HDD 32Gig emulation

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Boof

Hi all,

I have a problem that I can't seem to think of a way around...

I recently upgraded my system from an old POS intel chip&board to a newer
1.3 athlon. I have an Seagate ST340810A 40Gig HDD in it. The old motherboard
couldn't handle more than 32Gig, but luckily there is a jumper on the back
that allows for 32Gig emulation. I originally broke the drive into 3
partitions, 4 gig 'root', and 2x14 gig partitions.

My new(er) motherboard doesn't have the 32 gig problem, so I removed the
jumper. While I was rebuilding my PC, I finally got around to plugging this
drive into the first IDE port, and installing Win2000 on the 'root' drive.

My problem came when I tried to access files on the last partition. It can
see the directory structure just fine, however, some of the files can't be
accessed. They give me access denied, or unable to find file, can't
determine type or similar errors.

I tried replacing the jumper, but that has had no discernable affect. Any
ideas?

Cheers!
 
Boof said:
Hi all,

I have a problem that I can't seem to think of a way around...

I recently upgraded my system from an old POS intel chip&board to a newer
1.3 athlon. I have an Seagate ST340810A 40Gig HDD in it. The old motherboard
couldn't handle more than 32Gig, but luckily there is a jumper on the back
that allows for 32Gig emulation. I originally broke the drive into 3
partitions, 4 gig 'root', and 2x14 gig partitions.

My new(er) motherboard doesn't have the 32 gig problem, so I removed the
jumper. While I was rebuilding my PC, I finally got around to plugging this
drive into the first IDE port, and installing Win2000 on the 'root' drive.

My problem came when I tried to access files on the last partition. It can
see the directory structure just fine, however, some of the files can't be
accessed. They give me access denied, or unable to find file, can't
determine type or similar errors.

I tried replacing the jumper, but that has had no discernable affect.
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As I wouldn't expect it.
Any ideas?
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Since all that was actually changed is win2k I would suspect windows.
 
Barry OGrady said:
Did you fdisk/format with the link in?
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Yes/maybe. But formatting makes no difference, with or without the jumper.
And only a drive that is partitioned beyond what is physically accessable
presents a problem, not the other way around, as is the case here.
 
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