Mellow Dude:
Cross-linked entries are when 2 fragments of 2 different files are reported by the operating system to be using the same cluster. A cluster is the smallest unit of disk space on your hard drive. Under the FAT32 file systems, the cluster size is 4k. This means that if you copy a 10k file to your hard drive, for example, the file will fill up 3 clusters. The first piece of the file fills 1 4k cluster, the second piece fills a 2nd 4k cluster, and the remaining 2K of the file eats up a 3rd 4k cluster (4K + 4K + 2K = 10K). Even though the last 2k of your 10k file doesn't completely fill up that 3rd cluster, NO other files may use it; the remaining 2k empty space left over in the cluster does NOT get used; it goes to waste. Cross-linked entries happen when the OS *thinks* that a cluster is empty, and lets a file use it, but in reality that cluster is already used. So the dumb Microsoft OS now has 2 files in the FAT (file allocation table) pointing to the SAME cluster, which shouldn't happen (and sucks because ONE of those pieces of one of the files gets overwritten). This is usually the fault of a bad hard drive, faulty controller, or a hard crash. CONSISTENT cross-linked entries are usually not the fault of crashes, but the fault of a faulty hard drive or controller (or something along the IDE chain like a screwed up cable or something). Unless your mobo IDE controller is faulty, the CMOS should auto-detect your Fujitsu hard drive no problem. I have a 6.4G Fujitsu in my machine, and I sold scads of them in the past. I found them to be excellent drives. The only thing I saw in your original post that you didn't replace was hard drive cables; it's worth a shot to replace those as they're cheap. If you already did, I don't know what to tell ya. Sorry for the long-winded cross-linked lesson.
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The Rock
"Discourage incest - ban country music NOW!"
System:
P2 350 /w Asus P2B /w 128 Meg PC100 SDRAM
17.2Gig Maxtor DiamondMax HD + 6.4Gig Fujitsu HD
Matrox G400 32Meg + SB PCI 128 Sound
Modem Blaster 56K Modem + Panasonic 2x/4x SCSI Toaster + 32X CD-ROM
Cross-linked entries are when 2 fragments of 2 different files are reported by the operating system to be using the same cluster. A cluster is the smallest unit of disk space on your hard drive. Under the FAT32 file systems, the cluster size is 4k. This means that if you copy a 10k file to your hard drive, for example, the file will fill up 3 clusters. The first piece of the file fills 1 4k cluster, the second piece fills a 2nd 4k cluster, and the remaining 2K of the file eats up a 3rd 4k cluster (4K + 4K + 2K = 10K). Even though the last 2k of your 10k file doesn't completely fill up that 3rd cluster, NO other files may use it; the remaining 2k empty space left over in the cluster does NOT get used; it goes to waste. Cross-linked entries happen when the OS *thinks* that a cluster is empty, and lets a file use it, but in reality that cluster is already used. So the dumb Microsoft OS now has 2 files in the FAT (file allocation table) pointing to the SAME cluster, which shouldn't happen (and sucks because ONE of those pieces of one of the files gets overwritten). This is usually the fault of a bad hard drive, faulty controller, or a hard crash. CONSISTENT cross-linked entries are usually not the fault of crashes, but the fault of a faulty hard drive or controller (or something along the IDE chain like a screwed up cable or something). Unless your mobo IDE controller is faulty, the CMOS should auto-detect your Fujitsu hard drive no problem. I have a 6.4G Fujitsu in my machine, and I sold scads of them in the past. I found them to be excellent drives. The only thing I saw in your original post that you didn't replace was hard drive cables; it's worth a shot to replace those as they're cheap. If you already did, I don't know what to tell ya. Sorry for the long-winded cross-linked lesson.
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The Rock
"Discourage incest - ban country music NOW!"
System:
P2 350 /w Asus P2B /w 128 Meg PC100 SDRAM
17.2Gig Maxtor DiamondMax HD + 6.4Gig Fujitsu HD
Matrox G400 32Meg + SB PCI 128 Sound
Modem Blaster 56K Modem + Panasonic 2x/4x SCSI Toaster + 32X CD-ROM
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