i was going to put in a 80 gig drive and run win 98 on my other computer,but when i tried to save cmos settings it locked up -its an abit board i wonder why this has never happned on maybe 40 computers ive had ill never buy abit again unless i can figure this out in fdisk it wanted to use the old setting for my 10 gig drive

For an 80 gig drive you'd need the updated fdisk or the ME version. The original 98 fdisk won't see a drive properly above about 64 gig. That may be why it's showing at about 10 gig. Also make sure its setting in cmos is at AUTO. The freezing could be bad RAM, cpu, motherboard or bios.

ok thanks so with an me bootdisc i could create a 64 c partition and then go back and let the remainder be drive d ?stupid me i dont even own an me bootdisc

For a drive larger than about 64 gig, 98 fdisk will only see the difference between the actual size and 64 gig. So an 80 gig drive will show 10-15 gig, depending on how the bytes are measured (binary or decimal). With the ME version you could create any sized partition up to the drive capacity. I just replace the 98 defrag with the ME defrag on my bootdisk. There should be some download sites for it. I think Mesich had it on his site. Or I could probably email it.

Hi steppenwolf1, DAVEINCAPS, hello everyone, There is a Win98 bootdisk at the bottom of the Freeware Page that contains Fdisk for drives 64GB or larger. It also contains Delpart. Best Regards and Wishes, Mesich, Webmaster of mesich.com Currently stored on a temporary webhost.

Hello everyone, Ooops, sorry about the link. Here it is. Best Regards and Wishes, Mesich, Webmaster of mesich.com Currently stored on a temporary webhost.

"I just replace the 98 defrag with the ME defrag on my bootdisk." Typo, right? (Just for future readers of the post.) It's a good day when you learn something