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christopherpm · 27 February 2013, 16:08

I have an A1200 with Kickstart 39.106.

I'm trying to install an IDE hard drive. I have two that I can use, but am having problems with both (although I know that they are both in good condition).

I can not seem to partition them to full capacity, so was just wondering if a newer version of Kickstart might overcome that issue, BUT my main issue is this:-

I have created 2 partitions - the first is about 250-ish MB in size and I have called Work. I can format this partition no problem.

My second partition is called Data and is just under 4GB in size (it's basically the biggest partition that I seem to be able to make). When I attempt to format this partition, I get an error:-

format failure
not a valid DOS disk

This happens on my 40GB Fujitsu drive and my 100GB Toshiba drive.

Am I missing something? I'm using HDTools on WB 3.1.

27 February 2013, 16:08	#1
christopherpm Registered User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Fort William Posts: 122	A1200 - problems installing HD I have an A1200 with Kickstart 39.106. I'm trying to install an IDE hard drive. I have two that I can use, but am having problems with both (although I know that they are both in good condition). I can not seem to partition them to full capacity, so was just wondering if a newer version of Kickstart might overcome that issue, BUT my main issue is this:- I have created 2 partitions - the first is about 250-ish MB in size and I have called Work. I can format this partition no problem. My second partition is called Data and is just under 4GB in size (it's basically the biggest partition that I seem to be able to make). When I attempt to format this partition, I get an error:- format failure not a valid DOS disk This happens on my 40GB Fujitsu drive and my 100GB Toshiba drive. Am I missing something? I'm using HDTools on WB 3.1.