From: kayhyphenarcher-mail.com@antispam.com
"Andreas Thalhammer"
wrote in message news:pan.2003.09.17.10.30.32.716863@chello.at...
> Hello!
>
> I have a problem. I bought a new hard disk for my old laptop. It used to
> have 2 GB hard disk space, Windows 95 worked well. Now, when I put in the
> new hard disk (20 GB) and boot from the Windows 95 boot disk it works fine
> until the first reboot after FDISK.
>
> With FDISK I created a big primary partition of 2 GB where I wanted to
> install Windows 95. But now, when I reboot, DOS doesn't want to start at
> all.
>
> I have an other tool which destroys the partition table again so that the
> hard disk is totally empty.
>
> THEN the Windows 95 boot disk (= DOS) starts as usual. But Windows Setup
> tells me to create a partition and format it.
>
> WHICH AGAIN leeds to FDISK, where I create a partition of 2 GB and save
> it, than -off course- I have to reboot AND STUCK AGAIN...
>
> Normally I get the message "Windows wird gestartet..." which is german for
> "Windows is starting...". But after I partitioned the hard disk I don't
> get that message. The disk loads a few tracks (I can hear the *tick* from
> the floppy drive moving the drive's head), then it accesses the hard disk
> (I can see the led flashing) and then here I am. The floppy won't stop
> spinning, and the computer freezes forever.
>
>
> HOW can I get out of this dillemma? Any ideas?
>
> I know that the BIOS of my laptop is old and that it only recognizes 8 GB
> of the 20 GB, but at least I want to be able to use the 8 GB.
>
What brand of hard drive? Most makers have tools (software/overlays) to
deal with this situation. You can skip fdisk by using the partitioning
tools provided by the HD maker.
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