Second Hardrive

All BIOS are not the same and perhaps there are no settings. Find the hard
drive and make sure it is properly detected--you may have a setting such as
Auto.

--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP Windows 98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"Omer" wrote in message
...
Ok thank you. I get into the Bios but cannot tell if I am set up for I
don't see anything about (cylinder, heads, sectors).
Anything else ? I'm lost ?

"Ron Badour" wrote:

Watch your boot screen and it will tell you which key to press to enter
setup (the BIOS). You will just have to look around once you get in as
BIOSes are not all configured the same.

--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP Windows 98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"Omer" wrote in message
...
No, I'm not aware of this setting. What am I looking for ? Under which
category (tab) is it listed ?
Thanks for your help

"Jay" wrote:

After you flashed your BIOS, did you enter the BIOS setup program and
check
to make sure it was set for the proper geometry (Cylinders Heads &
Sectors),
or set to AUTO detect, if your board supports it?

"Omer" wrote in message
...
Yes I did delete the first partition. I just remembered something
that
I
did
differently. When I originally partitioned the 80GB "D" drive I used
a
floppy
boot disk. Afterflashing the BIOS I used fdisk from my "C" drive to
redo
the
partition. Could that be the problem ? When I get home this
afternoon I
may
try to redo the partition from the boot floppy.

"Lil' Dave" wrote:

Did you remove the partition you previously created?

"Omer" wrote in message
...
Hi,
New to this so please excuse me if I ask silly questions.
I just installed a second hard drive into my Gtaeway computer
which
is
running 98SE. It is a Samsung 80Gig drive. I did the
partitioning
and
format
and I only got 32 gig.
I was told that the BIOS may not support the 80Gig drive so I
contacted
Gateway and got instructions on flashing the BIOS. I did that
and
still
only
get 32Gig from the second drive.
Any other issue I should be aware of or can try to get the full
80
Gig
out
of the drive.

Yes I was able to find it in the BIOS. It appears I am set to Auto. I was
also able to find the number of sectors on each hard drive, it is 16.
I asked a question earlier but did not get an answer from anyone. Do you
know if I can use fdisk from my 98SE operating system ( which is on my C
drive ) to partion my D drive, or do I have to use the boot floppy.
Omer

"Ron Badour" wrote:

All BIOS are not the same and perhaps there are no settings. Find the hard
drive and make sure it is properly detected--you may have a setting such as
Auto.

--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP Windows 98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"Omer" wrote in message
...
Ok thank you. I get into the Bios but cannot tell if I am set up for I
don't see anything about (cylinder, heads, sectors).
Anything else ? I'm lost ?

"Ron Badour" wrote:

Watch your boot screen and it will tell you which key to press to enter
setup (the BIOS). You will just have to look around once you get in as
BIOSes are not all configured the same.

--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP Windows 98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"Omer" wrote in message
...
No, I'm not aware of this setting. What am I looking for ? Under which
category (tab) is it listed ?
Thanks for your help

"Jay" wrote:

After you flashed your BIOS, did you enter the BIOS setup program and
check
to make sure it was set for the proper geometry (Cylinders Heads &
Sectors),
or set to AUTO detect, if your board supports it?

"Omer" wrote in message
...
Yes I did delete the first partition. I just remembered something
that
I
did
differently. When I originally partitioned the 80GB "D" drive I used
a
floppy
boot disk. Afterflashing the BIOS I used fdisk from my "C" drive to
redo
the
partition. Could that be the problem ? When I get home this
afternoon I
may
try to redo the partition from the boot floppy.

"Lil' Dave" wrote:

Did you remove the partition you previously created?

"Omer" wrote in message
...
Hi,
New to this so please excuse me if I ask silly questions.
I just installed a second hard drive into my Gtaeway computer
which
is
running 98SE. It is a Samsung 80Gig drive. I did the
partitioning
and
format
and I only got 32 gig.
I was told that the BIOS may not support the 80Gig drive so I
contacted
Gateway and got instructions on flashing the BIOS. I did that
and
still
only
get 32Gig from the second drive.
Any other issue I should be aware of or can try to get the full
80
Gig
out
of the drive.

Hello I'm back and happy to say my second hard drive is functioning properly.
Thank you all for the help.
Omer

"Omer" wrote:

Yes I was able to find it in the BIOS. It appears I am set to Auto. I was
also able to find the number of sectors on each hard drive, it is 16.
I asked a question earlier but did not get an answer from anyone. Do you
know if I can use fdisk from my 98SE operating system ( which is on my C
drive ) to partion my D drive, or do I have to use the boot floppy.
Omer

"Ron Badour" wrote:

All BIOS are not the same and perhaps there are no settings. Find the hard
drive and make sure it is properly detected--you may have a setting such as
Auto.

--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP Windows 98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"Omer" wrote in message
...
Ok thank you. I get into the Bios but cannot tell if I am set up for I
don't see anything about (cylinder, heads, sectors).
Anything else ? I'm lost ?

"Ron Badour" wrote:

Watch your boot screen and it will tell you which key to press to enter
setup (the BIOS). You will just have to look around once you get in as
BIOSes are not all configured the same.

--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP Windows 98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"Omer" wrote in message
...
No, I'm not aware of this setting. What am I looking for ? Under which
category (tab) is it listed ?
Thanks for your help

"Jay" wrote:

After you flashed your BIOS, did you enter the BIOS setup program and
check
to make sure it was set for the proper geometry (Cylinders Heads &
Sectors),
or set to AUTO detect, if your board supports it?

"Omer" wrote in message
...
Yes I did delete the first partition. I just remembered something
that
I
did
differently. When I originally partitioned the 80GB "D" drive I used
a
floppy
boot disk. Afterflashing the BIOS I used fdisk from my "C" drive to
redo
the
partition. Could that be the problem ? When I get home this
afternoon I
may
try to redo the partition from the boot floppy.

"Lil' Dave" wrote:

Did you remove the partition you previously created?

"Omer" wrote in message
...
Hi,
New to this so please excuse me if I ask silly questions.
I just installed a second hard drive into my Gtaeway computer
which
is
running 98SE. It is a Samsung 80Gig drive. I did the
partitioning
and
format
and I only got 32 gig.
I was told that the BIOS may not support the 80Gig drive so I
contacted
Gateway and got instructions on flashing the BIOS. I did that
and
still
only
get 32Gig from the second drive.
Any other issue I should be aware of or can try to get the full
80
Gig
out
of the drive.