tgjb007
09-10-2005, 09:25 AM
Hello,
I just started using Knoppix, have used Linux in the past but not
for a couple of years.
Anyways, I started using Knoppix in order to try and figure out
what's going on with my hard drive. My notebook's hd crashed
so I bought a new one.
When I boot the computer to re-install windows the windows
installation only comes up seeing approx 8GB when the hd
is actually 80GB, and when I try format that 8GB I receive
an error telling me the hd could not be formated. I've just
installed the latest BIOS from my manufacturer and still does
not work. When I go into the BIOS settings I can see the hd
in it's 80GB entirety, but nowhere else does it register as
80GB...even with an old windows 98 boot disk it still does not
see 80GB.
So I tried running Knoppix to see if it would come up with
a listing of the drive so that I might be able to run some sort
of utilities that might fix the problem...but Knoppix doesn't list
anything in the 80GB range when I use the command 'df -h'
to list the current drive information.
Any ideas how to remedy this problem (so I can install
windows again) using Knoppix?
How can I find the primary hd and what utilities can I run
to try and fix this?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
-- TG
I just started using Knoppix, have used Linux in the past but not
for a couple of years.
Anyways, I started using Knoppix in order to try and figure out
what's going on with my hard drive. My notebook's hd crashed
so I bought a new one.
When I boot the computer to re-install windows the windows
installation only comes up seeing approx 8GB when the hd
is actually 80GB, and when I try format that 8GB I receive
an error telling me the hd could not be formated. I've just
installed the latest BIOS from my manufacturer and still does
not work. When I go into the BIOS settings I can see the hd
in it's 80GB entirety, but nowhere else does it register as
80GB...even with an old windows 98 boot disk it still does not
see 80GB.
So I tried running Knoppix to see if it would come up with
a listing of the drive so that I might be able to run some sort
of utilities that might fix the problem...but Knoppix doesn't list
anything in the 80GB range when I use the command 'df -h'
to list the current drive information.
Any ideas how to remedy this problem (so I can install
windows again) using Knoppix?
How can I find the primary hd and what utilities can I run
to try and fix this?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
-- TG