troubleshooting Question
Resize Win98 partition in VMware
I have a legacy Win98 box that I need to virtualize. I've got it successfully P2V'd into VMware Workstation. The problem is that it's a single hard drive with a 2gb FAT16 partition and a 14GB FAT32 partition. I've been able to successfully convert the FAT16 to FAT32, however, I'm pulling my hair out trying to resize the partitions. I need to resize the 2gb partition to 4gb.
I tried using a partition tool in a Win7 VM to resize. When I boot the Win98 box I just get a blinking cursor. How do I successfully resize these partitions? Or, I think I successfully resize the partitions, but messed up my ability to boot. I tried booting the 98 install CD and getting to a command prompt. I ran FDISK /mbr. It didn't do anything....
I tried using a partition tool in a Win7 VM to resize. When I boot the Win98 box I just get a blinking cursor. How do I successfully resize these partitions? Or, I think I successfully resize the partitions, but messed up my ability to boot. I tried booting the 98 install CD and getting to a command prompt. I ran FDISK /mbr. It didn't do anything....
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