Rather than starting over, enlarge the partition with a partitioning
program. I use:
BootIt Next Generation is available from:
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/
and it does partitioning, makes a compressed image, does many other
partitioning chores and is a boot manager. It is not quite as easy to use
as Partition Magic but it is half the cost and has more features. Unlike
the crippled PMagic demo, BING is a *full function* demo you can try for
FREE for 30 days. The web site has a lot of support articles.
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Regards
Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips:
http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
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http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo
"cammos" wrote in message
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Hello Newsgroups
I am mainly familiar with Win2K and WinXP installs, so
when I get a Win98 box to fix, I am oftened stumbled.
The case:
I had problems fixing a virussed Win98 box, and tried all
the obvious ways to remove the virus manually and with
tools, but in the end the only practical way was to re-
install Win98.
First I had problems using the standard boot disk that
came with the customers computer, as the boot disk did not
have format.com on the floppy. So, I created a setup
disk with the Win98 tools, and therfore was able to format
the drive c: and get rid of old infected files, or so I
thought. Unfrotunately, I only made the main active disk
650 mb. Now I am realsing that I forgot to make the
biggest disk possible. I still have approx 15 gb spare,
free, and unpartitioned.
Question is, how do I now create a drive (in the free
space) now that I have Win98 succesfully installed on such
a small primary drive?
Obviously if it was a W2K machine then I could use MMC or
a third party tool.
I don't want to have to blow away the machine again, as
this would take some time. I want to deliver the computer
back to the customer ASAP.
Questions:
1. is it simply a matter of using fdisk.exe again to
create a logical drive, and I will see this drive when I
start the primary operating system again? Or, do I have to
use another tool, or start all over again.
I downloaded a partitioning tool, but it seem that this
only works on already created drives, not free space.
Appreciate all advice in advance.
Many Thanks