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by elisman

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i have a problems. i formatted my HDD few hours ago. then i run fdisk to make the partition becomes 3 rather than i like before. i have done all the stages, but i made a silly human error. i forgot to set the active partition. after i exit the fdisk, i realize that i haven't set the active partition, so i want to go to fdisk once again. but then i got error message saying that no fixed drive present. i don't know what to do since i am a computer literate. can someone help me?

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by cg it

reboot. changes made with fdisk to not take effect until you reboot your computer.

when you run fdisk, and choose to create a primary dos partition, fdisk will prompt you with "create a primary dos partition and make it active? y for yes n for no if you chose y then fdisk will create the partition and make it active. However like I mentioned, you must reboot your computer for the changes to take effect.

by randalbin

If you are going to fdisk your drive you should delete any existing partitions first. Once this is done you can create a primary dos partition and, as has already been stated, this primary partition will be set active by default.

When you exit fdisk you will be told that you must reboot for changes to take effect.

You will also have to format your c:\ drive again after creating the partition in fdisk. The partition must exist BEFORE it can be formatted.

by skidoggeruk

If fdisk is saying it does not recognise any hard drive present, check your hardware and BIOS. Are the data and power leads connected correctly and soundly to the HDD? If you have multiple drives, are jumpers set correctly? Check that your BIOS has discovered or has retained your drive settings.

by georgian3000

this message indicate the problem with the HDD connection. so plz open the system case and cheak the physical connection.then run fdisk ,running fdisk multiple time wount efect you PC.so plz cheak that
Tharun

by hughiemcginley

for one who is supposidly computer illerate you did well to try FDISK.
restart you pc then go into the bios see if the hdd is part of the ide configuration
1 if it is reboot and do fdisk again but make you primary partition active ( 2 on fdisk)
2 if the hdd is not there open the pc check the cable and power if ther is no move you need a new drive sorry.

by lord ago 1

As mentioned above, check your BIOS and connections/settings/jumpers. Get Partition Star. That one can help you redo your partitions, format, and set an active partition. Also note that even though this program has helped me out in a large number of cases, it's a DOS based program. It can't really work too well with larger hard drives. Well, not the formatting anyway!! But the partitioning worked fine!!! Just use something like Max Blast or equivalent.
Anyhow, it makes it pretty easy to work with/fix partition mistakes.
Have Fun!!!

by logosophy

Either boot from a floppy or cd. Then access fdisk once again. Set active partition. Boot control should be enabled in the bios as to whether the hd is primary boot, cdrom, or floppy. Take your pick. Also ensure that fdisk is on a floppy or cd for access before you start.

by jkaturebe

man, dont worry.

It seams now you comoute cant see the hard drive. Boot from a floppy drive or a windows 98 bootable cd. At the prompt go through the excercise of partitioning again. But on the first stage select, 4 to display partition information. On the list displayed select make partition active, and selct 1 to make c acxtive and bootable. Note, all you have done will take effect after you have restarted the machine then formt all the three partitions you have made.

good luck

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