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June 22nd 04, 01:40 PM
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Unable to delete files or format hard drive
Anytime I delete a file from my slave hard drive it
doesn't get deleted. Also if I format the hard drive, either through Windows or in DOS it doesn't erase the information on the hard drive. Right now on the drive it has a capacity of 7.82GB, 703mb used and 7.13GB free but the problem is it's a 60GB hard drive. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks 
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June 23rd 04, 02:22 AM
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Unable to delete files or format hard drive
If you got a floppy disk with the drive, use it to set the drive up.
Depending on the age of your BIOS, you might have to use drive overlay software. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "dcgapg" wrote in message ... Anytime I delete a file from my slave hard drive it doesn't get deleted. Also if I format the hard drive, either through Windows or in DOS it doesn't erase the information on the hard drive. Right now on the drive it has a capacity of 7.82GB, 703mb used and 7.13GB free but the problem is it's a 60GB hard drive. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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June 28th 04, 07:49 PM
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Unable to delete files or format hard drive
"Ron Badour" wrote in message ... If you got a floppy disk with the drive, use it to set the drive up. Depending on the age of your BIOS, you might have to use drive overlay software. Don't do this. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "dcgapg" wrote in message ... Anytime I delete a file from my slave hard drive it doesn't get deleted. Also if I format the hard drive, either through Windows or in DOS it doesn't erase the information on the hard drive. Right now on the drive it has a capacity of 7.82GB, 703mb used and 7.13GB free but the problem is it's a 60GB hard drive. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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June 28th 04, 08:56 PM
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Unable to delete files or format hard drive
Any rationale for your caution?
-- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Lil' Dave" wrote in message ... "Ron Badour" wrote in message ... If you got a floppy disk with the drive, use it to set the drive up. Depending on the age of your BIOS, you might have to use drive overlay software. Don't do this. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "dcgapg" wrote in message ... Anytime I delete a file from my slave hard drive it doesn't get deleted. Also if I format the hard drive, either through Windows or in DOS it doesn't erase the information on the hard drive. Right now on the drive it has a capacity of 7.82GB, 703mb used and 7.13GB free but the problem is it's a 60GB hard drive. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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June 29th 04, 01:20 AM
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Unable to delete files or format hard drive
Drive overlays eventualy come back and bite quite a few with mysterious
behavior e.g. disappearin disks. Drive overlay are a necessary evil when the user is desperate but th user shoud be fully aware of potential problems down the line. "Ron Badour" wrote in message ... Any rationale for your caution? -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Lil' Dave" wrote in message ... "Ron Badour" wrote in message ... If you got a floppy disk with the drive, use it to set the drive up. Depending on the age of your BIOS, you might have to use drive overlay software. Don't do this. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "dcgapg" wrote in message ... Anytime I delete a file from my slave hard drive it doesn't get deleted. Also if I format the hard drive, either through Windows or in DOS it doesn't erase the information on the hard drive. Right now on the drive it has a capacity of 7.82GB, 703mb used and 7.13GB free but the problem is it's a 60GB hard drive. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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June 29th 04, 01:46 AM
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Unable to delete files or format hard drive
A drive overlay is a lot safer than doing a BIOS firmware update. While I
don't particularly like using either method (unless forced into it), I think when a 60 gb drive partitions out to 8 gb, some sort of drastic measure is required. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Steve Baron - KB3MM" wrote in message ... Drive overlays eventualy come back and bite quite a few with mysterious behavior e.g. disappearin disks. Drive overlay are a necessary evil when the user is desperate but th user shoud be fully aware of potential problems down the line. "Ron Badour" wrote in message ... Any rationale for your caution? -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Lil' Dave" wrote in message ... "Ron Badour" wrote in message ... If you got a floppy disk with the drive, use it to set the drive up. Depending on the age of your BIOS, you might have to use drive overlay software. Don't do this. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "dcgapg" wrote in message ... Anytime I delete a file from my slave hard drive it doesn't get deleted. Also if I format the hard drive, either through Windows or in DOS it doesn't erase the information on the hard drive. Right now on the drive it has a capacity of 7.82GB, 703mb used and 7.13GB free but the problem is it's a 60GB hard drive. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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June 29th 04, 04:09 AM
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Unable to delete files or format hard drive
"Ron Badour" wrote in message ... A drive overlay is a lot safer than doing a BIOS firmware update. Hardly. You must have had a bad BIOS upgrade experiece, While I don't particularly like using either method (unless forced into it), I think when a 60 gb drive partitions out to 8 gb, some sort of drastic measure is required. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Steve Baron - KB3MM" wrote in message ... Drive overlays eventualy come back and bite quite a few with mysterious behavior e.g. disappearin disks. Drive overlay are a necessary evil when the user is desperate but th user shoud be fully aware of potential problems down the line. "Ron Badour" wrote in message ... Any rationale for your caution? -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Lil' Dave" wrote in message ... "Ron Badour" wrote in message ... If you got a floppy disk with the drive, use it to set the drive up. Depending on the age of your BIOS, you might have to use drive overlay software. Don't do this. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "dcgapg" wrote in message ... Anytime I delete a file from my slave hard drive it doesn't get deleted. Also if I format the hard drive, either through Windows or in DOS it doesn't erase the information on the hard drive. Right now on the drive it has a capacity of 7.82GB, 703mb used and 7.13GB free but the problem is it's a 60GB hard drive. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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