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Old October 2nd 07, 09:47 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.disks.general
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"Jerry Bank" schreef in bericht
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My primary hard disc has 8 partitions (C-J). I have a cd/dvd unit (K).
I also have a removable hard disc with two partitions, which is attached
via a usb port.

When I attach the usb disc it becomes L and M, which is fine. However,
if it is attached when I start up, the first partition on the usb disc
becomes D, which screws up all the other disc references.

Is there any way around this, other than not having it attached when I
boot up?


Has to to with the fact that the usb-disc has a primary partition (it is
even possible to boot from it) and the bios / hardware supports usb and
there is a driver in win98se.

Win98se needs a driver, so leaving out the driver is no solution.

Had the same situation here, and next steps worked for me.
In short: remove the primary partition, create an extended partition with
one or more logical stations.

Removing and creating partitions in this situation might not be possible in
a dos-box, that's why you need steps 3 and 4.

1. In win98se: backup the usb-disc, and copy fdisk.exe to c:\
2. Give the usb-disc a name (label), e.g. usb-disc.
3. Turn off the PC.
4. Turn on the PC, and boot to _real_ ms-dos.
5. Run fdisk.exe (c:\fdisk enter).
6. Remove the primary partition of the usb-disc, be sure to choose the right
disc, that's why I mentioned step 2
7. Make a new partition, which is not primary but extended, eventually
create 2 logical stations in it.
8. Close fdisk, and reboot the pc.
9. Copy back data.

Grtz,

TR