Reformat with Win2000pro

[theChangeling]

Hey all.[nbsp][nbsp]Neeed some help here.[nbsp][nbsp]When I was running Win98 I deleted some partitions using partion magic, then reformated and did a clean install of Win2000 pro.[nbsp][nbsp]Problem is that I dont think the partions really deleted.[nbsp][nbsp]In Win200 it is only recognizing 11gigs of my 30gig hard drive.[nbsp][nbsp]And that is exactly how large my primary partiton was.

What do i do to reformat the whole disk and delete those partions?[nbsp][nbsp]In the cmd function isnt recoginzing fdisk
Ack

lost here and having no luck looking it up on the net.

[jimbo]

I'm in the middle of reformatting all of our companies workstations with Windows 2000 they're all Dells with 2 or 3 factory installed partions, and I'm wiping them all out - so I could do this in my sleep :).

When you do the install, you boot the CD-ROM, correct?[nbsp][nbsp]I don't think there's any other way to do it unless they ship some versions w/ floppies, so I'd assume you are.

After the setup copies all its files to the HDD, it will ask you what partition you'd like to install Windows2000 on.[nbsp][nbsp]It will list the one 11MB partition that you currently have set up, and will give you an "Unpartitioned Space" number of 19MB.[nbsp][nbsp]Together, those numbers *should* add up to the total size of your HDD.

Delete any existing partitions - it will keep asking "are you sure" types of questions, asking you to hit different keys everytime to confirm (it's a pain), just say yes to everything.[nbsp][nbsp]As long as all the data you want to save is off the machine, you want to erase *everything*.

It will take you back to the "Which partition..." screen that you were just at, but now it won't show any partitions, it will just list "Unpartitioned Space", and it should give you approx 30MB.[nbsp][nbsp]Select the Unpartioned Space, and choose "Create Partition on Unpartitioned Space", say yes.[nbsp][nbsp]Then it will take you to a partition size screen, and it will tell you the maximum size (HDD size less DOS partition) that you can make the partition for.[nbsp][nbsp]If you only want one partition, enter the maximum amount.[nbsp][nbsp]And say okay.

Then back at the "Which Partition..." screen, select the partition you just created, and choose "Install Windows on this partition".[nbsp][nbsp]Say yes, and it will start formatting your disk with that one partition, and continue on installing Windows 2000 there.

The trick is to delete all exisiting partitions and unpartitioned space - and try to create one partition the size of your HDD.

If this is what you did, and it still didn't work, then there may be other problems with your HDD.[nbsp][nbsp]If not, then I hope this helps :).

-jim