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    disappearing partitions(another one)

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    by brubaker ·

    got 2 HDD in the box. 1 is a 10GB and the other is a 20GB, the second was added as an option. the machine works fine with out the second HDD. The second id partitioned into 10 2GB Fat drives. Sometimes 3 or 4 of the partitions disapper. Can’t see then in DOS, no virus’ on the machine.Ran anti- virus s/w.The sys/bd is no as the machine works fine with the 10GB HDD.
    The Cmos is ok but there is no settings for the (CHS or the LBA) there is only the size of the drive.
    No additions to the machine other than the 2HDD.
    Can’t even format the drive in NT disk admin not can I run Fdisk from DOS.
    tried flashing the Rom bios and a different Service Paq. made it worse if anything.
    Any Ideas

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    • #3745468

      disappearing partitions(another one)

      by jlshank ·

      In reply to disappearing partitions(another one)

      are both hdd ata66 or 33, is cable compatible with both?

    • #3743487

      disappearing partitions(another one)

      by ebeecher ·

      In reply to disappearing partitions(another one)

      You did set a primary and a secondary drive jumper. I’ve ran into cases where two drives from different manufacturers simply will not work together. Does the 20 GB drive work correctly if it’s the only drive in the system? The cable could be bad.

    • #3743440

      disappearing partitions(another one)

      by archer174 ·

      In reply to disappearing partitions(another one)

      I have had similiar problems in the past and have found that if the jumpers are set correctly and a format or fdisk don’t seem to work then the best solution can be a zero-fill.( low level format ) These are included in the bios on some machines andalso can usually be found on the manufacturer’s website. If your bios is not autodetecting the drive as being lba, it may not be set that way. You can do this in a low level format.

      • #3750804

        disappearing partitions(another one)

        by brubaker ·

        In reply to disappearing partitions(another one)

        as most people has suggested – check the jumpers. all connections and settings are corrct

    • #3744363

      disappearing partitions(another one)

      by rgravelle ·

      In reply to disappearing partitions(another one)

      I would first check the drive jumpers.Some
      drives have a problem existing together.I
      would go to the manufacturers of the drives
      and check what they say about marying two
      drives.Next if your bios supports it,go to
      the first page of your bios, scroll down to
      the first hard drive and see if it has an
      auto function(click on the first item)then
      go to the other end of the line and do the
      same.repeat for the second drive and re-boot.You bios should tell you what drives
      and what make are on your machine in the reboot process.If you get that far then
      fdisk should be able to tell you what is going on.

    • #3744361

      disappearing partitions(another one)

      by rgravelle ·

      In reply to disappearing partitions(another one)

      I would first check the drive jumpers.Some
      drives have a problem existing together.I
      would go to the manufacturers of the drives
      and check what they say about marying two
      drives.Next if your bios supports it,go to
      the first page of your bios, scroll down to
      the first hard drive and see if it has an
      auto function(click on the first item)then
      go to the other end of the line and do the
      same.repeat for the second drive and re-boot.You bios should tell you what drives
      and what make are on your machine in the reboot process.If you get that far then
      fdisk should be able to tell you what is going on.

    • #3755722

      disappearing partitions(another one)

      by john.j.shelton ·

      In reply to disappearing partitions(another one)

      Apparently the setings are correct but my ?? is what operating system you planning to use?? Dos, Win 95/98/or NT??Dos and non LBA is going to force you into max 2GB sections and NT will only let you have a max 4GB primary boot partition but extendedcan be any size you want. Otherwise you must enable LBA either by systems settings or when yoiu load the os and fdisk the drives. Are these new HDD? or used?? If used what was the prev. os??

    • #3755529

      disappearing partitions(another one)

      by brubaker ·

      In reply to disappearing partitions(another one)

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