> I bought a new 6,4 GB Western Digital HDD.
>
> I couldn't use the complete of HDD space. Dos said that I have only 2.142
> GB.
>
> Some body told me to make the HDD in 3 parts. When I did this, windows
> displayed the HDD as three parts. And each part contains 2.142 GB. But
> CD-ROM drive disappeared!
>
> When I restart windows in Dos mode, there was a message says “ Not enough
> drive letters available “
>
> After that I repartitioned the HDD to two parts only. And then the CD-ROM
> icon came back! But I still have 4 GB only.
>
> I installed the CD driver more than 3 times but nothing happened.
>
> Can anybody help me?

     Sounds like your lastdrive parameter is too small. In your config.sys
file look for a line that says:
LASTDRIVE=X (X may be any letter of the alphabet)
        If you don't see it there add it in and give it a value like N, I often set
it to Z because my system is on a network. This setting tells DOS how much
internal space it should reserve for drive letters. Hope this helped, TTYL

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