How can I format the hard disk of my asus Laptop?

juavizga · 10-07-2005, 02:08 AM

I bought an ASUS Z92K, and I want to re-do the partitions because by default the laptop has splited the disk into2 partiotos one of 60% an other of 40%.

I start with the windows 98 startup disk and use FDISK to do the format I use compatibility with discs greater than 2G, but when I set up the config Fdisk tells me that the disk has a size of 1G, and its size is 80GB.

Can anybody help me?

Thanks

crazijoe · 10-07-2005, 05:13 AM

What OS are you putting on the System?

juavizga · 10-08-2005, 12:48 AM

I want use Linux and Windows!!!
I want have 2 partitions one of 75 GB and other of 5 GB.

ebackhus · 10-08-2005, 10:56 AM

Dunno about Linux, but the Windows setup will let you create partitions.

crazijoe · 10-10-2005, 04:16 AM

Linux does also.
Both OSs will let you create partitions when installing the OS.

10-07-2005, 02:08 AM	#1 (permalink)
juavizga Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 2 OS: Windows and Linux	How can I format the hard disk of my asus Laptop? I bought an ASUS Z92K, and I want to re-do the partitions because by default the laptop has splited the disk into2 partiotos one of 60% an other of 40%. I start with the windows 98 startup disk and use FDISK to do the format I use compatibility with discs greater than 2G, but when I set up the config Fdisk tells me that the disk has a size of 1G, and its size is 80GB. Can anybody help me? Thanks

10-07-2005, 05:13 AM	#2 (permalink)
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10-10-2005, 04:16 AM	#5 (permalink)
crazijoe Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Omaha, The Center of the Universe Posts: 7,632 OS: WinXP, Win2K3 My System	Linux does also. Both OSs will let you create partitions when installing the OS. __________________ Microsoft MCSA + Messaging, MVP, A+, Network+ http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b3...other/Help.jpg Do you want a real Republican? HDD diagnostic tools / HDD data recovery software