Partition help

[kOrNholio]

I have a 80gb hard disk
I wat to have :
TWo DRIVE C = 2GB FAT FOR USE MS-DOS6.22
D = 2GB FAT FOR USE MS-DOS6.22
E = 20GB FAT32 WINDOWSXP
F = 20GB FAT 32 PROGRAMS DRIVE
G = 20GB FAT 32 PROGRAMS DRIVE
H = 16GB FAT 32 PROGRAMS DRIVE

I can make C: 2 GB ms-dos and other drive but
ican't make D: WITH 2GB SPACE
IN MS- DOS mode in start up
I HAVE
ms-dos 6.22
proffesional windows xp
PLEASE HELP ME TO MAKE 2 DRIVE WITH MS DOS MODE &
OTHER DISK SPACE WINXP MODE

Thanks

 

[Menno Hershberger]

Of course my first reaction is why you want two drives with DOS Fat 16.
But you know what you want, so I won't question that. But if you set
FDISK to partition in Fat 16, it can only use 2 gigs of your hard drive,
leaving the rest of it inaccesible. Now if you made ALL your partitions
Fat 32, you should be able to install XP on the third partition. I don't
know about DOS on the second partition, since the DOS system files are
traditionally on C drive. You'd definitely have to get the two DOS
installations done (if possible) before installing XP, so XP's boot
loader could see both of them.

 

[Michael P Gabriel]

I have a 80gb hard disk
I wat to have :
TWo DRIVE C = 2GB FAT FOR USE MS-DOS6.22
D = 2GB FAT FOR USE MS-DOS6.22
E = 20GB FAT32 WINDOWSXP
F = 20GB FAT 32 PROGRAMS DRIVE
G = 20GB FAT 32 PROGRAMS DRIVE
H = 16GB FAT 32 PROGRAMS DRIVE

I can make C: 2 GB ms-dos and other drive but
ican't make D: WITH 2GB SPACE
IN MS- DOS mode in start up
I HAVE
ms-dos 6.22
proffesional windows xp
PLEASE HELP ME TO MAKE 2 DRIVE WITH MS DOS MODE &
OTHER DISK SPACE WINXP MODE

The best way to create partitions on a drive that already has programs
and data loaded, is to use a partition utility. I use Partition
Manager 8.0, but there are a few other brands. Any other way will
delete all data on the drive.

If there is no data or programs on the drive, then you can use
FDISK,(DOS) or you can use the utility disk from the hard drive's web
site.. I have a Western Digital drive and I downloaded such a utility
from their website.

Good luck!

 

[Alex Nichol]

TWo DRIVE C = 2GB FAT FOR USE MS-DOS6.22
D = 2GB FAT FOR USE MS-DOS6.22
E = 20GB FAT32 WINDOWSXP
F = 20GB FAT 32 PROGRAMS DRIVE
G = 20GB FAT 32 PROGRAMS DRIVE
H = 16GB FAT 32 PROGRAMS DRIVE

I can make C: 2 GB ms-dos and other drive but
ican't make D: WITH 2GB SPACE

One fundamental point is that you *can't* have that many 'primary'
partitions on a disk; the limit is four. You could have your C D E and
then make the fourth an 'Extended partition' containing F G H as
'logical drives'

Second point is that your 80 GB is measured in decimal billion;
partitions are in a binary near equivalent; 1024*1024*1024 or about
1.073 billion, so your drive will appear as about 75 GB

Third is that DOS, and its tools like FDISK, do not like having more
than one regular primary visible anyway. and will give difficulty with
your D. Presuming that you do not want two separate DOS *systems* and
that D is intended for data to use with the DOS in C, then make the
arrangement Two primaries; one 2 GB for DOS: one for Windows XP; and
the rest of the disk as an extended, putting your 2 GB for DOS data in
there, too. DOS will then see the 2GB primary as C;. the one in the
extended as D:. If you install XP into the second, bigger primary it
will see *that* as C and assign letters to other partitions which you
can adjust in Disk Management. Drive letters are not absolute things,
but get assigned by the systems as as they boot

 

[Ron Sommer]

Fdisk will not partition in Fat 16.
Fdisk will create partitions.
Format will install the file system.
A partition will have to be smaller that 2.1 gigs for format to install Fat
16 file system.
Having a 2 gig Fat 16 partition will not make the rest of the drive
inaccessible.