From: | Nicholaus Darley-Jones |
Date: | 21 Jun 2001 at 00:15:05 |
Subject: | Re: More than 4GB problem! |
Hello Barbara
On 20-Jun-01, you wrote:
> Some weeks ago I bought myself a 40GB HD.
What are you going to do with all that space???? I've got 20+10Gb here and
have too many partitions (was about 25 at one stage) and don't even use
them all!
> After some troubles I
> managed to have 10 4GB partitions now, I use IDEFix97.....
Arrrggghhhh. ;^)
> Is the IDEFIx97 a good solution? I have
> thought about buying a Powerflyer (FastATA) which works perfectly in my
> boyfriend's Amiga.
GET ONE!!!! I cannot stress this enough if you want the best from your
drives. I have tried using Idefix and it has caused no end of problems.
Partitions showing minus numbers, lock ups, not reading CDDA disks etc ec.
> One more question: If I decide to buy a Powerflyer, would I have to
> quickformat all partitions after the 4GB barrier or should I format
> them fully. My boyfriend formated them the 'normal' way (not Quick
> Format) and everything is fine. He never had any problems with his 20
> GB HD and Powerflyer.
I would suggest that you move your current boot partition to another
partition and then format the one you want to boot from. I would suggest
that you always do a 'full' format on all partitions when starting from
scratch. You never know what nasty program might pop up when you least
expect it.
The IDEfix software will play havoc with the PowerFlyer if any of it is
found on the boot partition. I would suggest that you install the whole
system again (boot partiton part) as it always works better that way.
As for partitons. The FastATA software will split your Hard-drive up into
4.3Gb logical devices. You do have the option of making the partitions
bigger by linking them together but DON'T do it. I had no end of problems
here.
In all, get one. They are 3-5 times faster, you need one if you want to use
a CDRW, and the software is pretty good too. (and they are good vaule too)
Regards
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