{RESOLVED}hard drive partitioning

[radman2424]

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

 

[brianF]

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

 

[radman2424]

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

 

[Rockn]

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

 

[radman2424]

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