| From: | tim |
| Date: | 2 May 2000 at 18:06:33 |
| Subject: | Re: PFS3 15.3 GB maxtor FINAL |
Hi Robbin
> And so I formatted the first partition. Excited as I was, I hadnt noticed Id
> given the first partition the same name as my old drive, hd0:.
>
> And there I was. My old drive formatted and not being able to recover
> anything.
It's always a good idea to make a backup...
>
> But my new drive was working, and I wanted to start from scratch anyway, so I
> began installing stuff. And when it finally became usuable, with everything
> installed that I needed, I made the second mistake of not backing it up.
>
> Because, I formatted the other partitions on the drive. Suddenly the first
> partition became corrupt, so I guess there's still something wrong!
I guess you used the WB3.1 or earlier Format command? That wraps around at
4GB and overwrites the RDB :-( It can be used if you use the QUICK option,
or you can use PFSFormat as supplied with PFS3.
>
> I disconnected the drive, and re-installed everything on my old drive, which
> is now almost back as it was, although this morning it stopped working again
> :)
>
> My third mistake had happened, the files that I was able to recoved were
> corrupt aswell, and I moved and replaced the working files with those
> recovered files, so again I had to re-install the drive.
Most likely the MaxTransfer value was wrong - never use a value larger than
0x1fe00 with IDE drives.
>
> Tomorrow Ill give the new drive a second try, making sure to name the
> partitions more wisely, backing up the old drive, and formatting everything
> first before I install anything on it.
And remember to use a MaxTransfer value of 0x1fe00, and FORMAT QUICK or
PFSFormat for each partition!
>
> I would advise everyone here to play safe and never buy a harddrive bigger
> than 8GB, you'd get in a lot of trouble if you didnt..
No, many people use drives much larger than 8GB without any problem. In
fact it's almost impossible to buy drives that small any more - and is
simply not necessary.
Tim
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