Alright - I got Windows XP pro

I have a primary HD 43G

Recently i just got this 120G HD and i set the jumpers as "slave" plugged it in and turned the computer on.


Everything boots up but after everything loads and im on windows desktop i get a popup

The pop says something like this "Delay write failed" and a message something about G:\$mft (something like that)


When i go to G drive theres no files on it.

When i fool around and right click the G drive (the HD letter) and i got to properties and end up on this thing i click "populate" the files seem to appear.

My 43g HD is seperate in 2 parition(c: and d:) they are FAT32 --- the 120g HD(g:) is NTFS,maybe this is the conflict?
Also i right click the 120g drive(g:) and i just formatted it recently and there is space used and i only have 111G to actually use,whats using the rest of the 9g? i just formatted at that time,how can it have something on there??!?



I don't know whats up.. i know its advised to have the bigger HD as primary but i have some files on there i can format and lose em?

Anyways post is getting too long, let me know any advise. Thanks a bunch

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My 43g HD is seperate in 2 parition(c: and d they are FAT32 --- the 120g HD(g is NTFS,maybe this is the conflict?

I think this is your problem M8, the fat32 cannot see the NTFS although NTFS can see fat 32... reformat the 120 gig an use fat32

your post says youve lost 9 gig but youve just formatted, some drive space is lost, there is a calculation for this, i think its about cluster sizes, if you do a search I'm sure you'll find it, but you defo dont get what it says on the box ie 120Gig, that the drives capacity, but not the formatted capacity

Isn't the space that is loast used up by the file allocation table? I'm not sure, but I think that's what it is.

nuttaper-- I cant make the 120G a FAT32 , there is no other options i can pick which i don't know why? -- Does that mean i will have to format my PRIMARY HDD to NSFT>?

Also the 'formatted capacity' ok i see your point on that one..its just "WOW" man 9g!!!!!!!!!!! whooo :D

No M8, slip in your win 98 floppy, fdisk the 120 gig drive first, delete the partition. Make a new one and format it using fat 32

It would be a lot easier to convert your other partitions to NTFS

I found the Following on the WD site...

When you see 111GB, you are looking at Microsoft's binary representation of the drive capacity.

A drive's capacity is measured by using the total number of bytes available on the drive.

A 120GB drive has roughly 120,000,000,000 bytes available for use. A decimal (base 10) gigabyte is equal to 1 billion bytes. Therefore, you have 120 billion bytes or 120GB.

120,000,000,000 / 1,000,000,000 = 120GB

A binary calculation (base 2) gigabyte is equal to 1,073,741,824 bytes.

In binary then, you have 111GB because you are dividing 120 billion bytes by a larger number. This is simply a reporting difference caused by using a base 2 or binary calculation.

120,000,000,000 / 1,073,741,824 = 111GB

Regards

Originally posted by Xcubetion
nuttaper-- I cant make the 120G a FAT32 , there is no other options i can pick which i don't know why? -- Does that mean i will have to format my PRIMARY HDD to NSFT>?



i do believe that windows xp can only reconise up to 32 gig when using fat 32 .
{i bet i get some commants from that one}
you could either convert all you drives to ntfs or use fdisk on your 120 gig


HTH

i've got a 120GB hdd and win xp can format 120GB HDD

CDBurner

Originally posted by CDBurner
i've got a 120GB hdd and win xp can format 120GB HDD

CDBurner

so did you format the 120 gig as fat32 using windows xp?

Anyone understood what jspr57 just said? I lost him in terms of keywords he used.
A good breakdown would be good.

:laugh: I knew there was a calculation, this is the important bit M8

A binary calculation (base 2) gigabyte is equal to 1,073,741,824 bytes.

In binary then, you have 111GB because you are dividing 120 billion bytes by a larger number. This is simply a reporting difference caused by using a base 2 or binary calculation.

120,000,000,000 / 1,073,741,824 = 111GB


Basically your PC is reporting the correct amount of formatted drive space :D
no worries