hard drive problems

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12-04-2005, 07:57 PM
ishjyot

hard drive problems

hellooo ppl
i bought a samsung 160 gb hard drive.i already have a samsung 80 gb drive and it has fat 32 partitions.i formatted my 160 gb into ntfs partitions.then i booted from my 80 gb cause i don't have ne operating system in 160 gb.now after bout 5-6 hours 3 out of 4 partitions on samsung 160 gb vanished on their own and it started showing 141 gb free space in the disk management.:(
it is like the hdd formatted on its own.all my 20 gb data wuz lost in a flash.
i repartitioned it and it worked fine for sum time but then it showed me a msg that one of my drives needs to b formatted before i kin use it.i had to format it again.dunno y this is happening.i use windows xp pro and windows 98.both of the operating systems r on my samsung 80 gb.
nothing happens to the samsung 80 gb from which i boot so there can't be a boot sector virus.btw i have nod 32 antivirus installed and it ain't showing ne virus.help me plzzzzz
i have a gigabyte ga-k8vm800m motherboard(socket 754)
amd sempron 2500+(socket 754)
xfx fx 5200 card(256 mb)
512 mb ram
samsung 80 gb and samsung160 gb
12-04-2005, 08:53 PM
lynx

Re: hard drive problems
You need to be aware that
1. Win98 does not recognise drives bigger than 137GB
2. Win98 does not support NTFS
If you've been accessing the drive using Win98 you may have damaged the partitions.
12-04-2005, 08:53 PM
Darth Sushi

Re: hard drive problems

Make sure your Motherboard BIOS supports 48-bit LBA. If not, 137GB is your limit until you update your bios. Goto you MB website and check for the lastest bios version for your board. And what lynx stated.
12-04-2005, 08:56 PM
Virtualbody1234

Re: hard drive problems

Why are you using Win98 on that PC?
12-04-2005, 09:46 PM
ishjyot

Re: hard drive problems

so what ya'll r sayin is that i stop using win 98 and upgrade my mobo bios.i won't use win 98 again but i dunno how to upgrade the bios.will i be able to use both my drives then????????
12-04-2005, 10:09 PM
lynx

Re: hard drive problems

If you could see the full size of the drive in XP then no bios update is needed.
12-05-2005, 02:38 AM
Wolfmight

Re: hard drive problems

Quote:

Originally Posted by Virtualbody1234

Why are you using Win98 on that PC?

beat me to it, but yes, Windows 98 is SH*T.
12-05-2005, 03:23 AM
ishjyot

Re: hard drive problems

yes lynx
i kin see the full size of the drive in xp.i know win 98 dosen't recognize ntfs so i won't be able to access the drive from 98.so all i need is a service pack and stop usin win 98????????
i'll d.load it rite now:)
btw am gettin tired of my partitions dissappearing on their own.:(
thank u all for ur suggestions.am really gratefull.
12-05-2005, 03:26 AM
Duffman

Re: hard drive problems

why were you using winblows 98 anyway.
12-05-2005, 08:08 AM
ishjyot

Re: hard drive problems

Quote:

Originally Posted by Duffman

why were you using winblows 98 anyway.

:lol: win 98 wuz there in my samsung 80 before i upgraded my comp.
12-07-2005, 01:19 PM
Wolfmight

Re: hard drive problems

Quote:

Originally Posted by ishjyot

Quote:

Originally Posted by Duffman

why were you using winblows 98 anyway.

:lol: win 98 wuz there in my samsung 80 before i upgraded my comp.

Backup any important data on it and format that skitish operating system. Your better off with 2000 if your system is slow. Go XP if your system is alright or pretty fast.
We have an old emachine 700mhz that runs Windows 2000 perfectly fine.
12-07-2005, 03:07 PM
ishjyot

Re: hard drive problems

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wolfmight

Quote:

Originally Posted by ishjyot

:lol: win 98 wuz there in my samsung 80 before i upgraded my comp.

Backup any important data on it and format that skitish operating system. Your better off with 2000 if your system is slow. Go XP if your system is alright or pretty fast.
We have an old emachine 700mhz that runs Windows 2000 perfectly fine.

:lol: l i run xp 64 bit on my system and it works grr8.it ain't slow m8.dunno the reason for keeping win 98.but i don't use it.
12-07-2005, 07:20 PM
tesco

Re: hard drive problems

How do you run xp 64 bit? You dont have a 64bit cpu. :blink:
12-07-2005, 08:07 PM
Duffman

Re: hard drive problems

this is odd
12-07-2005, 09:26 PM
ishjyot

Re: hard drive problems

Quote:

Originally Posted by rossco

How do you run xp 64 bit? You dont have a 64bit cpu. :blink:

sempron 2500+ socket 754:huh:
12-07-2005, 09:34 PM
ishjyot

Re: hard drive problems

:lol: maybe it ain't 64 bit but the xp 64 bit runs fine.miracle maybe.:lol:
12-07-2005, 11:29 PM
Wolfmight

Re: hard drive problems

socket 754 sempron 2500 is a 64-bit. It's called Sempron 64.
12-08-2005, 05:32 AM
ishjyot

Re: hard drive problems

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wolfmight

socket 754 sempron 2500 is a 64-bit. It's called Sempron 64.

aha.thnx m8:)
12-08-2005, 11:19 PM
tesco

Re: hard drive problems

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wolfmight

socket 754 sempron 2500 is a 64-bit. It's called Sempron 64.

Ah apparantly there's two versions of it.
There's 32bit and 64bit.
12-08-2005, 11:30 PM
clocker

Re: hard drive problems

Quote:

Originally Posted by rossco

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wolfmight

socket 754 sempron 2500 is a 64-bit. It's called Sempron 64.

Ah apparantly there's two versions of it.
There's 32bit and 64bit.

Actually there are three versions.
You forgot the 48mm European model.
12-08-2005, 11:39 PM
tesco

Re: hard drive problems

Quote:

Originally Posted by clocker

Quote:

Originally Posted by rossco

Ah apparantly there's two versions of it.
There's 32bit and 64bit.

Actually there are three versions.
You forgot the 48mm European model.

Is it 32bit or 64bit?:P
12-09-2005, 12:18 AM
Virtualbody1234

Re: hard drive problems

Quote:

Originally Posted by rossco

Quote:

Originally Posted by clocker

Actually there are three versions.
You forgot the 48mm European model.

Is it 32bit or 64bit?:P

Yes.:P