Re: Trying to partition a 400 GB drive in one FAT 32 partition....


SMS wrote:
> jcdill@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > Why is it so damn hard to get people to recognize that I've given my
> > own requirements some serious thought and am asking for help with the
> > solution that I'm fairly confident will meet my needs? Do I really
> > need to write a novel about why my requirements ARE my requirements?
>
> This is Usenet. If people don't know the answer, then they change the
> question.

Thanks! I feel a lot better about this thread now. :-)

> What you are doing makes perfect sense. The way to do it is to format
> the drive under '98. XP will then recognize the large partition. I went
> through the same thing with an external hard drive, the first one worked
> fine, because it was done under '98, the second one insisted on 32GB
> partitions because it was done under XP. I didn't want to use NTFS
> because I have some machines that are '98 (due to the fact that I have a
> few software applications that don't work under XP), as well as some
> Linux machines.
>
> I did not want multiple 32GB partitions, as it is harder to manage than
> using folders on a single drive.

Exactly!

> Anyway, I don't know about a 400GB drive. I did a 200GB. The Fdisk
> program that is included with Windows 98 and ME has a maximum drive size
> limit of 512GB. So 400GB should be no problem.

I guess I am going to have to find someone with an old Win98 desktop
computer I can use to format this drive as a second drive in their
system. Damn Microsoft for crippling XP's format function.

> > Isn't it enough to just describe what I want?
>
> Apparently not.
>
> I remember one thread where someone inquired about where to buy the
> small, hotel room-service jars, of mayonnaise. There must have been over
> 100 responses, none of which even tried to answer the damn question,
> until I posted a link to a food distributor that appeared to sell them.
> Prior to that, she got advice on foil packets, buying little glass jars
> and filling them herself, complaints that mayonnaise was unhealthy, etc.

Yep, that's usenet!

Thanks again, your post was refresing and very helpful.

jc

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