10GB C: Drive Not Seen With W98 Boot Floppy

Either a utility like PartitionMagic or you can reformat it with your W98
disk. The latter would WIPE OUT the hard drive.

Either way, back up critical information first.

Tom
"Dave" wrote in message
...
I will look. If it is NTFS, what would it take to re-format it as FAT32?


"Tom Scales" wrote in message
...
Ah, W2K.

Is the hard drive formatted as NTFS? Right click on the drive and
choose
properties.

If it is, the drive 'won't exist' to a W98 boot floppy.

Tom
"Dave" wrote in message
...
It's Win2000.


"mike" wrote in message
...
Dave wrote:
g Yes, I guess 10MB would be a pretty small HDD today.

I should have mentioned that the HDD is working with an installed
OS
now,
but I intend to start fresh with a clean install. It is seen and
functional
from Windows. Why it isn't seen after booting with a W98 boot
floppy
is
puzzling.

What's the current operating system?
Unless it uses FAT16 or FAT32, your floppy won't be able to read it.
mike


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Thanks Tom. I see it is NTFS, though I thought the drive would be
recognized as existing when I booted from the floppy and that I just
wouldn't be able to read anything from it. I have another system with one
drive that is NTFS so maybe I'll boot it with the floppy and see if it
behaves the same.

Thanks.

Dave


"Tom Scales" wrote in message
...
Either a utility like PartitionMagic or you can reformat it with your W98
disk. The latter would WIPE OUT the hard drive.

Either way, back up critical information first.

Tom
"Dave" wrote in message
...
I will look. If it is NTFS, what would it take to re-format it as
FAT32?


"Tom Scales" wrote in message
...
Ah, W2K.

Is the hard drive formatted as NTFS? Right click on the drive and
choose
properties.

If it is, the drive 'won't exist' to a W98 boot floppy.

Tom
"Dave" wrote in message
...
It's Win2000.


"mike" wrote in message
...
Dave wrote:
g Yes, I guess 10MB would be a pretty small HDD today.

I should have mentioned that the HDD is working with an
installed
OS
now,
but I intend to start fresh with a clean install. It is seen
and
functional
from Windows. Why it isn't seen after booting with a W98 boot
floppy
is
puzzling.

What's the current operating system?
Unless it uses FAT16 or FAT32, your floppy won't be able to read
it.
mike


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It will.....
"Dave" wrote in message
...
Thanks Tom. I see it is NTFS, though I thought the drive would be
recognized as existing when I booted from the floppy and that I just
wouldn't be able to read anything from it. I have another system with one
drive that is NTFS so maybe I'll boot it with the floppy and see if it
behaves the same.

Thanks.

Dave


"Tom Scales" wrote in message
...
Either a utility like PartitionMagic or you can reformat it with your
W98
disk. The latter would WIPE OUT the hard drive.

Either way, back up critical information first.

Tom
"Dave" wrote in message
...
I will look. If it is NTFS, what would it take to re-format it as
FAT32?


"Tom Scales" wrote in message
...
Ah, W2K.

Is the hard drive formatted as NTFS? Right click on the drive and
choose
properties.

If it is, the drive 'won't exist' to a W98 boot floppy.

Tom
"Dave" wrote in message
...
It's Win2000.


"mike" wrote in message
...
Dave wrote:
g Yes, I guess 10MB would be a pretty small HDD today.

I should have mentioned that the HDD is working with an
installed
OS
now,
but I intend to start fresh with a clean install. It is seen
and
functional
from Windows. Why it isn't seen after booting with a W98 boot
floppy
is
puzzling.

What's the current operating system?
Unless it uses FAT16 or FAT32, your floppy won't be able to read
it.
mike


--
Return address is VALID.
Wanted, 12.1" LCD for Gateway Solo 5300. Samsung LT121SU-121
Bunch of stuff For Sale and Wanted at the link below.
Compaq Aero floppy,ram,battery.
FT-212RH 2-meter 45W transceiver. 2-meter linear
Toshiba & Compaq LiIon Batteries, Test Equipment
30pS pulser, Tektronix Concept Books, spot welding head...
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Monitor/4710/

Correct you are.

Thanks.


"Tom Scales" wrote in message
...
It will.....
"Dave" wrote in message
...
Thanks Tom. I see it is NTFS, though I thought the drive would be
recognized as existing when I booted from the floppy and that I just
wouldn't be able to read anything from it. I have another system with
one
drive that is NTFS so maybe I'll boot it with the floppy and see if it
behaves the same.

Thanks.

Dave


"Tom Scales" wrote in message
...
Either a utility like PartitionMagic or you can reformat it with your
W98
disk. The latter would WIPE OUT the hard drive.

Either way, back up critical information first.

Tom
"Dave" wrote in message
...
I will look. If it is NTFS, what would it take to re-format it as
FAT32?


"Tom Scales" wrote in message
...
Ah, W2K.

Is the hard drive formatted as NTFS? Right click on the drive and
choose
properties.

If it is, the drive 'won't exist' to a W98 boot floppy.

Tom
"Dave" wrote in message
...
It's Win2000.


"mike" wrote in message
...
Dave wrote:
g Yes, I guess 10MB would be a pretty small HDD today.

I should have mentioned that the HDD is working with an
installed
OS
now,
but I intend to start fresh with a clean install. It is
seen
and
functional
from Windows. Why it isn't seen after booting with a W98
boot
floppy
is
puzzling.

What's the current operating system?
Unless it uses FAT16 or FAT32, your floppy won't be able to
read
it.
mike


--
Return address is VALID.
Wanted, 12.1" LCD for Gateway Solo 5300. Samsung LT121SU-121
Bunch of stuff For Sale and Wanted at the link below.
Compaq Aero floppy,ram,battery.
FT-212RH 2-meter 45W transceiver. 2-meter linear
Toshiba & Compaq LiIon Batteries, Test Equipment
30pS pulser, Tektronix Concept Books, spot welding head...
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Monitor/4710/

"Dave" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the suggestions. BIOS shows 10GB. No special jumper
settings.

Dave


"terry_b17" wrote in
message
...
hi,
have you gone into setup and checked the size listed for the
drive ?
if it has ddo software installed it will be less than the 8 gb
limit
in the bios but after it boots the full size is available . a
regular boot disk doesn't install the overlay so the drive is not
recognized . you could also check the jumpers to see if they are
set
to special settings for the ddo software .
hope this helps ,
terry

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You have to use FDisk to remove the non-DOS partition, then you can
create DOS partition. After the partitioning and reboot, you can
format the drive. You cannot format an unrecognized drive. It has
not drive letter.

--
Earl F. Parrish