forgot to put in read/write seems ok across os2/eCS, Freedos, wXP, and w2k

sorry for the duplicate posting

Jim

On 07/05/12 05:53, Jim Hughes wrote:
> Hi Ray
>
> I have successfully formatted a 160g external 2.5" USB drive w/ fat32 
> using Partition Magic 5 and then used DFsee to correct the geometry 
> and "volumize" it, etc.. My nest step was going to be trying the same 
> process on an internal 250g but I've been diverted.
>
> Regards
> Jim
>
>
>
> On 07/30/11 20:33, Ray davison wrote:
>> I have a 500G IDE.  I think HPFS has been limited to maybe 50-64G in 
>> my past attempts.  So I tried FAT32.  I did a single partition, 
>> 5x100, 10x50 and settled on 3 about equal.  They all seemed to read 
>> and write OK.
>>
>> It is in my storage box which is running W4.  I copied a bunch of JPG 
>> and video files over the P-P and all seemed OK.  I then tried to copy 
>> the video files to another of the three partitions.  Some of the 
>> files are over 1G.  I get transfer rates of 1M BPS, and any of 
>> several file managers is likely to freeze or close if I select more 
>> than one file at a time.
>>
>> All my HDDs are front panel plug in.  I plugged it into my primary 
>> machine and booted W2K to see if maybe it's FAT32 was any better.  It 
>> does not see any of the drive.
>>
>> Is all this to be expected?
>>
>> TY
>> Ray
>>
>>   
>
>



 
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