It shouldn't interfere, Clint. At least on my Be6-2, it doesn't. I put a
raid board on that system and it seems to do fine. On the Abit you can't
disable the Highpoint controller so I just didn't connect any drives to it
at all. Seems to do fine.
NTFS is supposed to be more secure. One drawback is that you can't boot to
a dos disk and look at the hard drive. There are some 3rd party utilities
that will let you do it. I just use the Recovery Console in Win2000. It's
a great tool. I install it as a start up option.
Ben Moore
----- Original Message -----
From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Clint Hamilton"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 6:57 AM
Subject: Re: PCWorks: Windows 2000 experts?
> Thanks Ben, I went ahead and ordered a promise ATA 100 card. I
> am assuming or hoping it will not interfere with the integrated
> HPT366 controller. (Should I have formatted as FAT32 or NTFS? I
> chose NTFS because I heard it is superior, is that the case?)
> Thanks,
> -Clint
>
> God Bless Us All
> http://orpheuscomputing.com
> Clint Hamilton, Owner
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ben Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> I realized that I didn't mention in my last message that all of
> that stuff
> pertains to Win2000.
>
> Ben Moore
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ben Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > You are going to find out that, at least in my experience, the
> HPT366
> > controller is terrible. I have a Abit Be6-2 that I never could
> get the
> > Highpoint controller to work with IBM drives when I first built
> the system
> > and recently did get it working with newer drivers but the
> perfomance is
> > just terrible. The drive gives better performance from the
> regular ide
> > controller built into the board than from the Highpoint. As
> far as I can
> > see, Highpoint has abandoned development of drivers for this
> controller
> > since the HPT370 came out.
> >
> > The best thing you can do is to find all the drivers and bios
> that have
> been
> > issued for your board, try different combinations and find the
> one that
> > gives you the best performance but I don't think it will ever
> be anything
> > that you will be satisfied with.
> >
> > You ought to go to usenet to alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.soyo
> and see if
> > anyone has come up with a fix. I'm sure you are not the only
> one having
> the
> > problem.
> >
> > Ben Moore
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