Hi, I'm a newbie to using Fdisk/Format. Here is my setup: Windows ME Primary disk: called C:\ 30 GB (one partition) Secondary disk: called D:\ 60 GB (one big partition) Lately they've both been causing me some problems and I thought maybe I'd fdisk/format the D:\ drive. I just used the HP Recovery disks to reformat/reinstall everything on the C: drive. Do I need to delete the partition or logical DOS drive first or can I just fdisk/format over the top since it's one big 60 GB partition? Also, would a much less drastic approach be to just try to format it first, without doing the fdisk? The problems I'm having have been my scandisk.log showing problems with the FSInfoSector on either or both of the drives. While scandisk corrects the problems, it's annoying and only started happening a few months ago. I'm so used to my computer flying along error free! I tried troubleshooting for improper shutdown issues, startup issues, etc to no avail. No virus problems (used F-port for DOS) Just a problem with FSInfoSector which I couldn't find out much about using Google. I assume it's a corrupt FAT32 system or corrupt MBR and I'm assuming this can be corrected by using fdisk/format - right ? LOL I know, I shouldn't assume LOL! Anything I can try that is less drastic? My D:\ drive is sitting empty having backed up all my data... Any help or advice is welcome, so is email! Thank you, A. Subtract +- --
When the scandisk log reports errors with FSInfoSector, you can be almost certain that the cause is the computer being shut down incorrectly, and the FSInfoSector (which holds file system information) becomes corrupt. Be sure that you always shut down properly. As far as fdisk is concerned, there is no need to, unless you wish to create more partitions. Just format.
What problem? They may invalidate any suggestions I might give. Formating the driveshould do. Why has this started to give you problems? This could be a worry - is the HD failing? Some HD manufacturers have diagnostic utilities for download If you have _mirrorred_ all of c: to d:, then change the drive jumpers, make your old d: into c:, and toss old c:
