At 10:25 PM 8/14/2005, GP typed:
I have strange problem with my portable HD. It's inside the USB 2.0
enclosure, and it's a 40Gb 2.5"HD.
Actually the problem is it has a corrupted folder that couldn't be deleted
(error message).
I tried to format the drive thru Win2K desktop PC with FAT32 format mode
but I got error message couldn't able to continue formatting. I suspect
that this error is due to size limitation on FAT32, but I don't know the
exact size, my guess is 32Gb max maybe less.
I thought the 32g limit was a hardware imposed limit of the IDE controller
chip via the machine's bios & being that this drive is USB 2.0 it should
have no bearing as far as the drive is concerned which leaves me to ask
what SPs do you have installed on the 2k machine? If you have SP4 then it
should NOT be a problem. Do you have another machine to hook the portable
drive to? What was the drive formatted at before? Is this some one else's
drive? The only reason I ask is because of the way that you presented the
problem & feel free to ignore it.
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Wayne D. Johnson
Ashland, OH, USA 44805
<http://www.wavijo.com>
