i have a 10gb fujitsu

[Relborg]

runnig fdisk
i got the following info
there ar 2 partitions
1. blank formatted fat32 6gb 1st dos partition
2. ntfs 4gb partition extende dos drive with logical drive

i cant delete the logical drive cause fdisk doesnt recognise it and i cant delete the extended dos partitions cause it contains a logical drive ?

i need to format the whole 10gb so i can install win 98

thanks

 

[cipro]

DId you have an OS installed on this hard drive before.... The WinXP cd has a utility that can get rid of the NTFS partition...

 

[tlcscousin]

Fdisk and delete non-DOS partition.

 

[rwise2112]

If FDISK refuses to work for you, search the internet for the DELPART utility. It seems to work quite often when FDISK fails.

Also the partitions can be deleted using DEBUG.

Debug Prompt    Command
------------    ------------------
-               F 200 L200 0
-               A 100
xxxx:0100       MOV AX,301
xxxx:0103       MOV BX,200
xxxx:0106       MOV CX,1
xxxx:0109       MOV DX,0080 (the 80 refers to 1st hard
                             drive, use 81 for 2nd drive)
xxxx:010C       INT 13 Call INT13
xxxx:010E       INT 3 
xxxx:010F       ENTER
-               D 100 LF (a list will be displayed like:
  xxxx:0100 B8 01 03 BB 00 02 B9 01-00 BA 80 00 CD 13 CC
  (make sure that hex values displayed match this before
  proceeding. If values do not match, type Q and start
  over))
-               G=100
-               Q

 

[Snickle]

Fdisk on a Win98 boot disk will recognize the NTFS partition as a non-DOS partition and usually will delete it. Or you might try delpart from

http://www.michalferber.com/downloads.asp

 

[Guest_imported]

in dos
dir
fdisk
delete which ever partition

then recommend installing partion magic
and using the harddrive resize option
if windows refuses to use the entire disk (bear in mind 2MG is used for system)