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fdisk: partitioned only part of 80 gig disk.
I'm not stuck; I can go back and Fdisk again and try and
figure out where I went wrong. But, have never tryed a chatroom so are there any suggestions or conformations. Fdisk was not smooth sailing-- any suggestions other than pratice? Thanx--Chuck |
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Chuck
two possibilities.... 1) It's possible that your motherboard doesn't support drives of that size - in which case you may have to install Drive Overlay software - consult your motherboard manual for details of its capabilities, and the HD manufacturer's website for the software 2) you didn't answer 'Y' to the question Enable support for Large disk drives' in FDISK - this would result in the drive being partitioned to 2GB -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Chuck Milburn" wrote in message ... I'm not stuck; I can go back and Fdisk again and try and figure out where I went wrong. But, have never tryed a chatroom so are there any suggestions or conformations. Fdisk was not smooth sailing-- any suggestions other than pratice? Thanx--Chuck |
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-----Original Message----- Chuck two possibilities.... 1) It's possible that your motherboard doesn't support drives of that size - in which case you may have to install Drive Overlay software - consult your motherboard manual for details of its capabilities, and the HD manufacturer's website for the software 2) you didn't answer 'Y' to the question Enable support for Large disk drives' in FDISK - this would result in the drive being partitioned to 2GB -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Chuck Milburn" wrote in message ... I'm not stuck; I can go back and Fdisk again and try and figure out where I went wrong. But, have never tryed a chatroom so are there any suggestions or conformations. Fdisk was not smooth sailing-- any suggestions other than pratice? Thanx--Chuck Noel: I thought I answered "yes" BUT, the 2gig is the magic #! Is my tac to fdisk again? Also, how do I access the news article above? I refed. the "I'm not stuck" thing to indicate urgency. This computer thing is really interesting-- thanx for your help! |
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I take it then, that you have a 2GB C: partition????
if so, then the easiest (not necessarily best) solution is to re-FDISK the drive accepting the 'Y' prompt, and reinstall DEATILS help!! -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Chuck Milburn" wrote in message ... -----Original Message----- Chuck two possibilities.... 1) It's possible that your motherboard doesn't support drives of that size - in which case you may have to install Drive Overlay software - consult your motherboard manual for details of its capabilities, and the HD manufacturer's website for the software 2) you didn't answer 'Y' to the question Enable support for Large disk drives' in FDISK - this would result in the drive being partitioned to 2GB -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Chuck Milburn" wrote in message ... I'm not stuck; I can go back and Fdisk again and try and figure out where I went wrong. But, have never tryed a chatroom so are there any suggestions or conformations. Fdisk was not smooth sailing-- any suggestions other than pratice? Thanx--Chuck Noel: I thought I answered "yes" BUT, the 2gig is the magic #! Is my tac to fdisk again? Also, how do I access the news article above? I refed. the "I'm not stuck" thing to indicate urgency. This computer thing is really interesting-- thanx for your help! |
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-----Original Message----- I'm not stuck; I can go back and Fdisk again and try and figure out where I went wrong. But, have never tryed a chatroom so are there any suggestions or conformations. Fdisk was not smooth sailing-- any suggestions other than pratice? Thanx--Chuck . the fdisk version you are using is old.Search Microsoft for 48bit fdisk and download it or send me your E mail and I will attach it fdisk.exe 64,650 bytes, May 18 2000 |
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