Re: NTFS and FAT32 drives
From: Ron Martell (ron.martell_at_gmail.com)
Date: 11/02/04
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Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2004 18:33:54 GMT
John Johnson <change@pacbell.net> wrote:
>Xp Pro SP2
>NTFS file system.
>MSI 865 MB.
>
>I tried to put in a couple older drives to check on whats in them.
>They are FAT32 drives.
>My computer hung from the get go on them. Booting up took for ever
>and it didn't recognize them at all.
>
>I seem to remember on XP being able to read and copy to FAT 32
>drives.
Sometimes there are problems when using drives of different ages on
the same IDE channel, especially if the two drives are from different
manufacturers.
I would be reluctant, for example, to configure a computer with a new
Western Digital drive as primary master and a 5 or 6 year old Maxtor,
Seagate, or Quantum drive as primary slave. Sometimes these mixed
generation & brand configurations work, but they have problems often
enough to make me wary.
Connect your old drives one at a time to the Secondary IDE channel as
the master drive and disconnect everything else that is connected to
that channel. Then see if your computer will boot up and detect the
drive for your. If not then the drive is probably defective.
Good luck
Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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