Certain versions of Fdisk can't comprehend larger drives. There's an updated version for 98SE on Microsoft's site (search these boards for fdisk and you're bound to find a post with the link in it).
I believe alternatively you can create 1 partition for 100% of the size and it will make it 80GB. However if you want to split it in 2, you'll need the updated version of fdisk.
Are you running 95/98/ME, or 2000/XP? if the latter, just use disk management and you can partition in there (it can't format a fat32 partition larger than 32GB tho due to a limitation built in by Microsoft).
Thanks for the tips! I had gone ahead and done that. I'm running XP SP2 only and was more or less going to make 3 primary (including Dell Diagnostics) and 1 extended partition. After I did that, I used Ghost 8.0 to clone the Dell and XP partitions, rebooted, set the XP partition on the new drive (HD1) as active and shutdown. I removed the original drive, connected the new one to the the primary IDE and booted to XP ok but could not logon. The machine is part of a domain. It said the netlogon service was not running ..... Logon to the local administrator account failed also. The system was trying to synchronize files which I stopped and was immediately logged off. Suggestions?
Some drives have a jumper setting that makes them show 8 gig. Fdisk has a patch for WIN98 or WIN98SE. WIN95 Fdisk is limited to 2 gigs fat or 30 gigs fat32. With MSDOS having the 2gig partition and 8 gig drive limit.
Microsoft has an fdisk Patch for WIN98 or WIN98SE.
Thanks. Unfortunately, I have a related but entirely new problem. I booted to XP and used Disk Administrator to create 2 partitions on the 80GB Seagate drive (new). I rebooted and used Ghost 8.0 to clone the Dell Diagnostics and XP system partitions from the original 20GB Seagate drive. I rebooted again and used Disk Administrator again to mark the XP partition on the 80GB drive as active. I then shutdown the system to remove the 20GB drive from IDE1 and move the 80GB drive from IDE2 to IDE1 (the CD-RW drive was disconnected while Ghosting). Both hard drives were hot. I mean HOT. After I changed the drives, I rebooted to XP fine but could not logon to the domain. "Netlogon service not started" or something to that effect. I tried to logon with the local administrator account. No go. XP tried to synchronize with a net folder which I stopped and the system immediately logged me off. I tried this twice before I shutdown, reconnected only the original drive and CD-RW, and booted fine. The next day, today, the screen saver had not deployed and the system was locked up. I shut it off, booted, logged into XP, started Outlook which hung until I got a blue screen. I shut it off and booted again. This time, BSOD before the logon screen came up. I shut off and booted but the BIOS could not detect a drive. I tried this twice. I tried a couple of other things which did not work and then replaced the power supply from another Optiplex GX260. Fixed! Bad power supply? We've had 3 or 4 fail out of about roughly 110 GX260, GX270 and GX280's.
The system is still covered under the service contract so I'll order a replacement power supply. Has anyone had similar problems?
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I believe alternatively you can create 1 partition for 100% of the size and it will make it 80GB. However if you want to split it in 2, you'll need the updated version of fdisk.
Are you running 95/98/ME, or 2000/XP? if the latter, just use disk management and you can partition in there (it can't format a fat32 partition larger than 32GB tho due to a limitation built in by Microsoft).
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Thanks for the tips! I had gone ahead and done that. I'm running XP SP2 only and was more or less going to make 3 primary (including Dell Diagnostics) and 1 extended partition. After I did that, I used Ghost 8.0 to clone the Dell and XP partitions, rebooted, set the XP partition on the new drive (HD1) as active and shutdown. I removed the original drive, connected the new one to the the primary IDE and booted to XP ok but could not logon. The machine is part of a domain. It said the netlogon service was not running ..... Logon to the local administrator account failed also. The system was trying to synchronize files which I stopped and was immediately logged off. Suggestions?
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Some drives have a jumper setting that makes them show 8 gig.
Fdisk has a patch for WIN98 or WIN98SE. WIN95 Fdisk is limited to 2 gigs fat or 30 gigs fat32. With MSDOS having the 2gig partition and 8 gig drive limit.
Microsoft has an fdisk Patch for WIN98 or WIN98SE.
Windows ME doesnt have the problem.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=263044
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June 9th, 2005 23:00
Thanks. Unfortunately, I have a related but entirely new problem. I booted to XP and used Disk Administrator to create 2 partitions on the 80GB Seagate drive (new). I rebooted and used Ghost 8.0 to clone the Dell Diagnostics and XP system partitions from the original 20GB Seagate drive. I rebooted again and used Disk Administrator again to mark the XP partition on the 80GB drive as active. I then shutdown the system to remove the 20GB drive from IDE1 and move the 80GB drive from IDE2 to IDE1 (the CD-RW drive was disconnected while Ghosting). Both hard drives were hot. I mean HOT. After I changed the drives, I rebooted to XP fine but could not logon to the domain. "Netlogon service not started" or something to that effect. I tried to logon with the local administrator account. No go. XP tried to synchronize with a net folder which I stopped and the system immediately logged me off. I tried this twice before I shutdown, reconnected only the original drive and CD-RW, and booted fine. The next day, today, the screen saver had not deployed and the system was locked up. I shut it off, booted, logged into XP, started Outlook which hung until I got a blue screen. I shut it off and booted again. This time, BSOD before the logon screen came up. I shut off and booted but the BIOS could not detect a drive. I tried this twice. I tried a couple of other things which did not work and then replaced the power supply from another Optiplex GX260. Fixed! Bad power supply? We've had 3 or 4 fail out of about roughly 110 GX260, GX270 and GX280's.
The system is still covered under the service contract so I'll order a replacement power supply. Has anyone had similar problems?