At 07:36 AM 9/18/01 -0400, you wrote:
>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
Clint! Far be it for me to suggest a configuration for anybody, but in the
case of NTFS it is an irrevocable choice. Even in XP you should format in
FAT32 and then if you choose to opt to convert to NTFS. Now you are NTFS
there is no going back. NTFS is primarily used for extensively diversified
permissions if needed, and the ability to expand your disk well beyond the
barriers of FAT32, in terms of potential storage that is. It is NEVERa
good idea to have the boot partition as NTFS to my mind.
In simple terms, you could always have converted 1 or more partitions or
volumes to NTFS but not the other way around. So if neither parameter was
needed by your system then FAT32 was the preferable file allocation system
choice.
Barry ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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