problems with fdisk

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  1. ginnyfly

    ginnyfly Member

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    Hope I'm in the right forum. Anyway I have just partitioned a Hard disk of 80 Gig -using Win 98 FDISK. Previously it was NTFS with Win XP Pro. Now FDISK is telling me I only have 10 Gig!
    Any help appreciated
    Ginnyfly
     
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    what does your bios see as capacity??
     
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  3. ginnyfly

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    Hi There
    AMIBIOS Ver 3.3 reports 80 Gig hard disk.
    ginnyfly
     
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    Don't worry - it's a fault with fdisk.
    If a hard disk is larger than 64GB, fdisk reports the difference in size above 64GB rather than the actual size. Fdisk still formats the whole 80GB.
     
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    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    as cornwafer said, format the drive if using fat32 will come out at about 80 gigs. should be the same if in ntfs format.
     
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  6. ginnyfly

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    Hi and thanks
    I now have a formatted 80 gig hard disk. About to put Windows on it. Thanks for the help
     
    ginnyfly, Aug 11, 2005
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    no problem, teach & learn
     
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    Hi Again,
    I have just purchased a cheapo installation copy of Windows XP from Ebay - and it doesn't work. Two thirds of the way thru the installation the computer screen starts flashing. Installation finishes too quickly and when windows loads I get a constant beep. Not sure if this is a hardware fault or the dodgy copy of XP so I have decided to test the hardware by installing a copy of Windows ME - Just wondered if there was likely to be a problem - ie Windows ME wont see the full volume of the hard disk?
    Thought I'd ask before trying
    Ginnyfly
     
    ginnyfly, Aug 13, 2005
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    the hd has to be in fat32 for me & me will have no problem seeing entire hd as i'm using win98se with a 160gig hd
     
    ddp, Aug 13, 2005
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    Another little help for anyone moving from windows NT 2000 professional to another version. Try the command fdisk /mbr to get rid of tags left on the master boot record, even after fdisking the drive. Do this before formatting the drive to avoid any problems.
     
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  11. ginnyfly

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    Hi Again and Thanks
    I plan on installing ME later today- will make sure that I select the fat32 option
    Cheers
    Ginnyfly
     
    ginnyfly, Aug 14, 2005
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