Hi
I am trying to update a friend’s old computer by installing a 40 gb hard drive.The problem is the motherboard only sees 8gb as it old.It is a Wintech MP064 running a Pentium 133.I tried to format it with a Win 98 boot disk which it did,but it only sees 8gb.I tried to partition the drive into smaller drives,but it tried to partition the 8gb not the 40 gb.I installed win98 on the 8gb section,but it had problems such as freezing and shutting down when trying to install some programs.I obtained Disk Wizard from Seagate which made the board see the whole 40gb and formatted the drive as 40gb.It then says to insert the OS boot disk that you are going to use(Win98SE in this situation)from which it copies the files.Then it gives the option toinstall the OS from a bootable CD or diskette.I tried from the CD but it did not even read the CD.When I tried to install from the Win 98 boot disk and CD,it would begin to install Win98,but then stop, giving error messages and saying the drive is not formatted properly.
Can anyone please tell me how to make the BIOS see the whole hard drive and have it formatted for Win 98 SE,install Win98 and work without problems or is it not possible.Is the CD not bootable?I get conflicting answers from different people.Any help greatly appreciated
Thanks
Steve
