Author Topic: 40GB IBM and Win98 (Read 385 times)

JV44 · « **on:** November 12, 2001, 02:53:00 AM »

Hello..

Last Friday I build in a second 40GB IBM HD.

In Bios Autodetect the Hd is identiefied correctly....

But in Win 98 the HD do not apear.

I let run hardware detect, also I delete all hd controllers and let windows find them again....HD do not show up...

Hd is correctly jumpered as slave...

A friend tell me that win 98 only will accept Hds below 32GB, is this correct???

I think when the Bios find the HD in auto detect there can nothing be wrong with it, also I hear the spin up of the hd at system start...

Any ideas???

Jv44 (Andreas)

mrsid2 · « **Reply #1 on:** November 12, 2001, 03:44:00 AM »

Did you run FDISK and formatted the drive?

Bios will detect it, but unless you set the partitions active and format it the OS won't reckognize the drive.

JV44 · « **Reply #2 on:** November 12, 2001, 04:10:00 AM »

Ups... I will try it this afternoon....

TX!

Andreas (jv44)

JV44 · « **Reply #3 on:** November 12, 2001, 01:55:00 PM »

Argh....

Set me with 100th blond women in a cage....

Sure it was cause I do not create partitition and format the drive.....

All get a free shot at me

Thanks for the hint....

Andreas (JV44)