; which was the original and an extra drive (FQuestion # 1: What operating system are you running?
-Assumeably, you are running either Win98se or WinME. If you had Win2k, you could actually do it from within Windows.
Question # 2: Have you tried Fdisk yet?
-This is a little bit more indepth than most people are willing to do, but...let's walk you through it:
Make a boot disk:
START -> RUN
Type in "command"
Press ENTER
Now, you are in DOS. So, change directories to the c:\windows\command folder
In here, pop in your floppy disk in drive A, and do this:
format a: /s (i think the switch is /s for system)
It will ask you if there is a blank disk or whatever...follow along.
When it is finished, you then would need to copy some additional files:
copy format.exe a:
copy fdisk.exe a:
This should be it for the disk part.
NEXT, boot to the floppy (stick it in and reboot the computer)
When you get to the Command Prompt (it should bring you there automatically...if it doesn't, start tapping the F8 key when you see the COMPAQ logo during the POST, and then choose Command Prompt Only.
You should be to a c:\ prompt
From here, just type in Fdisk
The first thing you will see is a Msg that asks you if you want to enable Large Disk Support. Just press "Y" and ENTER.
Now, you should be in the fdisk utility.
From here, you can do a variety of things...(and pardon me b/c I am doing all of this from memory)....
The list will have an entry to Display partitions and logical disk drives (option 4, I think)...so, go into that.
You should see your main disk drive as the C: which should be a PRI DOS partition. This is good. Don't mess with this. However, look at the other partitions. Compaq has a tendency to add in a EXT DOS partition with no drive letter, and a LOGICAL DOS drive with the drive letter of "D" (which is different on your system as you pointed out, i think).
To get rid of that, you will want to press the ESC, go back to the main menu and then go through the process of deleting the logical dos drive (options 3 and 3 or something like that). You then should be able to then CREATE an LOGICAL DOS DRIVE (options 1 and 3, i think)...this will now be the former "System Save" drive that Compaq put on the system.
DON'T MESS WITH THE PRIMARY DOS PARTITION, as this is your main drive.
You will then ESC out of everything. You are now back to the Command Prompt. You may need to reboot, otherwise, you could be able to just type in:
format d:
It will prompt you...just make sure you have the right drive letter in there and do it.
Good luck
Note: This is all from memory, and it should work. But, be wary about doing it until you have read up on Fdisk from Microsoft or another Tech Support area.
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Dingenium
http://www.boggletech.com/
-Assumeably, you are running either Win98se or WinME. If you had Win2k, you could actually do it from within Windows.
Question # 2: Have you tried Fdisk yet?
-This is a little bit more indepth than most people are willing to do, but...let's walk you through it:
Make a boot disk:
START -> RUN
Type in "command"
Press ENTER
Now, you are in DOS. So, change directories to the c:\windows\command folder
In here, pop in your floppy disk in drive A, and do this:
format a: /s (i think the switch is /s for system)
It will ask you if there is a blank disk or whatever...follow along.
When it is finished, you then would need to copy some additional files:
copy format.exe a:
copy fdisk.exe a:
This should be it for the disk part.
NEXT, boot to the floppy (stick it in and reboot the computer)
When you get to the Command Prompt (it should bring you there automatically...if it doesn't, start tapping the F8 key when you see the COMPAQ logo during the POST, and then choose Command Prompt Only.
You should be to a c:\ prompt
From here, just type in Fdisk
The first thing you will see is a Msg that asks you if you want to enable Large Disk Support. Just press "Y" and ENTER.
Now, you should be in the fdisk utility.
From here, you can do a variety of things...(and pardon me b/c I am doing all of this from memory)....
The list will have an entry to Display partitions and logical disk drives (option 4, I think)...so, go into that.
You should see your main disk drive as the C: which should be a PRI DOS partition. This is good. Don't mess with this. However, look at the other partitions. Compaq has a tendency to add in a EXT DOS partition with no drive letter, and a LOGICAL DOS drive with the drive letter of "D" (which is different on your system as you pointed out, i think).
To get rid of that, you will want to press the ESC, go back to the main menu and then go through the process of deleting the logical dos drive (options 3 and 3 or something like that). You then should be able to then CREATE an LOGICAL DOS DRIVE (options 1 and 3, i think)...this will now be the former "System Save" drive that Compaq put on the system.
DON'T MESS WITH THE PRIMARY DOS PARTITION, as this is your main drive.
You will then ESC out of everything. You are now back to the Command Prompt. You may need to reboot, otherwise, you could be able to just type in:
format d:
It will prompt you...just make sure you have the right drive letter in there and do it.
Good luck
Note: This is all from memory, and it should work. But, be wary about doing it until you have read up on Fdisk from Microsoft or another Tech Support area.
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Dingenium
http://www.boggletech.com/
