Windows Cannot read 27gig drive?

I am running 2 Physical drives
#1 is 8gig #2 is 27 gig
#1 is partitioned 6gig/2gig (Drive c / e)
Win2k is on e: win98 is on c: win2k can see and read c: and see’s d: (the 27gig drive) but think’s it’s a 7.84gig drive and every tim i try to accessit it tells me that it needs to be formatted,. if i try to format the drive win2k tells me the drive is defective,. in win98 the drive shows up and works perfectly,. (not after i attempt to format it in win2k)
All I want is to be able to read the drive in both win98 and win2k I have tried Installing win2k in both ntfs AND Fat32
It is currently in fat32 And I Perfer it that way,. any help would be great thanks in advance