partitioning through usb port app

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I need to partition a 250GB HD using a usb to ide adapter on a win98se
system. My usual partitioning tool will not work on a drive connected
via a usb port.

What program is the simplest and least complicated to use to partiton
to, if memory serves?, the 100gb limit for win98se? What are the
potential problems in doing this, if any? Thanks for any helpful
answers. Sorry I don't have time to look this up right now, so can
someone please help?
 
jkerouac said:
I need to partition a 250GB HD using a usb to ide adapter
on a win98se system. My usual partitioning tool will not
work on a drive connected via a usb port.
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What program is the simplest and least complicated to use
to partiton to, if memory serves?, the 100gb limit for win98se?
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There is no particular limit on the partition sized with SE
unless you are talking about the 48 bit LBA limit of 137GB
that applys to the entire physical drive, not just the partition.

Some of the partitioners on the UBCD will partition USB drives fine.
What are the potential problems in doing this, if any?
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http://www.48bitlba.com/win98.htm
 
Hi Rod, thanks for the reply, more blow

There is no particular limit on the partition sized with SE
unless you are talking about the 48 bit LBA limit of 137GB
that applys to the entire physical drive, not just the partition.
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So do you mean by this that I cannot have like two 125 GB partitions on
this drive the SE will recognize?

Some of the partitioners on the UBCD will partition USB drives fine.
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Sorry, what's the UBCD?
 
I'm using an old ver (can't recall offhand, not at my home machine) of
bootitng. Works fine on installed drived, but if memory serves, it does
not recognize any hd connected through the usb port, I recall trying
that once. Maybe the later versions do?
 
jkerouac_not said:
I'm using an old ver (can't recall offhand, not at my home machine) of
bootitng. Works fine on installed drived, but if memory serves, it does
not recognize any hd connected through the usb port, I recall trying
that once. Maybe the later versions do?
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Ok, I had some time to do a search on this. It appears that se tools
such as scandisk cannot be used on anything over 64GB without risk of
data corruption.

Also I will need a partitioner other than fdisk I think since I will
divide the drive into approx 4 60GB partitions and I guess fdisk only
allows one primary partition. If anyone can suggest a good simple
partitioner that will do it, let me know. Maybe N.C.
 
Ok, I had some time to do a search on this. It appears
that se tools such as scandisk cannot be used on anything
over 64GB without risk of data corruption.
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Yes, but the obvious approach is to not use that.
Also I will need a partitioner other than fdisk I think since
I will divide the drive into approx 4 60GB partitions and
I guess fdisk only allows one primary partition.
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Thats not the problem, the problem is that it doesnt have 48 bit LBA support.
If anyone can suggest a good simple
partitioner that will do it, let me know.
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I did, there are a number of those on the UBCD
 
Also I will need a partitioner other than fdisk I think since I will
divide the drive into approx 4 60GB partitions and I guess fdisk only
allows one primary partition. If anyone can suggest a good simple
partitioner that will do it, let me know. Maybe N.C.
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bootitng installed to CD or floppy and skip the install - it goes into
maintenance mode, turn on usb in settings, use partitioning. Don't use
the feature that allows more than 4 primaries.
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Unless you are going to boot from them, is there a reason you need
more than 1 primary partition for your purpose?
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I don't need to boot from it, so do I even need to have even one
primary? Can they all be extended? I can't remember, been a while since
I looked into this topic.
 
jkerouac said:
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I don't need to boot from it, so do I even need to have even one primary?
Nope.

Can they all be extended?
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You need multiple logical drives in a single extended.
 
jkerouac wrote...
I need to partition a 250GB HD using a usb to ide adapter on a win98se
system. My usual partitioning tool will not work on a drive connected
via a usb port.
Click to expand...

Try gparted - Gnome Partition Editor.
Download a bootable Linux ISO image with Gparted.
Burn the ISO to a CD. Boot it up. Plugin your USB.
Then select /dev/sda1 (assume you have one USB HD).

The stable version is
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gparted/gparted-live-0.3.7-7.iso.
 
jkerouac said:
I don't need to boot from it, so do I even need to have even one
primary? Can they all be extended? I can't remember, been a while since
I looked into this topic.
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I think you can only have one extended; but, you can put lots of volumes
in it. The extended is a form of primary, I *think*.

I just know that in bootitng, when I tried to create two extendeds, it
said no-no.

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Ed Light said:
I think you can only have one extended; but, you can put lots of
volumes in it. The extended is a form of primary, I *think*.
Nope.

I just know that in bootitng, when I tried to create two extendeds, it said no-no.
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And so it should.
 
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