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Article ID: 195941 - Last Review: January 23, 2007 - Revision: 2.1 Err Msg: Drive Converter Unable to Find the Drive PartitionThis article was previously published under Q195941 If this article does not describe your hardware-related issue, please see the following Microsoft Web site to view more articles about hardware:
When you try to use the Microsoft Drive Converter (FAT32) tool to convert
a drive from the FAT16 file system to the FAT32 file system, you may
receive the following error message:
Drive converter unable to find the drive partition.
This problem can occur if you try to convert a FAT16 logical drive that
begins above the 8 gigabyte (GB) point. For example, this can occur if you
have a 10 GB hard disk, with five 2 GB FAT16 partitions, and you try to
convert your fifth drive (typically drive G) to FAT32.
To work around this problem, delete all of your partitions above the 8 GB
point, and then re-create your partitions. To do so, use the following
steps:
WARNING: If you perform the following steps, all data on the specific
partition or drive will be deleted. Microsoft recommends you back up your
data before you perform the following steps. For information about how to
back up data, click Start, click Help, click the Index tab, type "backup"
(without quotation marks), and then click Display.
- Click Start, point to Programs, and then click MS-DOS Prompt.
- At the command prompt, type "fdisk" (without quotation marks), press Y
when you are prompted to enable large disk support, and then press
ENTER.
- Press 4, and then press ENTER.
- Press Y, and then press ENTER. Note the partition information for all
of the drives listed on this screen, and then press ESC.
- Press 3, press ENTER, press 3, and then press ENTER.
- Press the letter that corresponds with the last drive listed in the
extended partition, and then press ENTER. For example, on a 10 GB drive
with five 2 GB partitions, this is drive G, and this is also the only
drive listed as FAT16.
- Type the volume label displayed to the left of the drive letter exactly
as it is displayed, and then press ENTER.
- Press Y, press ENTER, press ESC, and then press ESC.
- Press 1, press ENTER, press 3, and then press ENTER.
- When you are prompted to use all of the remaining available disk
space, press Y, and then press ENTER.
- Press ESC to exit FDISK, type "exit" (without quotation marks), and
then press ENTER.
- Restart your computer.
- Double-click My Computer, right-click drive G, and then click Format.
- Click Full, click Start, and then click OK.
APPLIES TO- Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
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