Formatting a second HD?

[Lukas]

Uzytkownik "DaveC" <an...@bugus.net> napisal w wiadomosci
news:0001HW.BAB428AF...@news.covad.net...
> Working on a laptop with W98.
>
> Added a usb external 30 GB drive, and W98 said "Cannot recognize this
drive.
> Format?" or some such message.
>
> Said Yes, and it formatted a 5 GB drive. That's only 1/6 of the capacity
of
> the new drive. Does W98 have a max partition size of 5 GB?
>
> How do I format this drive to 30 GB? A computer shop said they could, but
> wants $90. Surely it's a simple thing...
>
> Thanks,

Use fdisk if it's still creating 5 GB partition then check BIOS. If BIOS
shows right capity then try to write zeroes to few begining sectors (from
sector 0) of that disk to do that use for ex. Diskeditor from Norton
Utilities