I'm the local armchair expert on everything. Ask Moreno.
IDE drives when through an evolution. Computers made before 8/94 were
typically restricted in their BIOS to acknowledging 528 MB drives.
After that, until about 1996 drives were only recognized in BIOS up to
2.1 gigs. Then DOS 6.X and
I just realized there is another potential problem here. DOS, WIN 3.1
and the first editions of WIN 95 use a method of storage which is made
up of smaller units called FAT 16. After that, you had a choice of FAT
16 or FAT 32. If you formatted the partition as only FAT 16, it will
only have
Gee, next time I will have to read ahead a bit before spending time
reinventing the wheel. ;-) Glad your problem was a simple one to solve.
You've dodged all the IDE/BIOS problems that can present themselves.
Most newer computers do fine with EIDE, but the 32 GIG wall can rear its
head even
ask me why, but it is now happily humming away as
a jolly big scratch drive.
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Subject: [filmscanners] Re: I hardly dare mention Hard Drives
I bought a Maxtor 4D040H hard drive
as a slave to my main hard drive so as to have a giant scratch disk for
Photoshop. Trouble is, the wretched thing reports under 2Gig file space
while 38 Gb goes unallocated.
Are you using a version of Windows? You're probably running a FAT16
partition. The
But... some of you demonstrated recently you knew a lot about them, and
I have a (scanner related) problem. I bought a Maxtor 4D040H hard drive
as a slave to my main hard drive so as to have a giant scratch disk for
Photoshop. Trouble is, the wretched thing reports under 2Gig file space
This is entirely dependant upon the operating system you are using. If
you are using an early version of Windows 95 you will be limited to
approx 2gb partition sizes. If you're using Win 95 Second Edition or
later (98, 98SE, ME, XP, 2000 etc) you'll be able to get full use of
your drive. The
Thanks very much for the replies, chaps. I have been using the wrong
file system, I am informed, and with the right file system the other 36
Gb appears like magic. Thanks
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