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RicoD

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March 7th, 2007 19:00

Suspend to Disk file. Help!

:smileymad: Dell Inspiron 7500 P3.  Just added 256mb PC100 Sodimm to run 512MB.  I bought this machine used on Ebay and the original utility CD is not available.  I downloaded PHDISK and followed the instructions.  I do not want to reformat and reinstall windows.  I used Partitin Magic 8 and created a FAT 32 partition of 6 gigs on a 30 gig HD.  When I boot the computer from a DOS Windows 98SE diskette and run PHDISK.exe I chose to setup a file and then I get the error message that there is not enough free space?  Do I need to format that partition via Fdisk and then run PHDISK?  Addtionally, I removed the FAT 32 partition and reallocated the entire C: drive to FAT 32 instead of NTFS and the result was the same.  Anyone?

Rollie_R

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March 9th, 2007 21:00

RicoDirenzo,
 
I had to dig deep to find these instructions.  I hope they are helpful.  And yes, it does say FAT 16, not FAT 32.
 
To enable the Suspend to Disk function, there must be a Suspend to disk file on your hard drive.  This can either be created as a file on a Fat 16 partition, or as a Suspend to Disk Partition using the PHDisk utility.
 
To create a Save to Disk file on a Fat 16 hard drive. 
  • You need at least 2MB of unpartitioned space on the hard drive.
  • Boot the system to DOS, remove the old Save to Disk file with the command line phdisk /delete /file  (there is a space before each /)
  • Then defragment the hard drive to ensure that there is enough contiguous space for the file.  Create the new Suspend to Disk file with the command line phdisk /create /file  (there is a space before each /). 
  • This will recreate the file and you will be asked to restart. 
 
To Create a Save to Disk Partition
  • For the save to disk partition, there needs to be an unpartitioned space on the hard drive equal to the amount of RAM on the system plus 2MB.  For example if you have 16MB of RAM, you will need 18MB of unpartitioned space.  If you have more than one partition, then you can delete the extended partition and recreate it smaller.  If you have only one partition, then you must repartition the drive with a smaller partition. 
WHEN YOU REPARTITION A HARD DRIVE, EVERYTHING ON THE DRIVE IS LOST!
  • Once you have an unpartitioned space on the drive, then run the PHDisk utility with the  command line, phdisk /create /partition
  • This will create a save to disk partition that will be uneffected by the file system used on the hard drive.

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