Computer Problems? Computing.Net has over 1,000,000 posts about all things technology related! Over 90% answered within 24 hours! Click here to start participating now! Also, be sure to check out the New User Guide.
FDISK
Name: XP USER Date: July 27, 2002 at 19:15:33 Pacific
Comment:
Hi, i know this dosent have much to do with xp but could anybody give me some help on how to use fdisk. I have a 20gb hdd and wou;ld like to make it 2 10gbs all with the fat32 file system.
http://fdisk.radified.com/ Don't forget that fdisk is going to erase your hard drive.
0
Response Number 2
Name: xpadvisor Date: July 27, 2002 at 19:50:21 Pacific
Reply:
Win98 or Me boot disk. Shoul dboot to A:\ drive. Choose large disk support and CD-Rom Sup[port when prompted. At A:\ type fdisk Then set primary and and partition at 10 Gb or 10000 Kb. Then Set extended and make a logical drive for the whole space left. Reboot. At A:\ type format C: /s then do the same to D:\. Install Win 98 or ?? to the C:\ cd e: {or what Cd-rom drive is)setup---Enter key. best i can do with minimal info. Good luck
0
Response Number 3
Name: DaveM Date: July 27, 2002 at 20:25:18 Pacific
Reply:
You will have to reinstall everything after using fdisk so be sure to have at least one (or more) good backups before you start.
Personally, I would use Partition Magic to do this so that there would be no data loss. After the partitioning is done with this method, you could move your data using Partition Magic.
An alternative would be to use Norton Ghost before the fdisk and then you could reinstall an exact image in very little time after you have finished. If your present drive has over 10gig of data and programs, the Ghost would not work because the image would be larger than your new partitions.
0
Response Number 4
Name: Xena Date: July 28, 2002 at 01:30:31 Pacific
Reply:
You could write the images to CD-R. Have not had a problem yet, only took 2 cds.
Summary: Hi, I have a sony laptop with windows-XP installation. I would like to partition it for installing linux as well. Looks like the fdisk.exe for dos does not work on this. Can some one please tell me ho...
Summary: Can you use FDISK to show the partions of the drive? The reason I ask is because I just installed a new hard drive (4GB) on the G: drive. When I use an old FDISK, it does not show the G: drive on the ...
Summary: Which is better to use. The bootable Windows Xp upgrade CD to format, delete, partition, and install a clean install or fdisk to do the same. I have both ...