I have a Maxtor 6.1 GB hard drive (Model 86480D6) that was partitioned and formatted on an NT machine. (It was used as a second drive, the primary slave, on that NT machine.) It has, as partition #1, an Extended DOS partition that uses 100% of the drive’s capacity. I would like to remove this partition, reformat the drive, and use it in a new Win95 machine. Using a Win95(b) boot disk I cannot remove this partition. I get a prompt, “Cannot delete Extended DOS partition while logical drive exists”. However, there is no logical drive listed. No matter what I’ve tried, I can’t remove this partition, or get Win95 to format and use the drive. I’ve also tried to boot on a DOS disk, but with the same results.
DOes anyone know how to remove thispartition so I can use it for a new Win95(b) installation? I DO NOT have acccess to an NT machine to address this problem, so that is not an option. I DO NOT want to buy any software, such as “Partition Magic”, so that is not an option. I could not find any disk utility on the Maxtor WEB site, so don’t suggest that unless you provide a SPECIFIC link to download a utility. I’m open to other options. Any ideas?
jr
