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July 2, 2001 at 03:52 AM
dr. strange

Partitioning my Hard Drive

by dr. strange . Updated 24 years, 11 months ago

Hi, I need help:

I have an IBM 17.5GB SCSI HDD (DNES-318350W) w/ Adaptec SCSI controller. MB: FIC SD11 (latest BIOS). I first make a 3.5GB part, and install Win98. I then upgrade to Me, and then I try to partition the remaining free space to be utilized (can’t install Win98 if I make the 1st part over 7.5Gig!!) When I use FDISK to make the parts, and try booting up again, I get the following message that freezes WinMe/98: Warning, Logical drives past Z esist and will be ignored. Overflow error. When trying to boot from a DOS Boot disk, I get such errors as: “Divide by 0 error”. I can’t even format the drives after FDISK, let alone boot into Win! I’ve tried using Part magic, but it doesn’t help. It reads my current drive as 17.5G of FREE SPACE, and if I start from scratch: I can’t even make FAT parts w/ it (v. 3.04.285). Anyone fix a prob like this?

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