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I just installed an external firewire drive enclosure. The instructions that
came with the enclosure say that I must run fdisk before I try to partition
and format the drive, and it must be run from a DOS window while windows is
running.
I assume this means the start>run>cmd that brings up the window. typing
fdisk and hitting enter gives me the error message "fdisk is not recognized
as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file."
When I go to disk management the 40GB drive shows Disk 2 unknown not
initialized 38.16GB unallocated. A right click on the drive in disk
management only allows to check properties.
I guess setting up a firewire external is different that setting up a USB
external drive that I did through Disk Management.
This should be my L drive since K is my USB Maxtor drive.
Thanks for any assistance
Bob
I just installed an external firewire drive enclosure. The instructions that
came with the enclosure say that I must run fdisk before I try to partition
and format the drive, and it must be run from a DOS window while windows is
running.
I assume this means the start>run>cmd that brings up the window. typing
fdisk and hitting enter gives me the error message "fdisk is not recognized
as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file."
When I go to disk management the 40GB drive shows Disk 2 unknown not
initialized 38.16GB unallocated. A right click on the drive in disk
management only allows to check properties.
I guess setting up a firewire external is different that setting up a USB
external drive that I did through Disk Management.
This should be my L drive since K is my USB Maxtor drive.
Thanks for any assistance
Bob