fdisk error "unable to access drive 1"

[Guest_imported]

I ran a multiple boot for mandrake 8.2 and win me. Now I want to repartition the drive for win 2000.

When using fdisk for partitioning I get this message "unable to access drive 1". I have tried the hidden fdisk commands to force a new primary partition, ext and log partition this does not work. I have tried fips partitioning this does not work either.

Please help.

 

[edfair]

Probably need to go back to an earlier OS version. Or use a low level formatting program.
Suspect that something has been put on it that blows fdisks mind. Ed Fair
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[wolluf]

Have you run fdisk /mbr to put standard boot record back (Linux probably loaded lilo?). Also, you don't need to run fdisk for win2k - its got its own partitioning and formatting tools which you can use during the install (ie, just boot from 2k install CD - you'll be prompted for where you want to install - you can at this point remove all existing partitions & set up any new ones you want (or choose to install into existing).

 

[jomarikida]

Have you tried "fdisk /mbr"? Use a newer fdisk version like win98 and stuff...

 

[chrisbanks]

I had a similar problem two weeks ago.
Try a different version of fdisk ( go to

http://www.bootdisk.com

for updates)