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You guys mught have missed it as i posted in the old thread... but i seem to be having a problem installing my new 80GB maxtor on my P3b-F system running win2k... i'm going thru WIn2's disk manager... it creates a Fat32 single partition but then gives an error that the drive size id too big... what's happening here.. what should i do ? i even tried a 56GB partition it gave the same error...
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Why don't u create a NTFS partition...? there's no size limit on it.
Anyway... if u tryed to format that partition in 1*80gb and had selected 4K cluster size u won't ever be able to format that.... u'll need at least 16K cluster. That's why i think u should either consider moving to NTFS or splitting your HD in parts 'cuz u'll have a huge slack with 16K.
SpazmLast edited by spazm_1999; 11 November 2001, 17:39.P3-667@810 retail, Asus CUSL2-C, 2*128 mb PC-133(generic), G400DH 16mb, SBLive value, HollyWood+, 1*Realtek 8029(AS) and 1*Realtek 8039C, Quantum 30g, Pioneer DVD-115f -
i need to be able to access the drive thru LAN from winME / 98 pcs...I don't thnik there's a limit on Fat32 smaller than 55 gig though....is there ?Asus P2B @ 100Mhz
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The limit is 2TB(2048GB).... but to reach that u'll need 64K cluster....!! the fat32 effiency get's near 30% on that cluster size.
Try changing the cluster size to 16K.
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all i can see in Win2k disk manager is alocation unit size... either 512 or 1024...is that it ? which should i choose ?Asus P2B @ 100Mhz
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None of the 2. Click on the combo box. U should see Default, 512,1024.... but there's a up and a down arrow at the end of the box. Click down it should display 2048 then 4096 and so on.... try to pick 16K.
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what effect does that setting [16] have on the performance of the drive ???Asus P2B @ 100Mhz
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It will be faster.... tho I can't say by how much but probably not much than 5%.
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should i use quick format option.... it's a brand new Maxtor ? otherwise it takes too long.... ! ?Asus P2B @ 100Mhz
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Go with Quick format... unless u have no other option... Brand new drives normally gives no problems.
I personnally never use it but if u're sure enough that your drive is error free there's no problem.
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i got an error that the cluster size was too small !!!
Things worked out well as NTFS i left file allocation to default !! But i need Fat32 ! what should i do ?
Should i go thru a win98 boot disk and just do it all in dos ? will the size be supported then?
SHould i use Partition Magic ?Last edited by dizzynoodle; 11 November 2001, 18:51.Asus P2B @ 100Mhz
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Well... maybe Win98 FDisk will be able to do the partition correctly... if u don't want to use it and have Partition magic 6 use it it might be faster.
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Faster - and yet less efficient. AND you'll have all that slack space. Argh!
And why, exactly, can't the drive be shared with other clients if it's NTFS? Your OS handles the translation - not theirs.
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I've recheck the Cluster table... it requires 32K sector for 80gig harddrive. That's why u had the error... sorry i misread the table the first time.
SpazmLast edited by spazm_1999; 11 November 2001, 20:05.P3-667@810 retail, Asus CUSL2-C, 2*128 mb PC-133(generic), G400DH 16mb, SBLive value, HollyWood+, 1*Realtek 8029(AS) and 1*Realtek 8039C, Quantum 30g, Pioneer DVD-115fComment
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Exactly Grum... but my first thought was that he was using a Dual boot... i might be wrong tho. As I said earlyer with that size of partition I'd either go with NTFS or split in smaller partition 'cuz there's so much slack with 32 cluster. According to Partition magic if i'd use 32k cluster i'd loose ~33% of my space.
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