When you run Fdisk, are you answering Yes to "Enable Large Disk Support?"
That's how you get the FAT32 partition.  If you answer No, you'll get FAT16.

Also, one thing you wanna watch out for is the 4gb partion can fill up reall
fast, you would be better off using the whole drive as the swap file will
have more room.

"Bruce Varney" <bruce.varney@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:0qGwj.8165$d62.6390@newsfe6-gui.ntli.net...
> I have a Toshiba 30Gb drive in a 480CDT laptop which was originally
> formatted to NTFS.  In Fdisk the drive is reported at the correct size.
I
> wish to install WIN98 on this drive using the first 4GB for the Op' System
> and programs and the remainder of the drive as Drive D for data etc.   I
> deleted the NTFS partition and repartitioned using Fdisk but it now only
> reports
> 8gb.   What do I need to do to be able to use all of the hard drive
> capacity?
>
> Bruce.
>
> <fiveoh1s@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:o81fj.2928$se5.1060@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com...
> > Most drives which are NOT cable select and compatible interface (IDE
> > ATA-33
> > for example) should work.  The slimmer drives too.  I think yours is a
> > 17mm
> > height & the slim are 12mm.
> >
> > As for capacity, keep in mind FAT32 partition size limits for
convenience.
> >
> > Accessing the BIOS isn't necessary, the laptop does it automatically.
> > Most
> > Toshiba's BIOSes can be accessed by pressing escape during boot.  Or
> > download the utility from Toshiba.
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Bruce Varney" <bruce.varney@ntlworld.com>
> > Newsgroups: japan.comp.toshiba
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 8:48 AM
> > Subject: Satellite Pro 480CDT Hard Drive
> >
> >
> >> I have been given a working 480CDT laptop loaded with Win98.  The hard
> > drive
> >> is only 4 Gb.  Would it be possible to fit a larger capacity HD and if
so
> >> what is the size limit.  Will I need to access the bios on this machine
> > and
> >> if so how do I go about that?
> >>
> >> Bruce.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>