Forgive me for having been unclear. The warranty is on my NEW Vista desktop
from Compaq. I am concerned that, if I open that case and do the needed
maint on this added drive, HP will find out and void my warranty. The
computer I am trying to re-configure used to have three harddrives, this
20GB, and 80 GB and a 100GB. I didn't pay too close attention to the fact
that the 100GB was considered the Drive 0 and this 20GB was Drive 1.
"PJ Perillo" <jeddlingley@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:G7Bbj.4208$1q4.2617@trnddc06...
> Thank you for something that sounds sensible, except that it will probably
> void my warranty.
> Conversely, it was my XP system, until I removed the other physical
> drive. I had the system on this drive I'm trying to re-use, alone. The
> other one I had removed was drive 0, this 20GB was drive 1.
>
> "Patrick Keenan" <test@dev.null> wrote in message
> news:OwSbv3aRIHA.5164@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> "PJ Perillo" <jeddlingley@verizon.net> wrote in message
>> news:3Trbj.4457$we6.3092@trndny09...
>>> Is there any help for me, instead of you guys arguing among yourselves?!
>>> I have an FDISK that will only create a primary DOS partition of 8 MB!
>>> Help!
>>
>>
>> Attach the drive to your XP or VIsta system. RIght-click on My
>> Computer, choose Manage. Go to Disk Management.
>>
>> Here, you can delete and recreate partitions, and format them.
>>
>> There is absolutely no need to use DOS or WIn9x tools. And it's true,
>> fdisk does not allow formatting, but neither does diskpart, which is the
>> XP/Vista equivalent.
>>
>> If you feel you must use fdisk, then just delete the partition. Don't
>> bother creating a new one.
>>
>> You can also borrow a retail (not OEM) XP install CD and start into setup
>> of a "clean" install. Delete the partition, then stop, or take the next
>> step and format it.
>>
>>
>>
>> HTH
>> -pk
>>
>>
>>> "Andrew E." <eckrichco@msn.com> wrote in message
>>> news:05E8A5A9-DCDE-4F76-A447-D7DC648803AF@microsoft.com...
>>>> With 98,use the FDisk utility in MS-DOS,it will reformat....
>>>>
>>>> "PJ Perillo" wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I only have a Windows 98 start-up disk, besides this MS Vista laptop
>>>>> I'm on.
>>>>> I need to format the drive in an old desktop I'm trying to sell. Is
>>>>> it
>>>>> necessary for me to find the files for an XP ERD?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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