name Look at the link jboy gave in his posting. Derek.W

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There is a M$ fix posted at the bottom of "jboy" link. Other, then that, I don't know about any fdisk limitation: The FDISK program that ships with Windows 98 has a drive size calculation problem because of some 16-bit values internally to calculate the size of the drive. Some of these variables overflow when the drive size is equal to or larger than 64GB and then display the drive size minus 64GB. The FDISK program also has a maximum drive size limit of 512GB. Microsoft suggests that FDISK not be used to partition hard drives larger than 512GB and that a third-party program be used instead. Microsoft has made a fix available for this problem, which is an updated version of FDISK.exe. After updating your old FDISK program, you should have this file information: File Date Time Stamp File Size File Name Windows Version -- 05/19/00 10:30AM 64,428 Fdisk.exe Windows 98 05/18/00 08:35AM 64,460 Fdisk.exe Windows 98 SE Download the new FDISK.exe fix (English) here or go to their support page: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q263044

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On my website (Homepage link) under the section titled "Working with Large sized Hard Drives, especially 127 GB or bigger", you will find all the relevant information on fdisk including links back to original Microsoft articles. It has also got information on hard drive limits. Hope it helps. ___________________________________________ ☺ When everything else fails, read the instructions.

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ok, i got the fix from microsoft and installed it. now i have the new version in c:/windowa/command. however, i'm trying to make a bootdisk to format and partition a new hd. so should i copy the new fdisk i downloaded and replace the one on the bootdisk with it? thanks

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I am running Win98SE with an 80 gig Seagate harddrive setup up using the fdisk that came with Win98SE (unless it was upgraded by Windows Update). I had no problems and this was done about a year ago. You will need fdisk on your boot floopy though obviously. "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I took the one less travelled by, And that has made all the difference." Frost

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Yes Andy, if you update fdisk on your windows install, you should also update the fdisk.exe on your startup (boot) disk. ___________________________________________ ☺ When everything else fails, read the instructions.

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