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Midzuki, I don't understand what's meant by "BTW, what makes you think that a Windows 98 DOS 7.1 boot diskette would be more suitable for your current problem than a Windows ME DOS 8.0 floppy" since I've not said anything about any DOS floppy. Once Win98 is setup, all other partitions/drives can be either FAT32 or NTFS, but Win98 will not recognize any NTFS partitions/drives. Would be more suitable for your current problem than a Windows ME DOS 8.0 floppyĭarrellS, Win2k doesn't have to be installed FAT32 when installed dual boot with Win98. N = ? creates a ? x 512 = ? bytes (? bytes : 1024 = ? KB) cluster.īTW, what makes you think that a Windows 98 DOS 7.1 boot diskette N = 2 creates a 1024 bytes (1 KB) cluster n = number of sectors per cluster multiplied by 512 = cluster size in bytes. Meaning:ĭrive: = your hard drive letter (C:, D:, etc). WARNING: DO NOT use these two FORMAT switches TOGETHER on ANY drive!įORMAT /Z:n formats a FAT32 drive with a cluster size of n times 512 bytes.
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WARNING: You can NOT UNFORMAT a disk formatted using the /U option!įORMAT /SELECT /U This particular combination of FORMAT.COM parameters makes a disk: This FORMAT /U parameter performs an UNCONDITIONAL format, which DESTROYS every byte of data on a disk by overwriting it with. Those drive utilities are great for adding or replacing drives to a Windows system, but surely there should be an easier way for new systems with no OS!įORMAT /s = prepares a partition or disk to make it active or bootable.įORMAT /mbr = creates a new boot sector and should only be used as a last resort.įORMAT /U = Does a unconditional format, so do the SYS C: to get system files - then a through scandisk to fix any errors.
#Linux media center os partition size Pc
The easiest way I could think to get drives partitioned they way I wanted for the new PC was to connect drives as slave to another PC and use Seagate drive utility to create partitions desired.
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Luckily I had photos and other important files and documents backed up on DVD plus on another PC.
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I had also tried creating 5GB Primary partition on both drives anyway and tried to install Win98 that failed because Setup tried to install on Slave drive (then recognized as drive 1), and Win98 will not install on a slave drive.
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This wasn't realized until after Slave drive was repartitioned resulting in loss of Ghost image files stored there causing me to have to reinstall Win98 and Win2k and all apps from scratch which is still in progress. showed Slave as drive 1 and Master as drvie 2. Is there a DOS or Win98 partitioning utility that shows correct drive space and allows multiple drives per partition?Īnother problem caused by these issues is that Fdisk screwed up and reversed Slave and Master drives, i.e. have drive prep utilities, but they only work from Windows which is of no use for new systems with no OS.
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Boot to Win2k install CD shows correct drive space and has options only to create partitions and create 1 drive per partition but has no option to create 2 or more drives per partition. Just tried installing Win98 in a new dual boot system with Win2k for which Win98 must be installed first, but Fdisk shows only 10GB total space for 80GB drive and only 20GB total space for 160GB drive.