Fdisk Does Not Recognize Full Size of Hard Disks Larger than 64 GB
The information in this article applies to:
* Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
* Microsoft Windows 98
* Microsoft Windows 95
Symptoms
When you use Fdisk.exe to partition a hard disk that is larger than 64 GB
(64 gigabytes, or 68,719,476,736 bytes) in size, Fdisk does not report the
correct size of the hard disk.
The size that Fdisk reports is the full size of the hard disk minus 64 GB.
For example, if the physical drive is 70.3 GB (75,484,122,112 bytes) in size,
Fdisk reports the drive as being 6.3 GB (6,764,579,840 bytes) in size.
Cause
Fdisk uses some 16-bit values internally to calculate the size of the drive.
Some of these variables overflow when the drive size is equal to or larger
than 64 GB.
Resolution
A supported fix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to
correct the problem described in this article and should be applied only to
systems experiencing this specific problem.
Status
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
This problem was corrected in Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition.
More Information
This package installs the updated Fdisk.exe to the Windows\Command and Windows\Options\Cabs folders, on a computer running Windows 98 or Windows 98 Second Edition.
If you are starting a computer from a Windows 98 Startup Disk in order to partition and format the hard disk, you should copy the updated Fdisk.exe from the Windows\Command folder to the Startup Disk, replacing the original Windows 98 or Windows 98 Second Edition version of Fdisk.exe on the Startup Disk.
DownLoad filen her:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q263044
