DL wrote:
> Personally I've allways found it best to use the win2k cd to partition.
> From recollection I used default w98 cd tools to partition.
> I've seen to many problems using third party tools to partition, prior to
> installing an o/s
>
> "Sinus Logarithme" <tlobbosNOS-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:qSfNe.22662$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>>My 120G Maxtor has 3 partitions:
>>c: 10G Fat32
>>d: 19G unformatted
>>e: 90G Fat32
>>
>>I installed win2000 a month ago on c:, and it was working
>>properly. Two days ago, I installed win98 on e: using a
>>procedure described in a group post: after installing win98,
>>I ran the win2000 setup and chose to repair the w2k
>>installation. Everything went as expected, and I had my 2
>>systems working.
>>
>>But then I had second thoughts and decided to clean install
>>win98 on c:, then clean install win2000 on d:, leaving my
>>data on e:. I intended to use Partition Resizer before. So I
>>ran the win2000 defragmenter on e: It went on for some time,
>>and then I stopped it (the right way) because I wanted to
>>delete something from the drive. After exiting the defrag, I
>>saw that a large sub of e: was damaged. When I rebooted in
>>win2000, the system couldn't even read e:
>>
>>So I booted win98 and e: was readable, except for the sub
>>mentioned above.
>>
>>Just now, having put this in writing, I can see what went
>>wrong: the win2000 defragmenter misplaced win98 files. I
>>should have defragged e: in win98, since it is the chief there.
>>
>>But I am not entirely satisfied, and here is why. A couple
>>of years ago, I partitioned that same hard drive as
>>described above, and I used the Maxblast utility (described
>>at the end of this post). I ran win98 exclusively.
>>Everything was fine for a long time, until I scanned e: with
>>Norton anti-virus. Soon after (probably the same day), I
>>lost all the data on e: and there was a new sub called
>>ncdtree on it. That was 6 months ago.
>>
>>I always thought that the cause was one of 2 things: either
>>NAV did a stupid thing, or maxblast did. But now, I am not
>>so sure. Maybe I was the one who did a stupid thing. I need
>>to know. The data on e: at the time was the contents of my
>>audio cd's. Two weeks ago, I started once again to feed e:
>>with music, and I had an accident again. I need to have
>>things clarified. Any thoughts ?
>>
>>-----
>>What exactly does MaxBlast do?
>> The MaxBlast installation software will partition and
>>format your hard drive to make it ready for use. It will
>>also install basic system files which are needed to make
>>your hard drive bootable.
>>
>>If you have a BIOS capacity limitation, MaxBlast Plus II
>>will load the EZ-Drive BIOS extension (EZ-BIOS) software or
>>MaxBlast 3 or newer will load the Dynamic Drive Overlay
>>(DDO) to the hard drive so that the system is forced to
>>recognize the full capacity of the hard drive.
>>-----
>
>
>
Thanks for the feedback. As much as I can remember, I
partitioned the drive using win98's fdisk, and I then used
maxblast for the DDO.
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