halp

[daf]

i have a 500GB usb hard disc that went kaput [windows 2k crashed and b0rked the FAT table]

now, i'm trying to reformat it, but can't get it to format at anything other than 127GB on win2k and 810GB on xp.

neither of these are right, so i am reluctant to attempt it. how can i make it format properly?

stupid fucking windows

Comments

[crazymeandave.livejournal.com]

cheers mate, but not running xp - that was the work laptop.

[chromenewt.livejournal.com]

Ahh, scuppered my otherwise flawless solution.

[crazymeandave.livejournal.com]

yeah, sorry dude... will only gonna get xp when micro$haft stop servicing it to force everyone onto vista, and only very begrudgingly then.

[chromenewt.livejournal.com]

I've actually come to love XP (good grief, did I just say that?) as despite it falling over quite frequently it restarts (almost) back up every time. Turning it on and off again works a charm whereas other systems despite being more robust don't have the game support.

[crazymeandave.livejournal.com]

2000 hardly ever hangs on me. don't wanna change until i absolutely have to.

[chromenewt.livejournal.com]

Oh yes! Win2k was an absolute lover! Hardly went wrong, did everything it needed to and well... except most modern games.

With my new PC I contemplated win2k instead of XP Pro(lapse), but then the drivers for my ubercard I heard were a bit shonky (which I thought were basically the same but allegedly not)

[crazymeandave.livejournal.com]

probably just a case of experimenter expectancy. don't listen to those nasty biased net nerds with their sponsorship from xp ;]