HDD that came with a Compaq computer????

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    I sold a HDD that came with my old ('03) computer to a friend and it will not partition correctly with XP. I can run FDisk and it says my version is to old. Is there something that HP could have done to the HDD to make it propriotary (s/p)? Thanks for lookin' and responding.
     
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    what fdisk were you using as in dos, win95 or win9x & what size is the hd?
     
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    Not sure of version of FDisk. But I can tell you it is a 40GB HDD. I sold it to someone and they called with this problem.
     
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    i use the fdisk from win98. used it right up to a 160gig hd which is in my system with win98se. if the 40 gig hd win2k/xp on it before with ntfs format than delete all dos & non-dos partitions on it. download from hd manufacturer their utility program that low level formats the hd.
     
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