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create drive in free space
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 |
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