FDISK Problem

[LotusAstra]

Anyone got any advice for me...

I have just fitted new Hard disk and i am trying to split into 3 partitions, this drive will be used on the secondary slave cable....when i partition it all goes ok but when i restart and goto windows or run fdisk again the last partition disapears....this happens if i split it to 2 or 3 partitions...if i make it 1 large drive it is ok as far as formatting goes...

But when i fit this drive slave to my DVD the drive is NOT recognised in BIOS or DOS so i cant format it like this... but it apears on the wrong drive letter in wondows...

if u need any more info just ask!

I am confused i thought it would be simple, all help appresiated, thanx in advance.

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[Train]

Fdisk
Make the Primary partition
Now make ist extended and second then hit excape and get out on fdisk.
Reboot

format each partition

be sure to set jumper to slave.

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[This message has been edited by Train (edited 05-06-2001).]

[SuperSparks]

This should turn you into an expert on fdisk:

How to Use Fdisk and Format

and also this:
http://www.putergeek.com/disk_partitioning/

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[LotusAstra]

Hi, thanx dudes,

just to let u know i have allready used fdisk many times b4 and have never had this problem in the past, i am following the correct procedure...but i'm not sure how many partitions u can have.

i have on master disk (30gb) 3 partitions and i also want 3 partitions on my new slave drive(45gb), this is where i am getting problems if i create 1 or 2 partitions they are all formattable/usable (i was slightly wrong above)...if i make 3 or 4 and possibly more the last partition is created OK but don't exist at all in DOS, WINDOWS & FDISK but it shows up as normal until i either exit fdisk/restart or just quit fdisk w'out restarting and start fdisk again its disapeared. i have had several atempts with various partition sizes.

have i crossed the limit to the number of drives/partitions a pc can see? if not any1 got any ideas

Is this a common problem...would the following be a good solution or should i not need to do this...if i make the last partition on drive only a few mb's or as small as possible it would not matter about the loss of space...is this what people have to do with drives of this size?

(i have temporary sorted other drive recognition prob by swapping ide's)

Thanx for your help!

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[Train]

In otherwords your bios recognizes 7 partitions but not 8.

Must admit that is a new one on me.
I do not think this is the problem , Fdisk Does Not Recognize Full Size of Hard Disks Larger than 64 GB but it might be

EDIT; The more I think about it, I would say iy is , as you have 75GB and Fdisk does not recognize that size. TO BIG>
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[LotusAstra]

almost but nuh its not 7 of 8 its 5 outta 6 it recocnises in fdisk dos and windows between the two drives(3parts to each)...but just to concentrate on 1 drive the new 1 its just the final partition thats missing...

hmmm, i think it better go back to the shop, its gotta b nackered as far as i can see

wat do u think

i always get new probs that not many other people get! ggrrrrr

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[LotusAstra]

right then i've just managed to partition my second drive into 8 partitions to see if there was a limit and strangly none of the partitions disapeared....i'll have to experiment some more i think!

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[Train]

http://discussions.virtualdr.com/For...ML/042224.html

Also here.

Seems you made a goof before to me also suggest reading Vern's post at above url.

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[LotusAstra]

i did try severall times b4 tho...i'll let u know anyway...maybe i did!

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[Cliffh]

Here's a thought,

If you have TweakUI installed (or another tweaking program), check to make sure that it's set to show all drives.

Also, check the Config.sys file for a LastDrive= statement. If it exists, either rem it, delete it or change it to LastDrive=Z.

[LotusAstra]

Cheers m8, i've just checked those things and they are not causing the problem...but if u look at the end of my other thread http://discussions.virtualdr.com/For...ML/042224.html u can see that there is a new prob now and i think the drive is knackered, please let me know what u think.

Thanx all for the help!

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[LotusAstra]

thanks all who helped,

i got a replacement drive from shop and this time it went in and worked first time, help was most appreciated, but in the end it was a dodgy drive....hhmmmm. regards

or at least thats what i thought anyway, untill i started to use the thing...continues on another thread...

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[This message has been edited by LotusAstra (edited 05-13-2001).]