I have two hard disks: 6.0G and 13G. First I had 6.0G partition to tree partitions ( c=3G (fat32), d=1.5G (fat32), e=1.5G (NTFS)). I have my win98 running on "C", I keep backups on "D" and I install Win2000 on "E". Everything was OK, I create boot menu with win2000 boot loader, no problem booting to win98 or to win2000. When I go to win2000 I can see all partitions "C, D , E", but when I go to win98, I can only see "C and D", no "E" partition ( I guess this is normal because of NTFS format) Anyway, The problem started when I added 13G hard disk. Installed it no problem, then I went to fdisk to partition it. I partition it to 5G, 3G, 5G., reboot system and I went to win2000. In win2000 I still had my original "C,D,E," partitions, plus new ones "F, G, H". Now I format new partitions as follow ( F=5G (fat32) , G=3G (fat32), H=5G (NTSF) ) Everything is OK in win2000, but when I go to win98 I do not see any "NTSF" partitions (which is OK, I guess) , But my "G" (3G (fat32)) partition appears as to partitions: one that shows (free space 1.5G of 3.0G) and the other shows (free space 3.0G of 3.0G). The last partition looks OK to me. The big question is where the first one came from and how do I fix it. Please help Thanks A lot.

Partition Creation & Order of appearances EX: FROM 98 2 HD's PRI HD with 1 PRIMARY PART, AN EXTENDED CONTAINING 2 MORE DRIVE ALL FAT 32'S SEC HD with 1 PRIMARY PART, AN EXTENDED CONTAINING 2 MORE DRIVE ALL FAT 32'S C --> HD 1, PRI PART D --> HD 2, PRI PART E --> HD 1, EXT PART 1 F --> HD 1, EXT PART 2 G --> HD 2, EXT PART 1 H --> HD 2, EXT PART 2 Hope this clarifies the way and order partitions are seen in a system, from either DOS or NT/2K Unless for example like me, i've got 2 HD's (13GB) HD 1 3 PRI PART, 1 EXT (CONTAINING A FEW MORE) If you want PRI PART #3 to be seen physically as C, PRI PART 1 & 2 must be hidden, or it will become E drive Same Rule applies when you have more than 1 PRI parts accross many drives, all PRI PARTS will list first as C, D, E etc, then EXT PARTS, unless you got hidden parts it will skip to the next visible one Also a PRI PART to be bootable EX: W2K, must start in the first 3GB of The HD1 and can finish anywhere all the way to the end of the drive Super Pirahna ICQ: 285145