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Hi Graham,
Friday, December 19, 2003, 4:31:11 PM, you wrote:
G> I run 2 computers one with winXP and the other winME
G> I recently upgraded the drive in the ME computer with 80GB and had to
G> partition to 2x40GB for the bios to recognise it due to the old age of the
G> motherboard (I think) after all it is only 2-3 yrs old (900MHz chip thingy).
G> I also added ram to 512MB.
What kind of MB do you have? Many of them can take a bios flash for
upgrading the bios, and most manufacturers have a bios that will
accommodate larger drives. 80GB isn't even all that huge, today. I
have flashed several MBs, and if I can do it, so can you. ^_^
G> I wanted to change the operating system to XP but could not install XP onto
G> it for some reason. It would not copy some files onto the hard drive and
G> crashed or froze during the install process. ME installed ok, unfortunately
G> it is too unstable for me to continue using it.
Some kind of problem with the CD, perhaps? Yes, ME is something you
want to get far away from. It's one of the best arguments ever
created for punitive legal sanctions against MS. ^_-
G> Can anyone offer suggestion of what I can do to get XP onto it.
G> I was reading about the hard drives and file system NTFS and FAT32. I was
G> wondering if this could be a problem with XP as it states that XP is ok with
G> FAT32 up to 32GB and not limited by NTFS. However winME cannot read NTFS
G> drive volume so am hesitant about changing the fat32 to ntfs and have to
G> reformat the drive to convert backwards.
It's easy and painless. As another poster mentioned, there is a
convert command line utility. It works very well.
G> My main comp with XP has FAT32 volume, and due to the advantages
G> of NTFS I thought of changing it but because the 2 copmps are
G> networked I am not sure if it is good idea. Another problem I am
G> experiencing that is pushing me to change ME to XP is that when I
G> backup files to ME computer it freezes the other comp and my
G> backup stops. Is this something to do with the volume type????
Hard for me to answer that. But just run all NTFS and get rid of ME
if you can. There used to be a decent argument for having at least a
small FAT or FAT32 partition on the drive, so you could get in easily
in case of an emergency. But there are numerous utilities now that
you can get that will allow you to boot into an NTFS drive, and even
make an emergency edit if you have to. They will also help you save
critical data in an emergency.
HTH,
Yuki
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