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hiredgoon
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_ 		18. April 2004 @ 10:56 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I keep hearing that if i use the F drive its possible that my data can become currupt overtime??

Also i hear that if i use the G drive i can avoid this problem??

Whats the difference and what one is better to use ?
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andres200
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_ 		18. April 2004 @ 20:33 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i say use the g drive config so that the f drive is not just 1 big chunk
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hiredgoon
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_ 		18. April 2004 @ 22:15 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
so split the large hdd between F and G ?

why? what will that do for me ? I need more info
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andres200
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_ 		19. April 2004 @ 07:03 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
if you are using a bios that is .06 it will format it with a g drive
if you are using a bios that is .67 it will not format it with any g drive
using the g drive allows for more organization and if for some reason that that f drive doesn't work you will still have the g drive to work with. if you use only f drive you have everything on one drive so if it messes up it is gone.
the g drive is not used unless the hard drive is bigger than 137 gb
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dragon13
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_ 		19. April 2004 @ 09:36 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
HELP PLS. I am using a 250gb hdd and I noticed that after I transferred my games to my F folder, only half of them are playable and the other half the names don't appear instead I see this weird letterings like scrible or single letters. i keep scrolling down i continue to se the same and can't play those games. From my pc via FXP i can see the folders name (games) and everything from there looks fine. Anybody has any ideas or comment on what is going on? Thnx in advance.
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hiredgoon
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_ 		19. April 2004 @ 10:33 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
what if i just use the G drive ? dosen't that have the same chance at messing up as the f drive ?


so your saying to split it 50/50 ?
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liquid51
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_ 		19. April 2004 @ 12:42 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
hdds over 137gig require the use of an LBA48 supporting bios. You can use either a .06 or .67 bios.
.06 uses f and g drive (partition 6(F) gets 137, partition G gets rest).
.67 uses f only (partition 6(F) gets rest).
You don't have to use G if you don't want. There is no greater chance of a corrupt drive using either setup. Some like to use the G partition so that if BY CHANCE F or G went corrupt, they'll still have a little something to work with and not all info will be lost.
I recommend having a friend with whom you can regularly "backup" info (share). If, by chance, there's a corruption, you can restore from your friend.
But don't be worried about a partition going bad. It's not as though its all that common.
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hiredgoon
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_ 		19. April 2004 @ 14:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
thank you, thats the info i was looking for.
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dragon13
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_ 		19. April 2004 @ 14:50 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thank you liquid51.
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alas
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_ 		20. April 2004 @ 05:56 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
pls. clarify on this: i thought .06 left you with one huge f (partition 6) while .67 gave you f and g (partition 6 and 7) and not the other way around? so which is correct?
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dragon13
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_ 		20. April 2004 @ 09:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
my current setup has only 6 part. F being the largest. the problem i am having with F is that i am only able to play have of my games saved in it. the rest of them shows either just 2 letters or symbols and are not playable. Basically i am trying to remedy this by perhaps doing a bios upgrade.
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liquid51
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_ 		20. April 2004 @ 11:07 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
yes alas, I mixed them up.
.06 is the large F.
.67 is F and G.
Sorry about that.
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