you read the article on fdisk, you'd see it relates
to your (non)problem. ;)

80*(1000^3) - 64*(1024^3) = 10.5GB

[Bill Blanton]

"Bill Blanton" > wrote in message ...
> "Bernard Rother" > wrote in message ...
> > "Ron Martell" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > "Matt" > wrote:
>
> > > >I have an 80Gb HDD which is being recognised by the BIOS
> > > >but Win98 Fdisk only sees it as a 10Gb Drive. How do I
> > > >get Win98 to regonise the full size of the drive?
>
> > > Fdisk Does Not Recognize Full Size of Hard Disks Larger than 64 GB
> > > Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 263044
> > > http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=263044
> > >
>
> > Hi Ron, although I haven't read MS' KB docs ..
>
> Uh..why not?

Sorry, my mistake. I thought you were the OP.