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Can I create a second disk partition on a Quantum Fireball ST6.4a?

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    Roger at CCCC

    Roger at CCCC Inactive Thread Starter

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    I've been playing with an old Gateway P2/266 with Windows /95, 64 MB RAM and a Quantum Fireball ST6.4A hard drive. The disk statistics say that the hard drive capacity is 2.15 GB with 1.84 GB free, but a hardware xray program says that this disk drive has 6.5 GB on it. Which is it? and if this drive DOES have 6.5GB on it, then can I use FDISK to make a second partition on the other 4 GB WITHOUT damaging the first partition?

    Thanks for any response.
     
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    Hello Roger!

    Windows 95a only supports the FAT16 file system and the maximum partition size is 2 GB = 2048 MB.

    My guess is that You have only one partition C: which is at the maximum size and the balance of the harddisk is not partitioned.

    Do You have a Windows 95a start disk? If You do, put it in and start the computer from it.
    When the computer has started to the A: prompt, type FDISK and hit enter. Next choose Display Partition Information (#4 I think).

    Now it should be revealed if You have only the C: at 2048 MB and some 4500 MB unpartitioned space (if it is 6.4 GB as the designation indicates).

    Hit ESC (twice I think) to get back to the A: prompt and remove the disk. Restart the computer.

    Post back with the results before proceeding because it was a long time since I did this on Win95 and FAT16.

    The only way to utilize all disk space is to create further partitions in the unpartitioned space.
    I do however not remember if it allows You to create one extended partition of the remaining space and three logical partitions within the extended.

    Christer
     
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    Roger at CCCC

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    Thanks, Christer, you are exactly right. FDISK does indeed know about that the disk has 6 GB and lets me create an extended partition and logical drives within it. I should have tried it myself before I asked, but I was just so surprised that the people who used this computer for years apparently never knew or tried to use the other 4 GB.

    So thanks again.
     
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    You´re welcome ...... :) ...... !
     
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