> From: Alberto Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > The Fool wrote: > > > > Is the HD partition FAT, Fat32, NTFS or other? > >
> Fat32 There's your problem _Right There_. Unless you are using some version of win9x that needs to be able to see this partition, you need to be using NTFS. It's better in every way. And you can compress NTFS drives. See if you can't dig up an old version of scandisk.exe or norton utilities DOS version. > > > And shouldn't you be usung Windows 2000 or win98SE for your 'game > > computer'? XP adds nothing but heartache and errors to a game-machine. > > > I bought the computer with Windows XP. Dump XP and install 2000. > > You should always keep your data (games, programs, etc.) on a different > > partition (or hard disk) than your OS. > > > But the data is safe. I just don't want to have the trouble to > reinstall a lot of things, mainly games like Sims 2, that take > an enormous time with boring CD-switch. > Boo hoo. You can't take the time to reinstall all tour games. Waaaah. > The XP OS is in a different physical HD. Dump it, reformat as a compressed NTFS drive and install 2000. > > If you can access your data in linux, move it to a different > > partition, and reinstall (this time windows 2000). > > > I could do it, but it would take too much time, because there's > more to save than free space [isn't this some Law of Informatics? > Data expands to consume all available disk space and more?] NTFS drives are compressable. > I would have to select which files to save, which to abandon, > which games to reinstall after the format. Format the OS drive as compressed NTFS, move the data from your old partition, format that drive as a compressedd NTFS partition and install 2000. > Again, data is safe [I am backup-paranoid: my problem is that > sometimes undead files reappear and I have to slay them] but I > don't want to lose the enormous time it would take me to F&R. > > Specially since all the data is there, Linux can access it, just > Windows is blind to it. > > Hmmm... Could it be that somehow this is not a Windows bug or > hardware bug but a _Linux bug_? Somehow Linux turned the partition > from Windows-visible to Windows-invisible? Yes. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
