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i have a western digital 3 gigs hD as a slave
i use it as a back up for my programs and some of my data
now whenever i attach it
with a seagate master HD
and i try to access any of my drives on the WS
it says drive need to be formatted yes or no:S
although it were working b4
how can i get over this?
Whats your OS and what type of formatting did you choose for both drives?
the seaget( Master Drive) is NTFS
the western is FAT
My OS is winxp pro
Some formats have a max size..for instance, FAT's max size might be 2 or 3 gigs..I don't remember, can anyone clarify this?
But anyways..Since your on XP Pro, you have the ability to view the other drive...so thats not the problem.
Have you tried going into the add new hardware wizard and going that route?
Check your jumper settings too, cable select can be a bit trivial at times i've noticed..
Are you running them off of the same IDE cable or seperate IDE's?
Also, what model are both of the HD's and what size is the western digital?
Does that WD HD actually have any data on it?
And do you have an OS on your 3 gig?
I would highly suggest you convert your FAT drive to NTFS if you have that ability..but thats just me.. This "might" solve your problem as well..but I don't see it being that way.
i tried all of this but nothing worked
except coverting my NTFS to FAT
i tried all the others it gives me the same error:S
And your sure you don't have a bad HD?
Heh i had the same problem with a WD 40 and WD 80 (slave) drivers...ok bro here is what you gotta do...
1. download my attachment
2. format a floppy and put the files into the floppy
3. i assume you have some partitions on your master drive if not create one larger than your slave drive (3GB)
4. next restart your computer with the boot disk in the floppy drive
5. go onto tools or something (i think its the 4th option) and select copying partitions
6. then select your slave drive in field 1 and the partition on your master drive you want it to copy to
7. wait a bit for the proccess and then exit the boot programm and it will automaticly restart
8. the files should be in the master partition and now you can format your slave drive and put the files back
Please let us know if it has worked or not worked, if not I'll be glad to help ya more
edit: the file is too big to be attached in a post...i think it is this on this website of WD...download the data lifeguard v11.0 for DOS in a .exe format and run it, it will guide you in creating the boot disk...after that just follow my steps from step 3
@ script kiddie
i followed ur way but nothing happened
it just formatted the destination drive:S
i think im gonna format and let whatever happen:(
you were not supposed to format it...there is a option to copy a partition not to delete a partition...
i didnt choose to format
i choosed from utilities to copy a partition
then i choosed the source and destination partitions
and it formatted the destination partition:S
i didnt choose to format:(((
Correct me if i'm wrong..
But maybe that program is set to copy the partitions and then format after that...
I think that tronic might have hit on something earlier?
You say "FAT" but which FAT? if it is FAT16, I could well understand you being forced to format? I believe that FAT16 will support 2GB in theory, although many BIOSES of the day did not (there was a barrier at 1.97GB). This is for DOS, Win 3x and early Win95. NT would support 4Gb, but only if you used 64KB clusters, which would cause problems with the other OSes. Later versions of Win95, along with 98 & Me used FAT32, which does not have this problem.Quote:
Some formats have a max size..for instance, FAT's max size might be 2 or 3 gigs..I don't remember, can anyone clarify this?
I am not too sure what th3 X-cution3r tried to do, but if he tried to copy an NTFS partition from his main drive onto a drive that is FAT16 or FAT32, I would expect it to reformat.....it would have no choice? It would be the same logic if you tried to do it the other way round?
Now let's be realistic here :cool: Is a 3Gb drive worth all this effort? It is old, it is slow, it is worn, it is likely to fail? I picked up an 8.4 Gb drive a few months back for USD 9............turned out it was actually a 12Gb drive (BIOS barrier at 8 Gb, it did not support Int13h extensions) and I know that it had not been used very much so it was worth having..............a 3Gb drive is a different proposition?
My personal advice would be:
1. Put it out to pasture
2. Convert it to NTFS, but DON'T trust it with anything important
Good luck