R
Robert
I have just replaced a failed second (slave) disk on my PC. My problem is
that it doesn't work properly, but I'm not sure if maybe my set-up broke it,
or was it faulty to begin with? I have a dual boot system on my other
(master) disk. C: is Windows 98, E: is Windows XP, & D:&F: are for storage.
It is 250GB, all formatted as fat 32. I know fat 32 & large disks can cause
problems, but that's another story. After I installed the new internal disk,
I tried to use a win 98 boot disk, to partition it with fdisk. This never
worked, as when it tried to scan the disk, it remained at 0% with no hard
drive activity showing on the LED. I then started Win XP & used Paragon
Partition Manager to partition the drive into a 230GB NTFS, & a 20GB fat 32
partition. This was successful, but when I tried to copy files onto the new
drive, it seemed to go very slow, & had some I/O errors. Video clips that
did move played very jerky, & took long time to start, some didn't play at
all. Then the new drives disappeared from "My computer". On a re-boot they
showed in the bios, but still not in Windows. Trying later, they were back
in Windows, but soon disappeared again. This time, the new disk failed to
even appear in the bios when re-booting. Next day they were back, but things
just repeated themselves, & the drives disappeared from Windows. Anyone know
what might be causing this? Faulty drive, or could my set-up have broke it?
Should this set-up have worked, with this mix of NTFS & fat 32? I also tried
formatting the new disk fully in NTFS, then fat 32, but it made no
difference.
that it doesn't work properly, but I'm not sure if maybe my set-up broke it,
or was it faulty to begin with? I have a dual boot system on my other
(master) disk. C: is Windows 98, E: is Windows XP, & D:&F: are for storage.
It is 250GB, all formatted as fat 32. I know fat 32 & large disks can cause
problems, but that's another story. After I installed the new internal disk,
I tried to use a win 98 boot disk, to partition it with fdisk. This never
worked, as when it tried to scan the disk, it remained at 0% with no hard
drive activity showing on the LED. I then started Win XP & used Paragon
Partition Manager to partition the drive into a 230GB NTFS, & a 20GB fat 32
partition. This was successful, but when I tried to copy files onto the new
drive, it seemed to go very slow, & had some I/O errors. Video clips that
did move played very jerky, & took long time to start, some didn't play at
all. Then the new drives disappeared from "My computer". On a re-boot they
showed in the bios, but still not in Windows. Trying later, they were back
in Windows, but soon disappeared again. This time, the new disk failed to
even appear in the bios when re-booting. Next day they were back, but things
just repeated themselves, & the drives disappeared from Windows. Anyone know
what might be causing this? Faulty drive, or could my set-up have broke it?
Should this set-up have worked, with this mix of NTFS & fat 32? I also tried
formatting the new disk fully in NTFS, then fat 32, but it made no
difference.