How to format a harddrive over 2g 1

[jermocide]

I want to install Win98 on a 4 gig harddrive.&nbsp;&nbsp;But when I use fdisk to to format the drive it will only let me create a 2 gig partition.&nbsp;&nbsp;I want the entire drive space to be used as my c: partition.&nbsp;&nbsp;When I try to use a floppy with a newer version of fdisk it comes up with incorrect msdos version error.&nbsp;&nbsp;What can I do?&nbsp;&nbsp;Thank you.<br>

 

[Karl Blessing]

what opperating system is fdisk currently on?, you could just delete the partition, then try to get win98 to create you a large 4 gig one, or you could use the Fdisk off the Win98 CD, and not the one off , say perhaps you are using Win95a. and when you run the newer fdisk off that Diskette, make sure you boot off that diskette too. <p>Karl<br><a href=mailto:kb244@kb244.8m.com>kb244@kb244.8m.com</a><br><a href=

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[LadyH]

Did you tell fdisk to enable large disk support before you created the partition?? <p> <br><a href=mailto: pcheather@home.net> pcheather@home.net</a><br><a href= > </a><br>

 

[jermocide]

Thank you.<br>The harddrive is brand new so it has no OS on it yet.When I use fdisk off the win 98 cd it will say incorrect msdos version.&nbsp;&nbsp;When I find an fdisk that does work it will not ask me if I want to enable large disk support.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>I ended up just installing to a 2 gig fat partition and than used partition magic to create a new partition out of the free space, than converted both partitions to fat 32 and joined them together into one c drive.<br>I'm still interested in an easier way.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Thanks for the help.

 

[ATCal]

jermocide,<br><br>The boot disk from Win95b-c and Win98x will include a copy of FDISK that can enable large disk support (FAT32). If it does not ask the question, then it has already detected a FAT16 partition on the drive. When in doubt choose the &quot;Display Partition Info&quot; option. If any partitions exist, delete them (make sure you don't need anything off of it of course).

 

[MasterRacker]

If you use Fdisk from the Win98 CD you need to boot from the Win98 CD or a startup dosk supplied with the Win98 CD.<br><br>No matter how you do it, Fdisk is matched to it's DOS version.&nbsp;&nbsp;You can't boot from one versino and use Fdisk from another. <p> Jeff<br><a href=mailto: masterracker@hotmail.com> masterracker@hotmail.com</a><br><a href= > </a><br> Of all the things I've lost in life, I miss my mind the most ...

 

[edfair]

Haven't tried it recently enough to remember but think you boot off a floppy, delete all partitions, then run setup off the cd-rom. If I recall correctly I found that 6gb was the largest it would format, 4gb on NT, but both of these were on HP equipment and the 95 was B or C. And those observations may not hold true on anything else. <p>Ed Fair<br><a href=mailto: > </a><br><a href= > </a><br>

 

[xtreme1]

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Why don't you just use Partition Magic to format and partition your drives all the time?&nbsp;&nbsp;I use it 99% of the time and avoid all of the f-disk inconsistencies. <p>xtreme1<br><a href=mailto:rbio@excite.com>rbio@excite.com</a><br><a href= > </a><br>

 

[hazemr]

1-have start up 98 disk<br>2-remove the partiction by fdisk<br>3-do what you want just answer yes to the first question