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Partition/Format E: from C: ??how
I want to partition and format E: from C:. Where is a web site w/
directions written well. E: won't open, says not formatted, says network disc cannot be formatted. FDisc gives 5 selectios- only one shows E: Floppy not in machine. F: CDRom should not have to be used to format . . .. I can set BIOS to boot from F:CDRom WIN98SE CD but why ? Thanks -- Robert Hedges http://www.ecsd.com/~rhhedgz1/ |
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Robert H. Hedges wrote in message ... I want to partition and format E: from C:. Sounds like you are in over your head just a tad. Where is a web site w/directions written well. Nowhere that I am aware of with your particular situation. E: won't open, says not formatted, says network disc cannot be formatted. That last is the problem, for some reason the system has decided its a network disc when it presumably isnt. When that problem is fixed, you should be able to format it. Or you are getting confused and its actually the cdrom drive thats got the E letter in that situation and thats why it wont let you format it. FDisc gives 5 selectios- only one shows E: The letters shown in fdisk arent necessarily the letters you see when booted in the OS. Floppy not in machine. F: CDRom should not have to be used to format . . It may be one way to do what you want if the OS gets confused and decides that the partition you want to format is a network drive. I can set BIOS to boot from F:CDRom WIN98SE CD but why ? Because it may be one way to format that partition. Just watch out tho, the drive letters usually change when you boot from the CD, because Win9x creates a ram drive as part of the process of those boots. Easy to format the wrong drive letter. For christ sake be careful if you arent fully backed up. VERY easy to format the wrong partition in your situation. |
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