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What can possibly cause XP to lose NTFS file system?
Now that this has happened to two consecutive hard drives, I'm
becoming really paranoid... Short story version: I use XP (SP2) Disk Management to format a WD 180GB ATA drive as a single NTFS partition using 64K clusters (for video recordings). I copy some data onto the drive and all appears fine until I power off/on. Then XP sees the drive as 100% empty with NO file system. I repeat the process several more times. Sometimes the drive survives one or two power on/off cycles. I've done full and quick formats. Then I try the drive in another computer running XP and this time it can't even be formatted. I've used this drive for over a year without problems (originally formatted using default clusters). Now it's a dead drive. So now I install a new replacement drive, a Seagate 120GB SATA drive. Note this is an SATA, not an ATA drive, using an entirely different controller. I do a full format with 64K clusters and the exact same scenario as before happens - XP thinks there's no file system! I try it again with 32K clusters and the same thing happens. I have yet to try it with any other cluster size. Note that Partition Magic and other disc utilities don't see any problem with the drive at all (i.e. see it as having an NTFS file system). Any ideas what's going on here? |
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What can possibly cause XP to lose NTFS file system?
Angelfood MacSpade wrote:
Now that this has happened to two consecutive hard drives, I'm becoming really paranoid... Short story version: I use XP (SP2) Disk Management to format a WD 180GB ATA drive as a single NTFS partition using 64K clusters (for video recordings). I copy some data onto the drive and all appears fine until I power off/on. Then XP sees the drive as 100% empty with NO file system. I repeat the process several more times. Sometimes the drive survives one or two power on/off cycles. I've done full and quick formats. Then I try the drive in another computer running XP and this time it can't even be formatted. I've used this drive for over a year without problems (originally formatted using default clusters). Now it's a dead drive. So now I install a new replacement drive, a Seagate 120GB SATA drive. Note this is an SATA, not an ATA drive, using an entirely different controller. I do a full format with 64K clusters and the exact same scenario as before happens - XP thinks there's no file system! I try it again with 32K clusters and the same thing happens. I have yet to try it with any other cluster size. Note that Partition Magic and other disc utilities don't see any problem with the drive at all (i.e. see it as having an NTFS file system). Any ideas what's going on here? Since XP is rather fond of 4KB clusters, I suggest that you format that HD with 4KB clusters -- using XP's disk management tools. Unlike FAT32, XP handles large HDs without resorting to large clusters. -- Cheers, Bob |
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What can possibly cause XP to lose NTFS file system?
Angelfood MacSpade wrote:
"I power off/on. Then XP sees the drive as 100% empty with | NO file system. I repeat the process several more times. Sometimes the | drive survives one or two power on/off cycles" Are you using the XP shutdown menu (icon) to shutdown or are you killing the power? "Bob Willard" wrote in message ... | Angelfood MacSpade wrote: | Now that this has happened to two consecutive hard drives, I'm | becoming really paranoid... | | Short story version: I use XP (SP2) Disk Management to format a WD | 180GB ATA drive as a single NTFS partition using 64K clusters (for | video recordings). I copy some data onto the drive and all appears | fine until I power off/on. Then XP sees the drive as 100% empty with | NO file system. I repeat the process several more times. Sometimes the | drive survives one or two power on/off cycles. I've done full and | quick formats. Then I try the drive in another computer running XP and | this time it can't even be formatted. I've used this drive for over a | year without problems (originally formatted using default clusters). | Now it's a dead drive. | | So now I install a new replacement drive, a Seagate 120GB SATA drive. | Note this is an SATA, not an ATA drive, using an entirely different | controller. I do a full format with 64K clusters and the exact same | scenario as before happens - XP thinks there's no file system! I try | it again with 32K clusters and the same thing happens. I have yet to | try it with any other cluster size. | | Note that Partition Magic and other disc utilities don't see any | problem with the drive at all (i.e. see it as having an NTFS file | system). Any ideas what's going on here? | | | Since XP is rather fond of 4KB clusters, I suggest that you format that | HD with 4KB clusters -- using XP's disk management tools. Unlike FAT32, | XP handles large HDs without resorting to large clusters. | -- | Cheers, Bob |
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What can possibly cause XP to lose NTFS file system?
Just curious, what would be the benefit of 64KB clusters over 4 KB clusters
for video editing? Does it cause faster data transfers to/from the hdd? Less frames dropped when capturing? r. "Angelfood MacSpade" wrote in message ... Now that this has happened to two consecutive hard drives, I'm becoming really paranoid... Short story version: I use XP (SP2) Disk Management to format a WD 180GB ATA drive as a single NTFS partition using 64K clusters (for video recordings). I copy some data onto the drive and all appears fine until I power off/on. Then XP sees the drive as 100% empty with NO file system. I repeat the process several more times. Sometimes the drive survives one or two power on/off cycles. I've done full and quick formats. Then I try the drive in another computer running XP and this time it can't even be formatted. I've used this drive for over a year without problems (originally formatted using default clusters). Now it's a dead drive. So now I install a new replacement drive, a Seagate 120GB SATA drive. Note this is an SATA, not an ATA drive, using an entirely different controller. I do a full format with 64K clusters and the exact same scenario as before happens - XP thinks there's no file system! I try it again with 32K clusters and the same thing happens. I have yet to try it with any other cluster size. Note that Partition Magic and other disc utilities don't see any problem with the drive at all (i.e. see it as having an NTFS file system). Any ideas what's going on here? |
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