Real Geek Forums http://www.realgeek.com/forums Technology, Computers, Windows, Mac, Linux and Internet discussion forums. en Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:59:06 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.realgeek.com/forums/mpedia/misc/rss.jpg Real Geek Forums http://www.realgeek.com/forums Format question? FAT or NTFS http://www.realgeek.com/forums/format-question-fat-or-ntfs-202871-new-post.html Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:15:03 GMT Hi, Michel.

Throw away that MS-DOS boot disk! Or at least hide it so that you won't be
tempted to use it again.

As several others have told you, initial partitioning and formatting can be
done by Setup after booting from the WinXP CD-ROM. After WinXP is
installed, use Disk Management (type diskmgmt.msc from the Run prompt) to
create and delete other partitions, assign or reassign drive letters, and
format them to your choice of FAT or NTFS. As they said, MS restricts the
ability of WinXP to format FAT32 to volumes no larger than 32 GB. If you
insist on larger FAT32 volumes, you will have to find that boot floppy I
told you to hide. According to MS, "The maximum volume size that Windows 98
can create is 127.53 GB."
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000...asp?frame=true

Note that these limits are per VOLUME (primary partition or logical drive in
an extended partition). Since a physical drive can hold several volumes,
the limits per HD are several times the per-volume limits.

FAT or NTFS? Unless you plan to install Win9x/ME on this computer, there's
no reason to use FAT on it. NTFS is much more secure, both in the sense of
secure from unauthorized access and in the sense of secure from hard drive
glitches.

See this TechNet page for more details:
Size Limitations in NTFS and FAT File Systems
http://www.microsoft.com/TechNet/pro...asp?frame=true

I've been using a 120 GB secondary drive for several months. The largest
volume on it is 60 GB, but that's my choice, not due to any restriction.
Disk Management would have cheerfully created a single partition for the
whole 120 GB if I had asked, and formatted it NTFS.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@corridor.net
Microsoft Windows MVP

"Michel Savard" <mighty.mike@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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>
> Thank you all for your prompt reply.
> I have changed my clock to show 2003 now. Not sure how it got to change?
>
>
> "Michel Savard" <mighty.mike@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:QEFib.3689$PM2.346675@news20.bellglobal.com.. .
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> > I have just purchased a new system with a 120Gigs harddrive and I tried
to
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> > format it with a Win98 boot disk with Fdisk and format but for soem
reason
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> > it can only fdisk to 60 gigs?
> > Is this because of FAT32 restrictions?
> > Would I be better to format NTFS?
> > Wouldn't it be easier to maintain with FAT32 format?
> >
> > Thank you for your help in this mattter.

]]> Windows XP New Users Michel Savard http://www.realgeek.com/forums/format-question-fat-or-ntfs-202871.html video card trouble http://www.realgeek.com/forums/video-card-trouble-374145-new-post.html Mon, 22 Aug 2016 06:18:30 GMT It's rude to be rude! Did you ever stop to think that maybe the clock was
set ahead by mistake? You can inform the OP that thier system date is
incorrect without being rude about it!

--
Mike Brearley


"Frank Jelenko" <jelenko@att.net> wrote in message
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It's rude to set your clock ahead. Change it to the correct time.
"amsjsj" <amsjsj@cox.net> wrote in message
news:rAi1b.8913$xf.3273@lakeread06...
I have windows xp, creativelabs live x-gamer, ecs motherboard(sis chipset)
and the ati radeon 9200 se. My problem is on my monitor When i have the
refreash rate to 1280 X 1024 16 bit or 32 bit. Everything on my display has
a like a blur or shadow to it. But at the lower refresh rate its not to bad
but still noticeable. I installed the ltest drivers. should i go back to
drivers from cd? please help!


]]> Windows XP amsjsj http://www.realgeek.com/forums/video-card-trouble-374145.html video card trouble http://www.realgeek.com/forums/video-card-trouble-76105-new-post.html Mon, 22 Aug 2016 06:18:21 GMT This may well be due to the Refresh Rate (e.g. 60, 70, 72, etc. Hz) being not supported by the monitor or the drivers (could be either video card... This may well be due to the Refresh Rate (e.g. 60, 70, 72, etc. Hz) being
not supported by the monitor or the drivers (could be either video card or
monitor drivers).

- Check to see that the drivers you are using for your video card are the
latest and proper for your hardware.

- Next go to Advanced on video properties and change the monitor Refresh
Rate (NOT Resolution) down to 60Hz. If this greatly improves the image, your
issue is the Refresh Rate and you need to make sure your settings are within
the range appropriate for your monitor (check manual, mfr's website or their
tech support folks for info). If this doesn't help (assuming you have a 17"
or larger monitor . . . they should all support 1280x1024 Resolution
without problems), your monitor may be signaling "end of life" and need
replacing.

If you have another monitor available, try hooking that up to your computer
and see what happens (realize this requires changing monitor settings and
perhaps monitor drivers).

--

Regards,
Len Segal, MCP
Microsoft - MVP
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"amsjsj" <amsjsj@cox.net> wrote in message
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Quote:
> I have windows xp, creativelabs live x-gamer, ecs motherboard(sis chipset)
> and the ati radeon 9200 se. My problem is on my monitor When i have the
> refreash rate to 1280 X 1024 16 bit or 32 bit. Everything on my display
has
Quote:
> a like a blur or shadow to it. But at the lower refresh rate its not to
bad
Quote:
> but still noticeable. I installed the ltest drivers. should i go back to
> drivers from cd? please help!
>
>

]]> Windows XP Basics amsjsj http://www.realgeek.com/forums/video-card-trouble-76105.html wierd problem please help http://www.realgeek.com/forums/wierd-problem-please-help-76103-new-post.html Mon, 22 Aug 2016 06:01:41 GMT Please check the link below for help with this issue: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_d.htm#del -- Michael Solomon MS-MVP Windows... Please check the link below for help with this issue:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_d.htm#del

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/


amsjsj wrote:
Quote:
> I installed mcfee professional 7 on my xp machine. Well it makes a
> temp folder. Well I deleted this folder so now its in the recyled
> bin. Well the problem is it will not let me delte the folder. Says,
> Error delting file or folder. Cannot remove folder mcafee:cannont
> find specfic path. make sure you specify correct path and file name.
> Now I tried rebooting, reboot in safe move, reboot in safe mood with
> dos and tried to delete. and my last resort was use a startup disk
> from 98 and use the dos. Well it will not delete and in does it reads
> the folder as dc7. Wierd?????

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