fdisk problem

[goblinwarrior]

i have a computer i was gonna upgrade from 95 to 98.i formatted c drive and didnt partition the drive so now i can't setup 98 every time you type fdisk on a: prompt is says no fixed disk.i used a partition recovery device from www.ntfs.com and now it says run time error r6003 integer divide by 0

[slipshod]

Try wiping the drive using this (http://dban.sourceforge.net/) program, It will take awhile using the short version.

Win95 is FAT16 while Win98 is FAT32. You may want to try using fdisk first using a Win98 Boot Disk and then formatting afterwards with the same Win98 boot disk.

[pinman]

i have a computer i was gonna upgrade from 95 to 98.i formatted c drive and didnt partition the drive so now i can't setup 98 every time you type fdisk on a: prompt is says no fixed disk.i used a partition recovery device from www.ntfs.com (http://www.ntfs.com/) and now it says run time error r6003 integer divide by 0What is your source of fdisk.It should always run,that message might indicate a bad hard drive,start there.
ntfs is not for W98,forget that.W98 is Fat32.This might be your biggest problem.
You need a W98 startup disk,can you borrow one ?
Why do you think you need a partition "suddenly"
But answer this first:
How did you post this and on what OS ?
:dizzy:

[goblinwarrior]

i am using a windows xp.my source of fdisk is win 98se bootdisk from bootdisk.com.
thx

[pinman]

i am using a windows xp.my source of fdisk is win 98se bootdisk from bootdisk.com.
thxNo wonder but if you can use XP Why is this a problem ?
What W98 cd do you have ? Is this a 2nd PC.All this is important.But my oh my here you are with XP haveing 98 problems,don't get it.
:eek:

[slipshod]

If the version of Win.98SE that you have is a full version you can do a complete install from the CD.

But if it is an upgrade you will need an earlier version of Windows to show it when asked for a compliance check, Such as Win95 or 3.1 you get the idea.

OK here is what you need to do.

First go here http://www.drd.dyndns.org/index2.html and download the Win98SE boot disk.

Put a new floppy in the drive and double click the file that you downloaded and it will create a new boot disk for you.

Boot to this new floppy.

When the Win98 Boot Floppy is almost done it should tell you what your CD Drive letter is on one of the last few lines.

Type in fdisk then enter.

Select 4.

If you have two drives listed but only one hard drive in the machine then you have created two partitions on your hard drive.

So we'll try the updated Fdisk and then format afterwards.

Follow this carefully................

In this example we are removing two partitions from a hard drive. There is one primary DOS partition (C: ) and one Extended DOS partition with a Logical DOS drive (D: ) on it. When removing partitions it is best to remove them in this order:
Logical DOS Drive
Extended DOS Partition
Primary DOS Partition

Below are the complete instructions to walk you through the process of removing existing partitions on your hard drive.

1.) Insert the Startup/Boot disk in the floppy disk drive, restart your computer. When the Microsoft Windows 98/95 Startup menu is displayed, select the Start computer without CD-ROM support menu option, and then press Enter.
At a command prompt, type fdisk, and then press Enter.

2.) The first screen you will see will ask you - Do you wish to enable large disk support?

Press Y and then press Enter. This will enable the FAT32 file system

3.) After you press Enter, the following fdisk Options menu is displayed:


1 Create DOS partition or Logical DOS Drive
2 Set active partition
3 Delete partition or Logical DOS Drive
4 Display partition information
5 Change current fixed disk drive

**Note** that the 5th option is available only if you have two physical hard disks in the computer.

4.) Press 3 to select the Delete partition or Logical DOS Drive menu option, and then press Enter.

5.) After you press Enter, the following fdisk Options menu is displayed:

Delete Primary DOS Partition
Delete Extended DOS Partition
Delete Logical DOS Drive(s) in the Extended DOS Partition
Delete Non-DOS Partition

6.) Press 3 to select Delete Logical DOS Drive(s) in the Extended DOS Partition menu option, and then press Enter.

7.) After you press Enter, you will get the following sentence: What drive do you want to delete. Press Z and then press Enter. **Note** Z represents the drive letter that corresponds with your logical drive

8.) The next sentence states Enter Volume Label. If your partition doesn’t have a volume label then leave this blank and press Enter, if it does then type it in and then press Enter.

9.) The next sentence states Are you sure (Y/N). Press Y and then press Enter.

10.) Press ESC twice to get back to the main fdisk menu.

11.) Press 3 to select the Delete partition or Logical DOS Drive menu option, and then press Enter

12.) Press 2 to select Delete Extended DOS Partition menu option, and then press Enter.

13.) After you press Enter, you will get the following sentence: Do you wish to continue (Y/N). Press Y and then press Enter.

14.) Press ESC to get back to the main fdisk menu.

15.) Press 3 to select the Delete partition or Logical DOS Drive menu option, and then press Enter.

16.) Press 1 to select Delete Primary DOS Partition Press Y and then press Enter.

17.) After you press Enter, you will get the following sentence: What primary partition do you want to delete..?). Press 1 and then press Enter.

18.) The next sentence states Enter Volume Label. If your partition doesn’t have a volume label then leave this blank and press Enter, if it does then type it in and then press Enter.

19.) The next sentence states Are you sure (Y/N). Press Y and then press Enter.

20.) Press ESC to get to the main fdisk menu

21.) You are now ready to create your partition or partitions.

The Next step which is how to partition a hard drive.

Now that you have removed all of the partitions from your hard drive, it is now time to partition your hard drive. To partition a master hard disk, you will use the fdisk command. Fdisk is a DOS and Windows utility that is used to partition a hard disk, which is necessary before high- level formatting.
Below are the complete instructions to walk you through the process of creating partitions on your hard drive.


1.) Insert the Startup disk in the floppy disk drive, restart your computer. When the Microsoft Windows 98 Startup menu is displayed, select the Start computer without CD-ROM support menu option, and then press Enter.

At a command prompt, type fdisk, and then press Enter.

2.) Do you wish to enable large disk support?

Press Y and then press Enter. This will enable the FAT32 file system

3.) After you press Enter, the following fdisk options menu is displayed:

Create DOS partition or Logical DOS Drive
Set active partition
Delete partition or Logical DOS Drive
Display partition information
Change current fixed disk drive

**Note** that option 5 is available only if you have two physical hard disks in the computer.

4.) Press 1 to select the Create DOS partition or Logical DOS Drive menu option, and then press Enter.

5.) Press 1 to select the Create Primary DOS Partition menu option, and then press Enter.

6.) After you press Enter, you receive the following message: Do you wish to use the maximum available size for primary DOS partition?

A.) After you receive this message, use the following method:

B.) Press Y if you want all of the space on the hard disk to be assigned to drive C, press Y, and then press Enter. Go to Step 7

C.) Press N if you do not want all of the space on the hard disk to be assigned to drive C.

a.) If you select N then continue to follow these instructions.

b.) Enter the size of the partition you wish to make and then press Enter.

c.) Press ESC.

d.) Press 1 to select the Create DOS partition or Logical DOS Drive menu option, and then press Enter.

e.) Press 2 to select the Create Extended Partition menu option, and then press Enter.

f.) Press Enter to create an extended DOS partition that uses up the rest of the hard drive.

g.) Press ESC. After pressing ESC fdisk will automatically try to create a logical DOS drive.

h.) Enter the size of the second partition you wish to create and then press Enter.

i.) If you created your second partition to use the entire size of the Extended DOS Partition then go to Step 7.

J.) If not then repeat step h until you have used up the rest of the Extended DOS Partition then go to Step 7.

7.) Press ESC, and then press ESC to quit the fdisk tool and return to a command prompt.

8.) You are now ready to format the partitions that you just created.

A.) Now leave the floppy in and reboot, Load Windows Start-up Disk WITHOUT CD-ROM SUPPORT;

B.) At the A: prompt type FORMAT C: /s You'll get a warning message about losing everything on C: Windows will now format your hard drive.

C.) When it's done formatting you'll get a chance to:

D.) Choose a new Volume label. (The eleven letter limit includes spacing). Hit Enter.
Now, back at the A: prompt again.

E.) Reboot this time choosing BOOT WITH CD-ROM SUPPORT.

F.) When the floppy is almost finished loading it should prompt you on what your CD-Drive letter is.

G.) Enter the following E: enter

H.) At the E:\ prompt type SETUP then enter. Windows should begin loading.

[pinman]

If the version of Win.98SE that you have is a full version you can do a complete install from the CD.

But if it is an upgrade you will need an earlier version of Windows to show it when asked for a compliance check, Such as Win95 or 3.1 you get the idea.

OK here is what you need to do.

First go here http://www.drd.dyndns.org/index2.html and download the Win98SE boot disk.

Put a new floppy in the drive and double click the file that you downloaded and it will create a new boot disk for you.

Boot to this new floppy.

When the Win98 Boot Floppy is almost done it should tell you what your CD Drive letter is on one of the last few lines.

Type in fdisk then enter.

Select 4.

If you have two drives listed but only one hard drive in the machine then you have created two partitions on your hard drive.

So we'll try the updated Fdisk and then format afterwards.

Follow this carefully................

In this example we are removing two partitions from a hard drive. There is one primary DOS partition (C: ) and one Extended DOS partition with a Logical DOS drive (D: ) on it. When removing partitions it is best to remove them in this order:
Logical DOS Drive
Extended DOS Partition
Primary DOS Partition

Below are the complete instructions to walk you through the process of removing existing partitions on your hard drive.

1.) Insert the Startup/Boot disk in the floppy disk drive, restart your computer. When the Microsoft Windows 98/95 Startup menu is displayed, select the Start computer without CD-ROM support menu option, and then press Enter.
At a command prompt, type fdisk, and then press Enter.

2.) The first screen you will see will ask you - Do you wish to enable large disk support?

Press Y and then press Enter. This will enable the FAT32 file system

3.) After you press Enter, the following fdisk Options menu is displayed:


1 Create DOS partition or Logical DOS Drive
2 Set active partition
3 Delete partition or Logical DOS Drive
4 Display partition information
5 Change current fixed disk drive

**Note** that the 5th option is available only if you have two physical hard disks in the computer.

4.) Press 3 to select the Delete partition or Logical DOS Drive menu option, and then press Enter.

5.) After you press Enter, the following fdisk Options menu is displayed:

Delete Primary DOS Partition
Delete Extended DOS Partition
Delete Logical DOS Drive(s) in the Extended DOS Partition
Delete Non-DOS Partition

6.) Press 3 to select Delete Logical DOS Drive(s) in the Extended DOS Partition menu option, and then press Enter.

7.) After you press Enter, you will get the following sentence: What drive do you want to delete. Press Z and then press Enter. **Note** Z represents the drive letter that corresponds with your logical drive

8.) The next sentence states Enter Volume Label. If your partition doesn’t have a volume label then leave this blank and press Enter, if it does then type it in and then press Enter.

9.) The next sentence states Are you sure (Y/N). Press Y and then press Enter.

10.) Press ESC twice to get back to the main fdisk menu.

11.) Press 3 to select the Delete partition or Logical DOS Drive menu option, and then press Enter

12.) Press 2 to select Delete Extended DOS Partition menu option, and then press Enter.

13.) After you press Enter, you will get the following sentence: Do you wish to continue (Y/N). Press Y and then press Enter.

14.) Press ESC to get back to the main fdisk menu.

15.) Press 3 to select the Delete partition or Logical DOS Drive menu option, and then press Enter.

16.) Press 1 to select Delete Primary DOS Partition Press Y and then press Enter.

17.) After you press Enter, you will get the following sentence: What primary partition do you want to delete..?). Press 1 and then press Enter.

18.) The next sentence states Enter Volume Label. If your partition doesn’t have a volume label then leave this blank and press Enter, if it does then type it in and then press Enter.

19.) The next sentence states Are you sure (Y/N). Press Y and then press Enter.

20.) Press ESC to get to the main fdisk menu

21.) You are now ready to create your partition or partitions.

The Next step which is how to partition a hard drive.

Now that you have removed all of the partitions from your hard drive, it is now time to partition your hard drive. To partition a master hard disk, you will use the fdisk command. Fdisk is a DOS and Windows utility that is used to partition a hard disk, which is necessary before high- level formatting.
Below are the complete instructions to walk you through the process of creating partitions on your hard drive.


1.) Insert the Startup disk in the floppy disk drive, restart your computer. When the Microsoft Windows 98 Startup menu is displayed, select the Start computer without CD-ROM support menu option, and then press Enter.

At a command prompt, type fdisk, and then press Enter.

2.) Do you wish to enable large disk support?

Press Y and then press Enter. This will enable the FAT32 file system

3.) After you press Enter, the following fdisk options menu is displayed:

Create DOS partition or Logical DOS Drive
Set active partition
Delete partition or Logical DOS Drive
Display partition information
Change current fixed disk drive

**Note** that option 5 is available only if you have two physical hard disks in the computer.

4.) Press 1 to select the Create DOS partition or Logical DOS Drive menu option, and then press Enter.

5.) Press 1 to select the Create Primary DOS Partition menu option, and then press Enter.

6.) After you press Enter, you receive the following message: Do you wish to use the maximum available size for primary DOS partition?

A.) After you receive this message, use the following method:

B.) Press Y if you want all of the space on the hard disk to be assigned to drive C, press Y, and then press Enter. Go to Step 7

C.) Press N if you do not want all of the space on the hard disk to be assigned to drive C.

a.) If you select N then continue to follow these instructions.

b.) Enter the size of the partition you wish to make and then press Enter.

c.) Press ESC.

d.) Press 1 to select the Create DOS partition or Logical DOS Drive menu option, and then press Enter.

e.) Press 2 to select the Create Extended Partition menu option, and then press Enter.

f.) Press Enter to create an extended DOS partition that uses up the rest of the hard drive.

g.) Press ESC. After pressing ESC fdisk will automatically try to create a logical DOS drive.

h.) Enter the size of the second partition you wish to create and then press Enter.

i.) If you created your second partition to use the entire size of the Extended DOS Partition then go to Step 7.

J.) If not then repeat step h until you have used up the rest of the Extended DOS Partition then go to Step 7.

7.) Press ESC, and then press ESC to quit the fdisk tool and return to a command prompt.

8.) You are now ready to format the partitions that you just created.

A.) Now leave the floppy in and reboot, Load Windows Start-up Disk WITHOUT CD-ROM SUPPORT;

B.) At the A: prompt type FORMAT C: /s You'll get a warning message about losing everything on C: Windows will now format your hard drive.

C.) When it's done formatting you'll get a chance to:

D.) Choose a new Volume label. (The eleven letter limit includes spacing). Hit Enter.
Now, back at the A: prompt again.

E.) Reboot this time choosing BOOT WITH CD-ROM SUPPORT.

F.) When the floppy is almost finished loading it should prompt you on what your CD-Drive letter is.

G.) Enter the following E: enter

H.) At the E:\ prompt type SETUP then enter. Windows should begin loading.Does this reply come with a printer,But wouldn't it be better to attach a text file for printing ?
Attachments should be allowed.
;)

[slipshod]

Gee and I shortened it up to laymans terms.................. ;)

[smurfy]

Nice reply slipshod, that about covers it although, the downloads section (http://www.cybertechhelp.com/html/downloads/index.php) here at CTH has a bootdisk that'll do the job and the tutorials section (http://www.cybertechhelp.com/html/tutorials/index.php) has pretty much the same steps through FDISK etc
http://www.cybertechhelp.com/html/tutorials/tutorial.php/id/36

[goblinwarrior]

i can't acess the site for that bootdisk.i used the one on this forum but it won't open fdisk and i don't have partition magic.the computer freezes when i use the win98se disk from bootdisk.com

[goblinwarrior]

if i uninstall win 95 will it let me acess fdisk with the win98 install cd

[gundamhybrid]

i have a computer i was gonna upgrade from 95 to 98.i formatted c drive and didnt partition the drive so now i can't setup 98 every time you type fdisk on a: prompt is says no fixed disk.i used a partition recovery device from www.ntfs.com and now it says run time error r6003 integer divide by 0

on u'r fdisk, did u find the using drive (no. 4. information), ... now see it, how many percen (usage) n how many free ...
if theres are 100% free ... u can make some partition
if not u must be delete the partition using no.2 (delete partition) n using no. 1 or,... 2 after 3 or,... 4 (delete nonMSDOS partition)

[smurfy]

goblinwarrior, it sounds as if the hard disk is not even being detected by the BIOS any more, This means when you boot up with the boot floppy, it is next to useless because it can't find a hard disk to perform any operation on. Did you at any point open the case and poke around inside (you may have loosened a cable from teh motehrboard or the back of the hard disk).

When the system FIRST starts it's boot process, (before it starts trying to read the boot code off the floppy) can you describe what you see on screen. You could see CPU type, memory amount, hard disk detection cd-rom type and a message "press [something] to enter Setup".

I'd like to know what messages you see there.

[goblinwarrior]

all of the cables are plugged in securely to both the hard drive and motherboard
__________________________________________________ _______________
32384 kb ok
pri master:0.42 st32122a
pri slave :not detected
sec master: ver 2.4 bcd 16a cd-rom
sec slave:not detected
__________________________________________________ _______________
main processor :pentium mmx base memory size :640kb
math processor :built-in ext. memory size :31744kb
floppy drive a :1.44 mb 3 1/2 display type :vga/ega
floppy drive b :none serial ports :3f8,2f8
amibios date :7/15/95 parallel ports :378
processor clock:166mhz external cache :256kb enabled
power management disabled
__________________________________________________ _______________
hard disk cyl headsector size lba 32bit block pio
mode mode mode mode
pri master : 0 0 0mb LBA On 16sec 4
secondary master:CDROM
__________________________________________________ _______________
PCI devices:
PCI Onboard IDE PCI Slot 1 VGA:11
__________________________________________________ _______________ External Cache:Pipelined Burst
EDO in DRAM Row(s) :0,1
FP in DRAM Row(s) : 2,3
__________________________________________________ _______________

[gundamhybrid]

see this!!!
__________________________________________________ __________________
hard disk cyl headsector size lba 32bit block pio
mode mode mode mode
pri master : 0 0 0mb LBA On 16sec 4
secondary master:CDROM
__________________________________________________ __________________
well its like u'r HD has been detected by BIOS,but ... but they (BIOS) has detect u'r HD size memory is 0 (zero), ... --> 0 mb (read = zero megabyte)
please check it! are the BIOS really detect u'r HD or not
enter the BIOS, ... find "autodetection HDD" or sound like. is there the BIOS can detect u'r HD (with the correct size)
o iya, ... don't forget to check cable, who conected HD and Motherboard 'n the power too ...