I need to partition a 250GB HD using a usb to ide adapter on a win98se
system. My usual partitioning tool will not work on a drive connected
via a usb port.
What program is the simplest and least complicated to use to partiton
to, if memory serves?, the 100gb limit for win98se? What are the
potential problems in doing this, if any? Thanks for any helpful
answers. Sorry I don't have time to look this up right now, so can
someone please help?
> I need to partition a 250GB HD using a usb to ide adapter
> on a win98se system. My usual partitioning tool will not
> work on a drive connected via a usb port.
> What program is the simplest and least complicated to use
> to partiton to, if memory serves?, the 100gb limit for win98se?
There is no particular limit on the partition sized with SE
unless you are talking about the 48 bit LBA limit of 137GB
that applys to the entire physical drive, not just the partition.
Some of the partitioners on the UBCD will partition USB drives fine.
> What are the potential problems in doing this, if any?
Try bootitng installed to a CD or floppy. Skip the install and it will
go into maintenance mode. Go into the partition work and you can create
partitions. Might have to activate usb in the settings.
--
Ed Light
"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in news:6etac9F8rcscU1
@mid.individual.net:
> jkerouac <jkerouac_not@aol.com> wrote:
>
>> I need to partition a 250GB HD using a usb to ide adapter
>> on a win98se system. My usual partitioning tool will not
>> work on a drive connected via a usb port.
>
>> What program is the simplest and least complicated to use
>> to partiton to, if memory serves?, the 100gb limit for win98se?
>
> There is no particular limit on the partition sized with SE
> unless you are talking about the 48 bit LBA limit of 137GB
> that applys to the entire physical drive, not just the partition.
So do you mean by this that I cannot have like two 125 GB partitions on
this drive the SE will recognize?
>
> Some of the partitioners on the UBCD will partition USB drives fine.
Ed Light <nobody@nobody.there> wrote in
news:48897f65$0$1836$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com:
I'm using an old ver (can't recall offhand, not at my home machine) of
bootitng. Works fine on installed drived, but if memory serves, it does
not recognize any hd connected through the usb port, I recall trying
that once. Maybe the later versions do?
> Try bootitng installed to a CD or floppy. Skip the install and it will
> go into maintenance mode. Go into the partition work and you can
> create partitions. Might have to activate usb in the settings.
> I'm using an old ver (can't recall offhand, not at my home machine) of
> bootitng. Works fine on installed drived, but if memory serves, it does
> not recognize any hd connected through the usb port, I recall trying
> that once. Maybe the later versions do?
Previously jkerouac <jkerouac_not@aol.com> wrote:
> Hi Rod, thanks for the reply, more blow
> "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in news:6etac9F8rcscU1
> @mid.individual.net:
>> jkerouac <jkerouac_not@aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I need to partition a 250GB HD using a usb to ide adapter
>>> on a win98se system. My usual partitioning tool will not
>>> work on a drive connected via a usb port.
>>
>>> What program is the simplest and least complicated to use
>>> to partiton to, if memory serves?, the 100gb limit for win98se?
>>
>> There is no particular limit on the partition sized with SE
>> unless you are talking about the 48 bit LBA limit of 137GB
>> that applys to the entire physical drive, not just the partition.
> So do you mean by this that I cannot have like two 125 GB partitions on
> this drive the SE will recognize?
I don't think SE can handle 125GB partitions or 250GB disks at all.
jkerouac <jkerouac_not@aol.com> wrote
> Hi Rod, thanks for the reply, more blow
> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
>> jkerouac <jkerouac_not@aol.com> wrote
>>> I need to partition a 250GB HD using a usb to ide adapter
>>> on a win98se system. My usual partitioning tool will not
>>> work on a drive connected via a usb port.
>>> What program is the simplest and least complicated to use
>>> to partiton to, if memory serves?, the 100gb limit for win98se?
>> There is no particular limit on the partition sized with SE
>> unless you are talking about the 48 bit LBA limit of 137GB
>> that applys to the entire physical drive, not just the partition.
> So do you mean by this that I cannot have like two 125 GB partitions
> on this drive the SE will recognize?
It is possible, with the limitations spelt out in the url I posted at the bottom.
>> Some of the partitioners on the UBCD will partition USB drives fine.
Arno Wagner <me@privacy.net> wrote:
> Previously jkerouac <jkerouac_not@aol.com> wrote:
>> Hi Rod, thanks for the reply, more blow
>
>> "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in news:6etac9F8rcscU1
>> @mid.individual.net:
>
>>> jkerouac <jkerouac_not@aol.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I need to partition a 250GB HD using a usb to ide adapter
>>>> on a win98se system. My usual partitioning tool will not
>>>> work on a drive connected via a usb port.
>>>
>>>> What program is the simplest and least complicated to use
>>>> to partiton to, if memory serves?, the 100gb limit for win98se?
>>>
>>> There is no particular limit on the partition sized with SE
>>> unless you are talking about the 48 bit LBA limit of 137GB
>>> that applys to the entire physical drive, not just the partition.
>
>> So do you mean by this that I cannot have like two 125 GB partitions
>> on this drive the SE will recognize?
>
> I don't think SE can handle 125GB partitions or 250GB disks at all.
"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in
news:6f1ec3F9fbqnU1@mid.individual.net:
> <jkerouac_not@aol.com
Ok, I had some time to do a search on this. It appears that se tools
such as scandisk cannot be used on anything over 64GB without risk of
data corruption.
Also I will need a partitioner other than fdisk I think since I will
divide the drive into approx 4 60GB partitions and I guess fdisk only
allows one primary partition. If anyone can suggest a good simple
partitioner that will do it, let me know. Maybe N.C.
partitioning through usb port app 
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