Format Slave Drive Through Windows 98

[SNGX1275]

If its a brand new hard drive it doesn't have any partitions set up, thats why you can't see it. You have to use fdisk to create a partition, then you can format it.

 

[mickzer]

Hi,
Well done SNGX1275,
You've just answered a question that won't be asked until tomorrow.
(That's if the dates & times are anything to go by )
I'll have some of whatever you're drinking!!!!ha ha.

mickzer

 

[SNGX1275]

Hi,
Well done SNGX1275,
You've just answered a question that won't be asked until tomorrow.
(That's if the dates & times are anything to go by )
I'll have some of whatever you're drinking!!!!ha ha.

mickzer

Yeh, just got my time machine working yesterday

What would really be cool is if I'd be like the Oracle in The Matrix and see if he'd still ask the question if I had already answered it. ie - I could delete his original post, only leaving me quoting him and my response

 

[Sparkz]

I can't remember what I ate for breakfast yesterday let alone remember the in's & out's of Windows 98. Got a question, see if anyone can help me out on this one. I took a look at it and my brain is drawing a blank.
Old Dell with Windows 98 on. Friend needed more space so I added a slave drive (WD80GB). DOS setup is recognizing the new harddrive (have that set on auto), but Windows 98 is not. It's a brand new harddrive so it shouldn't needed formatting, but because of Windows 98 I'm thinking it does (Gotta love the older systems & new hardware/software). But I can't remember how to format a slave drive through Windows 98 since XP has made it so easy & convienent. Someone want to refresh my memory? Would GREATLY appreciate it.

 

[Ididmyc600]

I can't remember what I ate for breakfast yesterday let alone remember the in's & out's of Windows 98. Got a question, see if anyone can help me out on this one. I took a look at it and my brain is drawing a blank.
Old Dell with Windows 98 on. Friend needed more space so I added a slave drive (WD80GB). DOS setup is recognizing the new harddrive (have that set on auto), but Windows 98 is not. It's a brand new harddrive so it shouldn't needed formatting, but because of Windows 98 I'm thinking it does (Gotta love the older systems & new hardware/software). But I can't remember how to format a slave drive through Windows 98 since XP has made it so easy & convienent. Someone want to refresh my memory? Would GREATLY appreciate it.

Must really be a bad day, run a DOS Box and just run Fdisk and then do what you would normally do, or restart in MS-DOS mode and do it that way,

The youth are spoilt today with XP doing everything for them....lol

 

[briph]

Hello Sparkz,
Did you try computer management?
But I think the problem is that your new HDD is NTFS, but Win98 supports only FAT32.
So try to format from BIOS.

 

[ru_ready]

hi

80 gig drive... might be a hardware issue, older MObO's need a cd to help them, as for a slave into a machine, is this already formatted to NTFS? as in pre-done? and if its new (out of box) you are correct in saying you shouldnt need to format it. a blank drive will just run as a blank storage drive...

cheers

 

[SNGX1275]

and if its new (out of box) you are correct in saying you shouldnt need to format it. a blank drive will just run as a blank storage drive

No if its new out of the box he will have to format it, they don't come pre-formatted. But you can't even do that until you have set up at least 1 partition on it.