Hard Drive Format Question

[GasX]

I just formatted my new HDD and the PC thinks it is only a 1.99GB HDD. It is about 28GB short. How do I fix this?

 

[circut16]

It looks like you have selected FAT16 file system
Try reformatting and select FAT32 this time

 

[amdskip]

What operating system will you be using?

 

[CAMS]

Not trying to be rude or smart but 4491 posts and thats all the info you can give.

Hdrive
Motherboard
OS
Fat

 

[joseluis]

what is your MB?
is it older one? trie to update your BIOS or go to the HD manufacturer home page and download a format/partition manager like ontrack... all manufacturers have one for hes drives.

Wrong first format? trie to delete all partitions (if it's necessary with /MBR switch) reboot and make new partitions with a recent fdisk and of course activate large drive support.

 

[cremator]

make sure you dont have any other partitions on it

 

[GasX]

It's a brand new WD 300BB drive (30GB 5400rpm).

The PC has just been assembled and is all new:
Athlon XP1700+
Biostar M7MIA
512MB PC2100 DDR RAM
WinXP on a separate 40GB 7200rpm drive

I set-up the new HDD with WD's utility disk. I made the mistake of telling it I was going to install NT and I think that is what did it. Unfortunately, I can't figure out how to fix it.

 

[GasX]

I guess I'll just use fdisk. What would be the best string to completely reformat the HDD? I just want it to be a single ntfs partition for file storage.

 

[GasX]

<< I guess I'll just use fdisk. What would be the best string to completely reformat the HDD? I just want it to be a single ntfs partition for file storage. >>

 

[PlatinumGold]

you should be able to do it in windows 2k if you have it installed yet. their graphical formatter works fine.

if you haven't installed win2k yet, the installer will give you the option to format. format it thru the installer. it should be fine.

 

[CAMS]

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<< I guess I'll just use fdisk. What would be the best string to completely reformat the HDD? I just want it to be a single ntfs partition for file storage. >>

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Hang on a sec, this disk doesn't even have an OS on it and you have XP on another Hdrive, Yes?

If yes then boot to windows, Right click my computer/manage/disk management.

From here you can delete/create partitions and format to fat or NTSF select cluster size etc. You just cant do much on the active partition, as the second disk/partition isn't active go for it. Disk utilities arn't needed.

 

[GasX]

CAMS - Thanks, that was EXACTLY the answer I needed. I didn't know about the "manage" function - Good Stuff!!!