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Problems with New 160GB HDD
I have a friend who is having problems with his new 160 Gig HD. If
he move files around in it, using windows explorer, it tends to lock up and he has to use task manager to close windows explorer. These are large 1 GB+ mpeg files, but that shouldn't have anything to do with it, other than the fact there are over 60 GB worth of files on the drive. He has moved these files on his C: drive and never had this happen. I read somewhere, that if you have 2 HDs on the same IDE channel, the faster HD should be your Master. I believe that his160GB drive may be faster than his 80GB drive which is his boot drive and is set as Master. I was wondering if anyone has heard that the faster drive should be the master? Thanks Geezer |
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Problems with New 160GB HDD
I heard the slower one should be the master, but either way, if it's locking
up and causing trouble when moving files I wouldn't dare make it the master drive anyway :\ "geezer" wrote in message ... I have a friend who is having problems with his new 160 Gig HD. If he move files around in it, using windows explorer, it tends to lock up and he has to use task manager to close windows explorer. These are large 1 GB+ mpeg files, but that shouldn't have anything to do with it, other than the fact there are over 60 GB worth of files on the drive. He has moved these files on his C: drive and never had this happen. I read somewhere, that if you have 2 HDs on the same IDE channel, the faster HD should be your Master. I believe that his160GB drive may be faster than his 80GB drive which is his boot drive and is set as Master. I was wondering if anyone has heard that the faster drive should be the master? Thanks Geezer |
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Problems with New 160GB HDD
"geezer" wrote in message ... I have a friend who is having problems with his new 160 Gig HD. If he move files around in it, using windows explorer, it tends to lock up and he has to use task manager to close windows explorer. These are large 1 GB+ mpeg files, but that shouldn't have anything to do with it, other than the fact there are over 60 GB worth of files on the drive. He has moved these files on his C: drive and never had this happen. I read somewhere, that if you have 2 HDs on the same IDE channel, the faster HD should be your Master. I believe that his160GB drive may be faster than his 80GB drive which is his boot drive and is set as Master. I was wondering if anyone has heard that the faster drive should be the master? Thanks Geezer the faster drive should be the master for performance reasons - not stability. first thing to try is installing the latest drivers for his motherboard especially if its a VIA chipset based board. |
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Problems with New 160GB HDD
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wrote: "geezer" wrote in message ... I have a friend who is having problems with his new 160 Gig HD. If he move files around in it, using windows explorer, it tends to lock up and he has to use task manager to close windows explorer. These are large 1 GB+ mpeg files, but that shouldn't have anything to do with it, other than the fact there are over 60 GB worth of files on the drive. He has moved these files on his C: drive and never had this happen. I read somewhere, that if you have 2 HDs on the same IDE channel, the faster HD should be your Master. I believe that his160GB drive may be faster than his 80GB drive which is his boot drive and is set as Master. I was wondering if anyone has heard that the faster drive should be the master? Thanks Geezer the faster drive should be the master for performance reasons - not stability. first thing to try is installing the latest drivers for his motherboard especially if its a VIA chipset based board. An example of why you'd want the latest Via 4-in-1 drivers. Apparently, even with the proposed VIA fix, there are still some users with the problem. http://groups.google.ca/groups?q=686b+corruption http://www.realworldtech.com/page.cf...WT051401003409 VIA drivers are here, _if_ the motherboard has a VIA chipset. http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=2 (Official VIA site) A separate disk controller card might be a solution. Have a read through the Google results, and see if anyone tried that. Of course, you have to find out what chipset is used on the motherboard first, to see if any of this is relevant to the problem. (This is why we keep pestering people for full information about the hardware in their system.) If an up to date driver doesn't fix it, then try this for the second disk. PROMISE ULTRA133 TX2 PCI IDE 66M PCI Controller Card - OEM $38 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16816102007 Also, a 160GB disk is larger than the "137GB boundary". To use a "large disk" on an older motherboard, you need to check that the BIOS can handle the larger disk. Check with the manufacturer of the motherboard, to see if the latest BIOS has added large disk capability. The following site can provide some background information (but DO NOT buy a BIOS from them - the motherboard manufacturer is where you get your free BIOS upgrades!). http://www.48bitlba.com/faq.htm This Seagate document is also helpful, regarding 137GB . And perhaps the presentation style is a bit more useful as well. At least Seagate won't try to sell you a BIOS... http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/disc/tp/137gb.pdf If this problem is a 48 bit addressing problem, then the TX2 card above is capable of handling a disk larger than 137GB/sec. Then the only issue, is making sure the OS is also properly prepared to handle large disks. (As you can see, buying a disk larger than 120GB is just asking for trouble :-) ) Paul |
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