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Old May 13th 08, 10:38 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.setup
Imemine
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Default Question about Fdisk and win98, or any o/s for that matter

Hello,

I have many problems at the moment, but came here for perhaps some advice Fdisk, just prior to
instal of win98

Question is regarding the " % " symbol while making partitions on a clean hdd.
The hdd in question is 80gig. I already know about Fdisks limits above 64gig hdd's.......
but already know that that can be overcome by simply not nominating the size during partitioning
with Fdisk, and rather just using percentages ( %)....... I know this because I have already
done it on my my primary computer.

Bottom line is,,,, when Fdisk asks for the size of partition or percentage, does the ' % ' symbol
get put in before the nominated %, or does it go in after?
I.E.... if i want to allocate say '10%' for the first logical drive, do i write it like this
' 10% ' or like this ' %10 '? it has been over 3 years since i have done this.

this all came about today when i wiped an 80gig drive clean, then proceeded to to make a primary and
some logicals using Fdisk. after finishing what i thought was a job well done, i then proceeded
to load on 98se to the freshly formatted c:drive...... no problem there, cept when instal
finished, i noticed 2 partitions were missing, then noticed that nothing was as i had set it up in
Fdisk.... so, i guess i just want to be sure about the % symbol before i start again.

cheers.


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Old May 13th 08, 02:48 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.setup
Gary S. Terhune[_2_]
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Default Question about Fdisk and win98, or any o/s for that matter

Shut up and go away, Dan.

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Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Imemine" wrote in message
...
Hello,

I have many problems at the moment, but came here for perhaps some advice
Fdisk, just prior to
instal of win98

Question is regarding the " % " symbol while making partitions on a clean
hdd.
The hdd in question is 80gig. I already know about Fdisks limits above
64gig hdd's.......
but already know that that can be overcome by simply not nominating the
size during partitioning
with Fdisk, and rather just using percentages ( %)....... I know this
because I have already
done it on my my primary computer.

Bottom line is,,,, when Fdisk asks for the size of partition or
percentage, does the ' % ' symbol
get put in before the nominated %, or does it go in after?
I.E.... if i want to allocate say '10%' for the first logical drive, do
i write it like this
' 10% ' or like this ' %10 '? it has been over 3 years
since i have done this.

this all came about today when i wiped an 80gig drive clean, then
proceeded to to make a primary and
some logicals using Fdisk. after finishing what i thought was a job
well done, i then proceeded
to load on 98se to the freshly formatted c:drive...... no problem
there, cept when instal
finished, i noticed 2 partitions were missing, then noticed that nothing
was as i had set it up in
Fdisk.... so, i guess i just want to be sure about the % symbol
before i start again.

cheers.



  #3  
Old May 13th 08, 09:52 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.setup
Franc Zabkar
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Default Question about Fdisk and win98, or any o/s for that matter

On Tue, 13 May 2008 19:08:30 +0930, "Imemine" put
finger to keyboard and composed:

I already know about Fdisks limits above 64gig hdd's.......


There is an updated version of FDISK that fixes this problem.

Fdisk Does Not Recognize Full Size of Hard Disks Larger than 64 GB:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/263044

- Franc Zabkar
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  #4  
Old May 14th 08, 02:31 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.setup
Imemine
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Default Question about Fdisk and win98, or any o/s for that matter


"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message ...
Shut up and go away, Dan.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com


Excuse me gnat, is this how you represent microsoft product users,,, or are you just one of those
creatures that suck up precious air for no reason?

How dare you.!!


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Old May 14th 08, 04:01 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.setup
Gary S. Terhune[_2_]
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If you're not Dan, I sincerely apologize. The percent sign goes after the
number.

But I'm pretty damned sure you're Dan, a mentally ill person, a congenital
liar who sometimes drops in and pretends to be all kinds of people with all
kinds of dreamed up computer problems and reams of fantasies about who he
was in real life.

In that case, I stand by what I said. Shut up and go away.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Imemine" wrote in message
...

"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
...
Shut up and go away, Dan.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com


Excuse me gnat, is this how you represent microsoft product users,,, or
are you just one of those
creatures that suck up precious air for no reason?

How dare you.!!



  #6  
Old May 15th 08, 01:14 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.setup
Imemine
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Default Question about Fdisk and win98, or any o/s for that matter


"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message ...
If you're not Dan, I sincerely apologize. The percent sign goes after the
number.
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User



Stick to your first bit,,, I am Not Dan,, whoever he is. I merely came here because I am
having some computer problems at the moment and am trying to post to the correct groups in the
correct order. (netiquette is beyond fussy lately, either way, I am trying to do it as expected.)

Yes, I believe you are correct about the % sign,, I did it like that and was sure I hadnt at
least forgotten that much about Fdisk.
Still, I have managed to mess it up, so I guess I have forgotton; is not a big deal, I will go
back and give it another shot, its just a time thing that is frustrating more than anything.

If you propose another apology, I'm listening.


  #7  
Old May 15th 08, 05:07 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.setup
Gary S. Terhune[_2_]
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Default Question about Fdisk and win98, or any o/s for that matter

Once is enough. Call the rest my obsession with someone who REALLY doesn't
give a damn about netiquette.

Don't worry too much about where to post in the 98 groups, the
Gen_Discussion group is the main one and the safe bet, but then it's prone
to the "too many cooks", phenomenon, plus that's where people like Dan like
to come and disrupt services.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Imemine" wrote in message
...

"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
...
If you're not Dan, I sincerely apologize. The percent sign goes after the
number.
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User



Stick to your first bit,,, I am Not Dan,, whoever he is. I merely
came here because I am
having some computer problems at the moment and am trying to post to the
correct groups in the
correct order. (netiquette is beyond fussy lately, either way, I am
trying to do it as expected.)

Yes, I believe you are correct about the % sign,, I did it like that
and was sure I hadnt at
least forgotten that much about Fdisk.
Still, I have managed to mess it up, so I guess I have forgotton; is
not a big deal, I will go
back and give it another shot, its just a time thing that is frustrating
more than anything.

If you propose another apology, I'm listening.



  #8  
Old May 16th 08, 01:05 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.setup
Imemine
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Default Question about Fdisk and win98, or any o/s for that matter

Okay,,, then enough said, is now water under the proverbial.

Gary, I tried again to use Fdisk to partition and format an 80gig hdd,, but am not having much
luck,, would you be interested in helping?

I will go out on a limb and assume you might, if not, perhaps someone else may pick up on this post.

Yes, I have a clean 80gig hdd, and for the second time in two days, tried to partition it using
Fdisk........ braaaaaak, no luck.
I use %'s of hdd owing to known problem of Fdisk not relating to hdd's over 64gig, and IIRC, the
work around was to use a percentage rather than nominating a size in Mg's.
I must have forgotton more than I am willing to admit, because I manage to create a Primary,
followed by an Extended, then a logical. After which, I create 2 more logicals within the same
primary. I followed this up by formatting the new partitions, (I format C: with S switch) but after
I have successfully formatted both the C and D (D: with no S switch) I carry on to the new E: to
whit I get the msg that there is no E: drive.... same with the F: drive that I created. I go
back to options only to find that there is only two partitions,,, C and D.
This is getting frustrating as the first time I did it,, (a day or so prior to my post here) I
actually continued on with my intent, and loaded 98se onto the C: drive. 30 minutes later, I
waddle around in Win98, only to find that I ony had two partitions, and that C: had swallowed up
95% for itself. (yet I know for a fact that I allocated 10gig for C: 20gig for D: 45gig for E:,
and finally 5gig for F:.... all are approximations as you well know, nothing is perfectly
rounded, but all close enough for this issue.)

Do you have any ideas as to what I am missing,,, or perhaps even an easier way of doing this in
this day and age?

Glad the misunderstanding is out of the way.
"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message ...
Once is enough. Call the rest my obsession with someone who REALLY doesn't
give a damn about netiquette.

Don't worry too much about where to post in the 98 groups, the
Gen_Discussion group is the main one and the safe bet, but then it's prone
to the "too many cooks", phenomenon, plus that's where people like Dan like
to come and disrupt services.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Imemine" wrote in message
...

"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
...
If you're not Dan, I sincerely apologize. The percent sign goes after the
number.
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User



Stick to your first bit,,, I am Not Dan,, whoever he is. I merely
came here because I am
having some computer problems at the moment and am trying to post to the
correct groups in the
correct order. (netiquette is beyond fussy lately, either way, I am
trying to do it as expected.)

Yes, I believe you are correct about the % sign,, I did it like that
and was sure I hadnt at
least forgotten that much about Fdisk.
Still, I have managed to mess it up, so I guess I have forgotton; is
not a big deal, I will go
back and give it another shot, its just a time thing that is frustrating
more than anything.

If you propose another apology, I'm listening.





  #9  
Old May 16th 08, 04:20 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.setup
Gary S. Terhune[_2_]
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Posts: 2,158
Default Question about Fdisk and win98, or any o/s for that matter

Have you tried the updated version of FDISK as suggested by Franc:
There is an updated version of FDISK that fixes this problem.
Fdisk Does Not Recognize Full Size of Hard Disks Larger than 64 GB:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/263044

Try is, first, using real numbers instead of percentages, and see what
happens.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Imemine" wrote in message
...
Okay,,, then enough said, is now water under the proverbial.

Gary, I tried again to use Fdisk to partition and format an 80gig hdd,,
but am not having much
luck,, would you be interested in helping?

I will go out on a limb and assume you might, if not, perhaps someone else
may pick up on this post.

Yes, I have a clean 80gig hdd, and for the second time in two days, tried
to partition it using
Fdisk........ braaaaaak, no luck.
I use %'s of hdd owing to known problem of Fdisk not relating to hdd's
over 64gig, and IIRC, the
work around was to use a percentage rather than nominating a size in Mg's.
I must have forgotton more than I am willing to admit, because I manage to
create a Primary,
followed by an Extended, then a logical. After which, I create 2 more
logicals within the same
primary. I followed this up by formatting the new partitions, (I format
C: with S switch) but after
I have successfully formatted both the C and D (D: with no S switch) I
carry on to the new E: to
whit I get the msg that there is no E: drive.... same with the F: drive
that I created. I go
back to options only to find that there is only two partitions,,, C and D.
This is getting frustrating as the first time I did it,, (a day or so
prior to my post here) I
actually continued on with my intent, and loaded 98se onto the C: drive.
30 minutes later, I
waddle around in Win98, only to find that I ony had two partitions, and
that C: had swallowed up
95% for itself. (yet I know for a fact that I allocated 10gig for C:
20gig for D: 45gig for E:,
and finally 5gig for F:.... all are approximations as you well know,
nothing is perfectly
rounded, but all close enough for this issue.)

Do you have any ideas as to what I am missing,,, or perhaps even an
easier way of doing this in
this day and age?

Glad the misunderstanding is out of the way.
"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
...
Once is enough. Call the rest my obsession with someone who REALLY
doesn't
give a damn about netiquette.

Don't worry too much about where to post in the 98 groups, the
Gen_Discussion group is the main one and the safe bet, but then it's
prone
to the "too many cooks", phenomenon, plus that's where people like Dan
like
to come and disrupt services.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Imemine" wrote in message
...

"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
...
If you're not Dan, I sincerely apologize. The percent sign goes after
the
number.
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User


Stick to your first bit,,, I am Not Dan,, whoever he is. I merely
came here because I am
having some computer problems at the moment and am trying to post to
the
correct groups in the
correct order. (netiquette is beyond fussy lately, either way, I am
trying to do it as expected.)

Yes, I believe you are correct about the % sign,, I did it like
that
and was sure I hadnt at
least forgotten that much about Fdisk.
Still, I have managed to mess it up, so I guess I have forgotton;
is
not a big deal, I will go
back and give it another shot, its just a time thing that is
frustrating
more than anything.

If you propose another apology, I'm listening.






  #10  
Old May 17th 08, 02:06 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.setup
Imemine
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Have you tried the updated version of FDISK as suggested by Franc:


Odd, I havent seen any posts by Franc or anyone else for that matter, I believed it was just you
and I talking..... something fishy going on.
There is an updated version of FDISK that fixes this problem.


Will follow link right now,,, and thank you and Franc for it, and any one else that may have
contributed that I cant seem to see.

Fdisk Does Not Recognize Full Size of Hard Disks Larger than 64 GB:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/263044


Thank you.... um,, all.


 




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