Hi

I finally managed to download it, but it came in zipped form and when i extracted it, the computer is asking for the program it should use to open the iso file. Am I doing something wrong? HELP!!!

I finally managed to download UBCD. It downloaded as a ZIP file but after extracting I can't open the ISO file. I'm being identify the program that opens it. I don't know this makes sense or maybe I'm doing some wrong.

Hi Chris kandaba

Right. The ISO image file you've downloaded you have to "burn" to a CD now. Use any burning software to do this.

Hi Kazna3,

Once I burn the ISO image, do I just put the CD into the pc and boot from the cd rom? By the way, should I burn the whole folder or just the ISO image?

Hi, I'm still having problems using the UBCD. I burnt the image onto the cd, put into the pc, the ROM light blinks a few times the holds steady for a little while, then zip, nada, nothing happens. Maybe I'm not doing something rite.

I'm still only able to see 15.58mb of the harddrive. That's is what is showing as total space on it. And that's not even enough for win 98. Funny thing is when I take the same hard drive to another pc, and fdisk & format, I get the full 20gig, so I reckon it's the pc that has a problem... mind you, all 20gig was available before, though in two partions (8/12).

Maybe I should use a different partitioning tool? Any ideas?

Thanks

Hello, and Welcome to D-A-L.

You're not seeing the entire 20 GB because a partition on the hard disk is NTFS. FAT32 Operating Systems can't "see" NTFS partitions.

If you want the entire hard disk back as 20 GB, use fdisk and delete all FAT partitions AND Non-Dos partitions (NTFS). Then with the entire disk "blank", create a new FAT32 partition, then reboot, then format the new partition. When you reach this point you can install an O/S. (Operating System)

Hi Danny

Thanks for the info. I have tried deleting all the partitions as you said, but when I try to delete the Non-Dos partitions, I get a message that there are no non-dos partitions to delete. So what I'm I doing wrong?

Thanks

I've re-read the entire thread, and admit I read things earlier that weren't there. My eyes and brain went too fast for the actual words. ;>{

The "facts", as I've re-read them:

Hard disk is 20 GB

The "problem" machine is only providing 15 MB of a 20 GB hard disk.

(Another thing I missed; "Funny thing is when I take the same hard drive to another pc, and fdisk & format, I get the full 20gig, so I reckon it's the pc that has a problem... mind you, all 20gig was available before, though in two partions (8/12).")

Hmmmmm.............

From the above statement, it sounds as though the hard disk is (no longer) being recognized properly in the problem machine. Does the POST (Power On Self Test) show only 15MB? If so, then therein lies the problem.

What is the make and model number of:
1) the hard disk
2) the motherboard

What BIOS is on the motherboard? (AMI, Award, Phoenix, IBM, etc)
Does it have a "IDE HDD Auto Detection" feature?

I'll attach a program (delpart.exe*) which usually overcomes Non-DOS partition deletion. (NTFS, HPFS, etc) However, if the machine is only "seeing" 15 MB as the entire drive, this will be of no use in this instance.

I gather you're still using a floppy boot disk to boot the machine. Simply copy the delpart.exe file to a blank formatted floppy. When you boot the machine with the 98 boot disk, when it finishes booting and reaches the A:\> prompt, remove the boot disk and insert the delpart disk. Type delpart and hit the ENTER key. Follow the prompts.

Please answer the above questions.


*Excerpt from the tool description:
The DELPART utility was developed internally at Microsoft Product Support Services and is intended for use only at the direction of a Microsoft Support Engineer in troubleshooting support problems. Any other use of DELPART is at your own risk. Please understand that the DELPART utility is a powerful disk partition deleting tool and may result in data loss if used incorrectly.

This tool is provided "AS IS" without warranty of any kind. Microsoft disclaims any implied warranty of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose.

Dan,

Here are the answers to yr questions:

1. HDD - Western Digital - 20gb - Mdel # WD200-EB-OOCPFO
2. Motherboard - SIS (can't locate model #)
3. BIOS - AST Rel.1.03
4. Yes has IDE Auto detection (But doesn't indicate the size of the hdd)
5. The POST doesn't show any size of hdd.

I hope I have answered all the queries correctly and will try out the DELPART software.

Ensure your disk jumper is set correctly for the existing system configuration.
See below for the jumper positions. (From: http://www.wdc.com/en/products/legacy/Legacy.asp?r=1 )
(I personally avoid using Cable Select, but that's me.)

The jumper is located on the end of the disk with the data & power connectors. Pin 1 will be indicated on the disks circuit board by the jumper pin. If you have problems deciphering this, post back.

Further instructions:

Go to the bottom of this page http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc....dHRpbmdz&p_li= under Related Answers and click on the top two links for detailed setup instructions for this disk.