Help: Hard Drives Are Only Partly Seen

[Darren Harris]

So far I've spent 50-60 hours on this @#$%! Dell system attempting to
add another hard drive, and get it working properly, and I'm still not
there.

I have two Fujitsu 6.4Gb drives in the system, but my "C" and "D"
drives only show up as a 3.99Gb and a 6.01Gb respectively.

I've tried every Fdisk option except deleting the partition and
starting over.

Before I do and have to re-install Win98(SE) again, does anyone have
any advice? I just want those two drives to be seen completely.

Thanks a lot.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

 

[Alex]

Had a similar thing in work last week - make sure the jumpers are set
correctly on the drive.

"I've tried every Fdisk option except deleting the partition and
starting over"

Or in that case, backup all the important stuff, delete all partitions and
start again (maybe take a drive image ....)

 

[Darren Harris]

Had a similar thing in work last week - make sure the jumpers are set
correctly on the drive.

"I've tried every Fdisk option except deleting the partition and
starting over"

Or in that case, backup all the important stuff, delete all partitions and
start again (maybe take a drive image ....)

What for? There is nothihng at all on the drive, except Windows98(SE)
which I just installed, and assume I can install again.

After choosing option #4, which is "Display Partition Information" on
the FDISK Options" screen, I get the following:
---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Current fixed disk drive: 1

Partition Status Type Volume Label Mbytes System Usage
C: 1 A PRI DOS 6173 FAT32 100%

Total disk space is 6173 Mbytes (1 Mbyte = 1048576 bytes)
---------- ---------- ---------- ----------

In the BIOS(A04) I get the same info for both drives("0" and "1"):

Type Cyls Hds Pre LZ Sec Size
Auto 788 255 -1 788 63 6481

Thanks.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.