Can't Enter FDISK.

[TDY2KN01]

I have a Maxtor 20.4gb. I can't enter Fdisk to delete my partition. After entering yes, it keep blinking "_". I'm using Window 98SE. Fat32. I also have Partition Magic 5 but it doesn't let me enter the program because it doesn't recognize my drive. My bios does recognize it. Pls help this frustrated user. Thx

 

[DAM]

have you tried booting with a floopy and fdisk from there?


dam()

 

[TDY2KN01]

Yes. Same result.

 

[Ladi]

Are you using a win98 bootdisk to boot to dos and fdisk? Earlier versions of dos won't recognize fat32.

~Ladi

 

[TDY2KN01]

Im using Window 98SE bootdisk

 

[DAM]

then all i have to add is that youre [/l]fucked[/l]



no but really, hmm, are you trying to format the drive? if you are, maybe you can try some utility for maxtor hd that are design for that, so you dont have to use dos, then after formatting install a different copy of win98se.



dam()

 

[Slikkster]

Agree with DAM, at least on the second part of his message.

Download the Maxtor hard drive install program called MaxBlast at http://www.maxtor.com/downloads/pub/main/maxblast.exe


This should take care of the problem. If it doesn't, then you have a physical issue, like drive cable installed incorrectly, jumper not set right, etc.

 

[TDY2KN01]

I can format. I just can't enter fdisk so I can partition into 2 partition.

 

[Rankor]

Head over to Maxtor's Web site and pick up their latest version of Max Blast.

It acts like a boot disk and will help you format AND set partitions for you. As you might've guessed, it's for Maxtor hdds.

 

[Slikkster]

Rankor, er, ah, read a couple of posts down...heheh. Glad to see you agree, though, because it seems like TDY2KN01 didn't quite grasp it.

 

[TDY2KN01]

I dl the maxblast and when I went to setup drive, it say "invalid command". I also went to somewhere in advance and it say something about not the correct track or partition table. I have try all your suggestion but none seem to work.

 

[IsOs]

Call Maxtor tech support. They can help you diagnose the problem. If your drive is defective, they will give you options on how to get a replacement drive.

 

[DAM]

yeah you can have a bad drive or maybe your partition table is skewed or your mbr... let us know.



dam()

 

[allwood]

you may need to debug the drive.. boot to the win98 boot disk and at the a prompt type debug and you will get a -
then type this script

-F 200 L1000 0 [Enter]
-A CS:100 [Enter]
xxxx:0100 MOV AX,301 [Enter]
xxxx:0103 MOV BX,200 [Enter]
xxxx:0106 MOV CX,1 [Enter]
xxxx:0109 MOV DX,80 [Enter]

NOTE: ( -- "80" for hd 0, "81" for hd 1 )

xxxx:010C INT 13 [Enter]
xxxx:010E INT 20 [Enter]
xxxx:0110 [Enter]
-G [Enter]
"Program terminated normally"

then shutdown and reboot and fdisk will work