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gjwilson
01-07-2001, 01:18 AM
I`m installing a new Maxtor 8.4 on an Intel 440 LX mobo with a Celeron 400. In the bios with auto detect the drive is identified as an 8gig but when I go to fdisk and format and instal Win98 all three show it as 4.2gig. What`s up with this???Gary
RenaissanceMan
01-07-2001, 07:38 AM
see if there is some information here to help you. http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q255/8/67.ASP?LN=EN-US&SD=gn&FR=0&qry=format%20fdisk%20large%20disk%20drives&rnk=2&src=DHCS_MSPSS_gn_SRCH&SPR=W98
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