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First post, by iraklis777

Posted on 2021-01-17, 19:26

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good evening to all,

iam using windows 98 start up disk to partition and format an old 160gb ide maxtor hard drive in order to install windows98.
the hard drive is unformated ,
i enter the fdisk utility
i give the command to create primary dos parition,
when the program tries to check disk integity,
the checker goes from 0 to 4% and back to 0% back to 4 and all the time same story.
disk is ok , tested.

my system is the following:
epox mu-3vsa motherboard
p3 933mhz
512mb sdram
160gb maxtor ide disk
ide dvd rom
nvidia 6200 le agp
soundblaster awe 64

where is the problem? can you help me?

Reply 1 of 4, by Akuma

Posted on 2021-01-17, 20:02

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I think there is a 137gb limit , try creating 2 partitions.
eg: 40+120 or 80+80 or 135+25

Reply 2 of 4, by PD2JK

Posted on 2021-01-17, 20:04

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The disk is too big for good old fdisk.
You could format the disk with a Windows XP setup disc, after the format, abort the setup and resume the OS setup of your choice.

2nd option:
Does the disk have a 32GB limit jumper? Try that and see what happens.

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Reply 3 of 4, by iraklis777

Posted on 2021-01-17, 20:15

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done it with hiren boot cd partition tools,
disk has been partitioned and formated to fat 32 with acronis disk director.
i made one big partition of 120gb (my mb has 127gb limit on ide controller)
and i left all the other 32gb of space unallocated.
win 98 setup done a drive error check and a surface test, fixing some errors and all good after several hours.
my old damaged p4 motherboard done win98 fdisk with same hard drive just fine to all 160gb of space.
with p3 board does not.

Reply 4 of 4, by ZeCHoW

Posted on 2021-01-17, 20:21

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Once I had probles with power supply. Couldn't get disk to work. Turned out power supply had leaked capacitor. Once I changed power supply, everythink started to work normaly.

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