[pchelpers] Re: Format Large Hard Drive w/ FAT32
- From: "Nigel Hunter" <nigel.hunter@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 17:40:06 +0100
Just thought I would put in a little input here. It is true that with a
win98 bootdisk drives over 64gig cannot be fdisk'd with the fdisk that is on
the original BUT there is an updated version of fdisk that DOES handle
drives over 64gig.
You can find it here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q263044
This fdisk applies to win95 win98 and win98se :)
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:pchelpers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Nigel
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 1:34 PM
To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [pchelpers] Re: Format Large Hard Drive w/ FAT32
Win 98 fdisk has a bug in it - it cannot fdisk drives larger than 64 gig.
If it sees a drive bigger than 64 gig, it partitions it to the difference
between the actual size and 64 gig. There is a knowledge base article about
it and a patch.
At work the other day I tried to install a 120 gig drive and found I was
only able to get 48 out of it.
The difference in the numbers is the difference in the way gigs are added
up. The drive manufacturer counts bytes at the rate of 1024 in a thousand
while fdisk counts 1000 as a thousand so a 120 gig drive is actually only
about 112 to fdisk, hence the 48 gig size.
Nigel
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert McLellan" <bobmclellan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Susan,
> By now I suspect you know that you can format a large drive with
FAT32
> so the question is what are you using to try to do it with? The format
> command that comes with Win95 can't do it and if you put it in an older
> computer who's motherboard doesn't support large drives you won't be able
to
> do it. But if you have a new machine and Win98 or Me boot floppies you
can
> do it.
>
> Bob McLellan
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