{RESOLVED}hard drive partitioning

I am trying to partition and format a 1.7 Gig hard drive, but my partition only shows 47 meg and I can't get it to see the rest of the drive. PLEASE HELP.
Thanks, Rick

 

Use fdisk and delete all current partitions, then use fdisk to redo the partitions. Make sure when you create the primary dos partition that you select all or 100% of the space.
Is the hard drive showing the correct size???

Ms article on fdisk
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q255867

 

I have tried fdisking and repartitioning a couple of times with two similar drives and same thing.

 

When you run fdisk and select option 4 what info does it show you on the screen?

 

I found the problem 2fold, 1. The previous drive must have been a 47 Meg, so it continued to see the new drives as 47.
2. I was never able to enter setup before, once I got in I changed the drive setting to auto, rebooted, and the system was finally able to detect the full size of the drive.
Thankyou to all that sent me different hints!!
Radman