Problem with HD space and Win 98SE

[daveman]

Hi, I've justtttt built a pc. My problem is I have a 30 GB harddrive when I look at it in window 98 se it only shows that I have a 1.99gb harddrive. My best bet is I messed up when I formated. Does anyone know how I may correct this? Or do I need to reformat and start all over?
Thanks for any help.
David

 

[Lorne]

You need to re Fdisk it and say yes to large capacity drives , Then remove the primary partition and remake using 100%
Then reformat it.
When you format it, It should tell you how much space there is when its done.

 

[daveman]

ok, will do,
thanks

 

[Bglad]

Lorne is right, you formatted with FAT rather than FAT32. FDISK asks "enable large disk support" which chooses one or the other.

But I think Win98 has a utility for switching to FAT32. I don't have Win98 on this machine to look though. Look under accessories in the start menu or check the help files. I don't think you have to reformat to switch to FAT32.

 

[DIRTsquirt]

You are still gonna have to do an fdisk in order to recoup the remaining part of the harddrive

 

[daveman]

Thanks for the help.
I have fdisk and reformatted and everything is great now.

Thanks very much,
David