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JASONWESTON Mar 12, 2003, 01:53 PM I have just purchased a brand new Hard drive (Maxtor) i want this to be my main hard drive in machine. I have inserted in machine. Swithed on it has recognised the h/d but it is asking me to insert boot floppy or boot cd.
I have not got one as i have not made one yet as nothing on drive.
How do i install windows 98 se , i have disk and inserted into cd drive nothing. I do know how to install this operating system can somebody help me if you mention DOS please understand i Know nothing about Dos so a step by step instruction would help greatly.
Cheers in advance
MasterMind Mar 12, 2003, 02:03 PM Detail Procedure Here (http://www.vision.net.au/~apaterson/computer/win98ins.htm) :tup:
JASONWESTON Mar 13, 2003, 03:05 AM Thanks
JASONWESTON Mar 13, 2003, 04:10 PM Done all as guide sais, Now new 80 gig drive is only showing as 1.99 gig why is this can anyone help....
VWRabbit Mar 13, 2003, 04:33 PM You could also put your old HD back in. Make a boot floppy with windows. Click on add/remove programs then click "startup disk" tab. Then switch HD to new one. Boot with boot floppy. Type "fdisk" at a: prompt. This will format your new HD and make a dos partition. Restart again with boot floppy and type "format c:" at a: prompt. After this is done restart again with boot floppy making sure cdrom support is activated (not important with previous two steps) and at a: prompt type "setup" making sure your windows 98 disk in in the cdrom (usually d: drive as c: is your HD.
VWRabbit Mar 13, 2003, 04:37 PM Sorry, "fdisk" makes the dos partition, "format" formats the disk. Same steps as above anyway just my choice of language not correct.
JASONWESTON Mar 13, 2003, 04:44 PM Presentlu i have ols hard drive in and new as slave, Working now from old drive. New drive is installed but still reads 1.99 g when i select properties.
Will the above sort this out.
VWRabbit Mar 13, 2003, 05:04 PM It should. I did it when I put in my new Maxtor 20 GB HD without problem and have reformatted several times since. The only problem is you will need to keep track of your drive letter assignments. I don't have a dual HD myself but I assume your primary HD will be C: and your slave HD will be D:. Your cd drive will then be E:. Make sure when you are formatting that you type the proper drive letter assignment (ie. new drive letter d: therefor you type "format d:" at the a: prompt). Check under "My Computer" for drive letter assignments to verify though.
VWRabbit Mar 13, 2003, 07:28 PM Let us know how things go JASONWESTON.
Smiffy280361 Mar 14, 2003, 02:58 AM The std dos boot disc containing 'fdisk' has limitations in recognising hdd's. The limit is 60gb so you'll need to get an updated version of 'Fdisk' for it to recognise your 80gb Maxtor correctly. Do a search on Google (http://www.google.com/) for the updated version and overwrite the one you are using on your boot disc and then partition and format your hard drive.
Smiffy
VWRabbit Mar 14, 2003, 10:58 AM Here is the fix from the microsoft website:http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B263044
omega1 Mar 14, 2003, 02:09 PM Hi
The original version of fdisk works ok provided you use % values instead of a specific size. ie for a single partition type 100% in the size box.
Hope this helps
omega1
Smiffy280361 Mar 14, 2003, 02:44 PM Originally posted by omega1
Hi
The original version of fdisk works ok provided you use % values instead of a specific size. ie for a single partition type 100% in the size box.
Hope this helps
omega1
If it works ok why have microsoft released a fix for the 64gb hdd limit.........?
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