HD problem

Vheox · 01-15-2003, 01:20 PM

I bought a WD 60Gb HD a while back, and lent it to a friend for a LAN party cos his broke down. He installed XP on it. Now I put it back in my computer, with windows 98SE, and its become a 15Gb! Under DOS the HD is a WD60, but under windows its a 15... any ideas?

ralexand88 · 01-15-2003, 01:36 PM

I wasn't doing anything so I decided to take a stab at your question. Wasn't there a 15GB barrier for the old version for fdisk. But if fdisk reognizes it, I have no idea why it would work out the way it has. If I think of more, I will post.

traveler · 01-15-2003, 01:43 PM

Vheox, why not just put the Western Digital EZ-Install disk in the a drive and and fix it that way? Ghost your previous image data onto it and you're back where you started before the lending out of the hd. It seems your friend left XP only NTFS on the drive.

Baud · 01-15-2003, 01:46 PM

If your friend choose for NTFS when partitionning, I wonder if win98 is aware of the formatted space.

traveler · 01-15-2003, 02:04 PM

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Originally posted by Baud
If your friend choose for NTFS when partitionning, I wonder if win98 is aware of the formatted space.

Win98 won't even know it's there.

ric65041 · 01-15-2003, 10:32 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Baud
If your friend choose for NTFS when partitionning, I wonder if win98 is aware of the formatted space.

Win98 does not recognise the NTFS file system!

Vheox · 01-16-2003, 12:41 PM

Well it recognises a 15Gb under windows. I tried to format it and it didnt change anything, and I cant partition it.

I've been looking around and I can't find the disquette for my WD HD. I'm going to install XP this weekend anyway, so that might fix the problem.

Logan_abx · 01-16-2003, 12:48 PM

With the Western Digital drives, there is a utility that writes out a boot sector on the drive that remaps the Int-13 routine (HD read/write) to handle >15GB drives. This was originally something like EZ-Drive, but was integrated into their Data Lifeguard utilities. To get a version of this to write to disketted, go to http://support.wdc.com/download/dlg/...tall_10_0.exe. Burn the disk, boot it, and tell it you are installing a new drive. It'll run tests, and write out the boot information it needs.

Baud · 01-16-2003, 01:50 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ric65041
Win98 does not recognise the NTFS file system!

I didn't talk about win98 recognizing NTFS, but about recognizing the formatted space (as unavailable or used by an unknown file system for instance)

Blackbart777 · 01-18-2003, 04:54 PM

Just use your emergency boot disk, fdisk your drive and re format with fat 32. it will erase the NTFS and you will have the whole drive available again

01-15-2003, 01:20 PM	#1
Vheox MS Live Meeting Support Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 1,467	HD problem I bought a WD 60Gb HD a while back, and lent it to a friend for a LAN party cos his broke down. He installed XP on it. Now I put it back in my computer, with windows 98SE, and its become a 15Gb! Under DOS the HD is a WD60, but under windows its a 15... any ideas?
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01-15-2003, 01:36 PM	#2
ralexand88 Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 199	I wasn't doing anything so I decided to take a stab at your question. Wasn't there a 15GB barrier for the old version for fdisk. But if fdisk reognizes it, I have no idea why it would work out the way it has. If I think of more, I will post.
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01-15-2003, 01:43 PM	#3
traveler Where to next? Join Date: May 2001 Location: South Florida Posts: 18,178	Vheox, why not just put the Western Digital EZ-Install disk in the a drive and and fix it that way? Ghost your previous image data onto it and you're back where you started before the lending out of the hd. It seems your friend left XP only NTFS on the drive.
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01-15-2003, 01:46 PM	#4
Baud Member LOL Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Brussels, Belgium Posts: 927	If your friend choose for NTFS when partitionning, I wonder if win98 is aware of the formatted space.
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01-16-2003, 12:41 PM	#7
Vheox MS Live Meeting Support Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 1,467	Well it recognises a 15Gb under windows. I tried to format it and it didnt change anything, and I cant partition it. I've been looking around and I can't find the disquette for my WD HD. I'm going to install XP this weekend anyway, so that might fix the problem.
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01-16-2003, 12:48 PM	#8
Logan_abx Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Blue Ridge Mountains, VA Posts: 384	EZ-Drive With the Western Digital drives, there is a utility that writes out a boot sector on the drive that remaps the Int-13 routine (HD read/write) to handle >15GB drives. This was originally something like EZ-Drive, but was integrated into their Data Lifeguard utilities. To get a version of this to write to disketted, go to http://support.wdc.com/download/dlg/...tall_10_0.exe. Burn the disk, boot it, and tell it you are installing a new drive. It'll run tests, and write out the boot information it needs.
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01-18-2003, 04:54 PM	#10
Blackbart777 Brrrrrrrr!!!! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Calgary, Alberta Canada Posts: 66	Just use your emergency boot disk, fdisk your drive and re format with fat 32. it will erase the NTFS and you will have the whole drive available again __________________ When All Else Fails......Read the Instructions!
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