Oh - for crying out loud !!! 120gig won't format . . .

post-it · Post by **post-it** » Sat May 31, 2003 10:56 am

512meg ( single ) RAM . . . . . sure wish this board had an Edit button >_<

kthulhu · Post by **kthulhu** » Sat May 31, 2003 4:28 pm

Have you tried partitioning it into smaller partitions? And what does FDISK say about the drive?

Anime2Envy · Post by **Anime2Envy** » Sat May 31, 2003 4:33 pm

I would recommend that you reinstall 2000/XP Pro, and running windows update to get all the service packs. Then check the manufactures websites to get all the newest drivers for your hardware. Next install any Codecs you use on your comp. Once all this is done run WMP and your choice of another media player (I like MV2 player, you can get it at download.com) with a DivX file, an AVI (non-DivX), and an MPEG1 file. Be sure to take notes on what file types are out of sync. If you are only having problems with one file type it will be much easier to trouble shoot.

Good luck.

Eek-1 · Post by **Eek-1** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 4:30 am

I heard that win9x fdisk has a bug that I can't partition HD correctly over 60GB. You should use other partition manager.

Pwolf · Post by **Pwolf** » Fri Jun 06, 2003 2:05 am

I had no problem formating my 120gb Western Digital with fdisk. I am guessing the problem is in the motherboard, but thats a guess : /

Pwolf

Kracus · Post by **Kracus** » Thu Jun 26, 2003 9:15 am

I don't think the OS has anything to do with your problem (I'd say maxtor just cause I don't like them, but anyway...) My friend uses 98 SE and he has a 120 and 40 or 60 gig in his comp and they ran fine.

paizuri · Post by **paizuri** » Thu Jun 26, 2003 10:49 am

There's an fdisk bug that limits the partition sizes using FAT16 and FAT32 file systems (like Win95 and Win98). I forget what the limits are, but if you have a drive over 64 GB you won't be able to use fdisk to partition the entire thing.

If you bought the retail version of the hard disk (as opposed to an OEM version), it should've come with a disk from the manufacturer that has proprietary software which you can use to partition the drive to its full capacity.

fonque · Post by **fonque** » Fri Aug 15, 2003 10:41 am

FAT16 limit 32gig
FAT32 limit 137gig

If you are on WIN 98 SE you should not be running into any limit problems with a 120 gig drive.

If Fdisk gives your problems, have your tried not using fdisk and just let the windows installacion cd do the formatting for you. Thats what i did and it worked fine. But obviously if you do it that way you will end up with one big 120 gig partition.

I would do it that way and then see if you can get your hands on a copy of partition magic. It is a much better program to use than fdisk. mostly cuz it can write partitions on the fly while windows is running.

NicholasDWolfwood · Post by **NicholasDWolfwood** » Fri Aug 15, 2003 1:42 pm

fonque wrote:FAT16 limit 32gig
FAT32 limit 137gig

If you are on WIN 98 SE you should not be running into any limit problems with a 120 gig drive.

If Fdisk gives your problems, have your tried not using fdisk and just let the windows installacion cd do the formatting for you. Thats what i did and it worked fine. But obviously if you do it that way you will end up with one big 120 gig partition.

I would do it that way and then see if you can get your hands on a copy of partition magic. It is a much better program to use than fdisk. mostly cuz it can write partitions on the fly while windows is running.

That 137GB limit also goes for NTFS unless you have 48bit LBA enabled (XP SP1/2K SP2)

fonque · Post by **fonque** » Fri Aug 15, 2003 2:08 pm

you mean NTFS me thinks

NTFS5 (XP,2K and NT with SP4 i think) does not have that limit