formatting

Is this a new drive?

Or, are you simply re-formatting the drive?

These instructions are for a NEW drive using W98 or Me.

Install the drive as the Primary master, or a single drive connected as Primary master.
(check the jumpers on the backof the drive, some drives have different jumper configurations when used as a single drive as compared to master with slave present)

Boot the PC from a W98 or Me "startup" disk.

Run the command fdisk /mbr from the DOS prompt.

Run the command fdisk
Say yes to enable large hard drive support.
Partition the drive as desired.
If you plan to use this as a slave drive (D:), you might want to partition the drive as an extended DOS partition.

There is a good article on partition strategyat www.aumha.org

For more details on the fdisk command, check out www.fdisk.com/fdisk

After partitioning the drive, exit fdisk, and re-boot.

If you are going to use the drive as a boot drive (C:) and set up a primary DOS partition, you can make the hard drive bootable.
Use the command format C: /s

Otherwise, use the command format c:

As long as you used a W98 or W Me startup disk, and enabled large hard drive support when you ran fdisk, the drive should be formatted as a FAT32 volume.

Chas

This is VERY simple
1. make a win98 startup disk
2. put it in your floppy drive
3. restart your computer
4. when the floppy boots to the command line type
format c:
5. it will ask if you are sure type y
6. wait
7. name the volume
8. use fdisk on the startup disk to creat a partition

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