Win98SE doesn't recognize 4.3 gig HD 1

[scottharris]

I have a "generic" computer at school with AMD K62-350, 192mb RAM 4.3gig Maxtor HD.

My BIOS recognizes the HD as being a Maxtor 90432-D2 with 4.3 gigs space.

I had Win 95 and it would not recognize the "extra" space so my tech people ordered a copy of Win98SE and I renamed command.com and the Windows folder so it would install. Once I got it installed and reinstalled all my software, I ran the disk converter program that converts to FAT 32.

After all that I ran Norton Utilities to fix Windows problems etc.

Windows 98 still sees only 1.99gig HD.

Would Partition Magic help? I really do not want to format the drive and start all over. It is the school's computer but I really need the extra space.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

 

[Jakespeare]

Use FDISK to check the primary partition. It will probably show you that the primary partition is 2 Gig.

So, Windows isn't going to see part of a hard drive that is Not a partition.

Either start over with FDISK ,,,,,, or, make a D: partition and use the space that way.

OH,,,,, and 1st, download the Maxtor Powermax software and run that to make sure your not wasting your time on a "broken" drive.

 

[UKalliance]

Ensure that your system bios is up to date. The version your using could be so old (school comps tend to be older) and that could be the crux of you problems.