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Old July 4th 04, 11:48 AM
cammos
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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
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Old July 4th 04, 02:12 PM
Bill Blanton
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"cammos" wrote in message ...

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.


You can use fdisk to create another partition in the free space,
but you might (or probably will) have problems with such a
small system partition. Take into account the swap file, the
temporary interent files, and the default program install location,
and your customer will run out of space, or in the case of the
paging file, memory,, very quickly. There are ways to relocate
some things, but who's going to be around to take care of it,
if they revert back to the default location for whatever reason.


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?


fdisk create


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.


Use a third party tool to resize the primary C:. Bootit NG can be
used. Run it from a DOS boot and cancel the install when prompted.



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Old July 4th 04, 04:01 PM
Greg
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I would start over and make it all 1 partition
then fresh install. My C is 2.56Gig and 1.02 used
with nothing other thaan Win98-SE using it, I still
have minor swapp file problems from time to time.
650Mb would be ok for a D storage drive, win98,
and all drivers this also saves on load up time.
Hope this helps.
-----Original Message-----
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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Old July 5th 04, 04:30 AM
Cammos
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Default create drive in free space

Thanks for Greg and Bills clarification on the inevitable.


-----Original Message-----
"cammos" wrote in

message ...

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.


You can use fdisk to create another partition in the free

space,
but you might (or probably will) have problems with such a
small system partition. Take into account the swap file,

the
temporary interent files, and the default program install

location,
and your customer will run out of space, or in the case

of the
paging file, memory,, very quickly. There are ways to

relocate
some things, but who's going to be around to take care of

it,
if they revert back to the default location for whatever

reason.


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?


fdisk create


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.


Use a third party tool to resize the primary C:. Bootit

NG can be
used. Run it from a DOS boot and cancel the install when

prompted.



.

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Old July 5th 04, 02:03 PM
Ron Badour
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Default create drive in free space

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.


--
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

"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



 




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