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My dad uses a 9.4GB HDD on Windows 2000. It is split into a 7.4GB HDD and a 2Gb one. Both NTFS. I always wondered why - and this may be it. I suppose they were having problems at his work and made all the partitions less than 8GB to prevent it.

the logical drive is the partition created by fdisk or something similar. That is the only part that can be read. If you make a 10GB parrtition on a 80GB HDD and just ignore the rest, windows will only see a 10GB HDD. The rest will be useless until you re-partiton and re-format.

You may need to upgrade your motherboard drivers for your IDE controller. Try finding the manufacturers website.

Possibly. I suggest backup of important data (if possible - you may have to do it in DOS!!!), then FDisk with FAT32 and format, then convert to NTFS. There should be no conflict then.

VIRUS!! - :) I agree with PGriff. WINDOWS 98 SE is the best. Windows 2000 is for networks, so its not really for gaming. Windows ME is buggy Windows XP is OK, but microsoft still charge over £100 for it just because it has a pretty taskbar! Even the upgrade is £80!! The only way I'd get XP is...

You could do what i did and disable it EVER from running at startup..... (using msconfig)

Goat.

You may have deleted the reeference to the things in there (stored in the registry) Have you been playing with the registry?? Don't lie. I can tell :) Most programs come with an unsitall option in the start menu group anyway. Try them out.

Is the BIOS set to auto-detect the Hard Drive??

Everybody says NTFS is better, but both have their strengths and weaknesses (eg. NTFS is bad with large directories...etc.) If you are using Windows 95, 98, 98SE or ME you must use FAT32. If you are using Windows 2000 or XP....i suppose NTFS is better, but not by much. The only reason I would...

Or you could go here: http://www.compguystechweb.com/troubleshooting/fdisk/fdisk_scr.html

Go here for how to use FDisk: http://www.newlogic.co.uk/kbase/fdisk/page2.htm

First, install the new drives. If you have data on the 40GB one, I suggest you make it the slave because you will have to erase the master one. Then go into the bios and make sure all drives are set to auto-detect. Then use FDisk to make the new HD have a primary partition. You MUST install...

spasserium, it is meant to say 'unknown' until reboot. Then you format it with large disk support to make it fat32

The partition wont be there before reboot, because thats what the reboot is for...making sure DOS and the BIOS see the new partition(s)

Correct. Type winipcfg. 'Nuff Said.

Well lets see.....3 is higher than 2... So 3 is faster and more reliable.