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Windows Forum / Windows 98 / Disks / File System / October 2003installing a 60gb HDD on win 98
Hi, i just sold my seagate 60gb drive to a mate, and he is having problems getting 98 to see it, actually, it doesnt see it at all. firstly, there are no partitions on it, it is formatted using NTFS. so i suppose both these could be the problem, the motherboard recognises the HDD no probs, but he cannot get acsess to it in windows. PS, i should mention, there was a bit of data on the HDD that i was also giving to my friend. Any ideas as to how my friend can get windows to see the drive ? A partition must exist for high-level formatting to occur. You stated no partitions exist. So, don't understand why interjection of NTFS formatting into your post. Then there's the mysterious "bit of data on the HDD". If there's no partitions, the only thing left is the MBR area of the HDD to write data that is accessible. How about some accurate info? Dave > Hi, i just sold my seagate 60gb drive to a mate, and he is > having problems getting 98 to see it, actually, it doesnt [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Any ideas as to how my friend can get windows to see the > drive ? Well, excuse me for not being a guru, unlike yourself. Of course it was patitioned, but not partitioned into smaller drives. when i bought the drive, i whacked it in my(windows 2000) machine for some extra space. Now, when i sold this drive, i deleted all the stuff i had on it, then put about 900mb of pics and stuff for him, but i didnt realise he was using 98, if i knew that, i would of formatted the drive first(in FAT32) and partitioned it into 2 or 3 smaller drives, then put the data on for him. So, the question remains, is there anyway for him to acsess the data using his 98, the way it is now? >-----Original Message----- >A partition must exist for high-level formatting to occur. You stated no [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >write data that is accessible. How about some accurate info? >Dave Yes: http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/ntfswin98.shtml  SignatureRegards Ron Badour, MS MVP W98 System Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo > Well, excuse me for not being a guru, unlike yourself. > Of course it was patitioned, but not partitioned into [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > info? > >Dave Thanks Ron, that worked a treat. it wouldnt of been a big deal except he lives over 2000klms away :) cheers again. >-----Original Message----- >Yes: http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/ntfswin98.shtml Yes, but I managed to illicit the needed information so Ron could make the proper response. Your welcome. Dave > Well, excuse me for not being a guru, unlike yourself. > Of course it was patitioned, but not partitioned into [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > info? > >Dave Zap or Wipe freeware will remove all partition information so you can start over fresh with FDisk. Download here: http://www.microstorage.com/Harddriveinfo.htm#Date%20Life%20Guard Once done, use fdisk to create fat 32 partitions--it is best to keep the partitions under 8 gb to achieve maximum filing efficiency. One the partitions are created, they must be formatted. For more info: For information on installing W98, go to: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/w98_restore.html For information on a hard drive partitioning scheme, go to: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/partitions.html If he has problems using scandisk: ScanDisk Errors on IDE Hard Disks Larger Than 32 GB Q243450 http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;EN-US;Q243450 SignatureRegards Ron Badour, MS MVP W98 System Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo > Hi, i just sold my seagate 60gb drive to a mate, and he is > having problems getting 98 to see it, actually, it doesnt [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Any ideas as to how my friend can get windows to see the > drive ? >-----Original Message----- >Hi, i just sold my seagate 60gb drive to a mate, and he is [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >. >windows 98 wont run on ntfs needs fat32 so the hard drve is no good to him The hard drive is perfectly good to him provided he removes the NTFS partition and replaces it with one that W98 can understand. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP W95/W98 > snip < > >windows 98 wont run on ntfs needs fat32 so the hard drve > is no good to him |
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