Does 64 bit system require NTFS drive formatting?
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RE: Does 64 bit system require NTFS drive formatting?
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Did you reinstall windows or is it a old install?Format the HD and install windows.
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No, it's an old install; I just did a straight swap and start up. Assuming my new hardware is not faulty, something else is going on...
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Did you reinstall windows or is it a old install?Format the HD and install windows.
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No, it's an old install; I just did a straight swap and start up. Assuming my new hardware is not faulty, something else is going on...
RE: Does 64 bit system require NTFS drive formatting?
If all you did was install a new M/B, you should NOT have to reformat your H/D. That's terrible.... something else is wrong...You probably have to reset the configuration of motherboard. Did you notice on boot up if it recognised the Hard Drive and other drives? Try booting on your XP disk ...don't delete anything.
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If all you did was install a new M/B, you should NOT have to reformat your H/D. That's terrible.... something else is wrong...You probably have to reset the configuration of motherboard. Did you notice on boot up if it recognised the Hard Drive and other drives? Try booting on your XP disk ...don't delete anything.
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RE: Does 64 bit system require NTFS drive formatting?
Did some more things...when I try to reinstall Windows, it makes it to the disk check and that's where the blue error screen comes up - "Windows is being shut down to protect the computer blah blah blah"
When I boot up the computer normally, all of the normal boot up screens come up as usual, and the computer finds all of the drives correctly. The blue screen comes on in place of the Windows loading screen with the blue bar moving across. In short, I can't boot up Windows (even in safe mode), and I can't reinstall Windows, though I can still convert my drives to NTFS using another computer.
I'm just about to the point of having to take my machine to the geek squad. I've never had to use them before, but I've got a brand new motherboard, CPU, and video card, and I have no idea what the problem could be. Swapping out is not an option because the 32-bit 64-bit, and AGP-PCIe upgrades makes that impossible.
Did some more things...when I try to reinstall Windows, it makes it to the disk check and that's where the blue error screen comes up - "Windows is being shut down to protect the computer blah blah blah"
When I boot up the computer normally, all of the normal boot up screens come up as usual, and the computer finds all of the drives correctly. The blue screen comes on in place of the Windows loading screen with the blue bar moving across. In short, I can't boot up Windows (even in safe mode), and I can't reinstall Windows, though I can still convert my drives to NTFS using another computer.
I'm just about to the point of having to take my machine to the geek squad. I've never had to use them before, but I've got a brand new motherboard, CPU, and video card, and I have no idea what the problem could be. Swapping out is not an option because the 32-bit 64-bit, and AGP-PCIe upgrades makes that impossible.
RE: Does 64 bit system require NTFS drive formatting?
Do you have a 3.5 floppy drive in there? Do you still have the Hard Drive install disk? Try booting on floppy and reformat the hard drive with the HD manufacturers disk. If you don't, try downloading the file from their web site. There are a lot of tests that the manufacturers disc/floppy has on it. Just another thought.
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Do you have a 3.5 floppy drive in there? Do you still have the Hard Drive install disk? Try booting on floppy and reformat the hard drive with the HD manufacturers disk. If you don't, try downloading the file from their web site. There are a lot of tests that the manufacturers disc/floppy has on it. Just another thought.
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RE: Does 64 bit system require NTFS drive formatting?
WinXP will not 'just run' it loads specific device (hardware) drivers. I mean you can't swap hard drives from let's say a Dell into a HP won't work. If you have a spare drive install the OS cleanly (use NTFS please), after the second reboot AND everything works then install your 'old' drive as a slave. Because it is FAT323 you will be able to read your data. I strongly recommend converting to NTFS (faster, and better security) - 64Bit means nothing other then you may install a 64 bit OS but this requires 64Bit applications to see the boost... if you plan on running 32 Bit applications on your 64Bit system expect poor performance compared to a 32Bit OS, just all the overhead slows 'er down.
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WinXP will not 'just run' it loads specific device (hardware) drivers. I mean you can't swap hard drives from let's say a Dell into a HP won't work. If you have a spare drive install the OS cleanly (use NTFS please), after the second reboot AND everything works then install your 'old' drive as a slave. Because it is FAT323 you will be able to read your data. I strongly recommend converting to NTFS (faster, and better security) - 64Bit means nothing other then you may install a 64 bit OS but this requires 64Bit applications to see the boost... if you plan on running 32 Bit applications on your 64Bit system expect poor performance compared to a 32Bit OS, just all the overhead slows 'er down.
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RE: Does 64 bit system require NTFS drive formatting?
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WinXP will not 'just run' it loads specific device (hardware) drivers. I mean you can't swap hard drives from let's say a Dell into a HP won't work. If you have a spare drive install the OS cleanly (use NTFS please), after the second reboot AND everything works then install your 'old' drive as a slave. Because it is FAT323 you will be able to read your data. I strongly recommend converting to NTFS (faster, and better security) - 64Bit means nothing other then you may install a 64 bit OS but this requires 64Bit applications to see the boost... if you plan on running 32 Bit applications on your 64Bit system expect poor performance compared to a 32Bit OS, just all the overhead slows 'er down. cigar5198 LSC 60K98 Sienna 77K85 F-150 120K80 CJ7 alot
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Yup, you need the proper drivers for the hardware.
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WinXP will not 'just run' it loads specific device (hardware) drivers. I mean you can't swap hard drives from let's say a Dell into a HP won't work. If you have a spare drive install the OS cleanly (use NTFS please), after the second reboot AND everything works then install your 'old' drive as a slave. Because it is FAT323 you will be able to read your data. I strongly recommend converting to NTFS (faster, and better security) - 64Bit means nothing other then you may install a 64 bit OS but this requires 64Bit applications to see the boost... if you plan on running 32 Bit applications on your 64Bit system expect poor performance compared to a 32Bit OS, just all the overhead slows 'er down. cigar5198 LSC 60K98 Sienna 77K85 F-150 120K80 CJ7 alot
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Yup, you need the proper drivers for the hardware.
RE: Does 64 bit system require NTFS drive formatting?
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[div class="dcquote"][strong]Quote[/strong]WinXP will not 'just run' it loads specific device (hardware) drivers. I mean you can't swap hard drives from let's say a Dell into a HP won't work. If you have a spare drive install the OS cleanly (use NTFS please), after the second reboot AND everything works then install your 'old' drive as a slave. Because it is FAT323 you will be able to read your data. I strongly recommend converting to NTFS (faster, and better security) - 64Bit means nothing other then you may install a 64 bit OS but this requires 64Bit applications to see the boost... if you plan on running 32 Bit applications on your 64Bit system expect poor performance compared to a 32Bit OS, just all the overhead slows 'er down. cigar5198 LSC 60K98 Sienna 77K85 F-150 120K80 CJ7 alot[/div]Yup, you need the proper drivers for the hardware.
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Found the problem...the OS was residing on my slave drive. Windows still wouldn't load when I made it the master, but I could then at least reinstall it.
Thanks for the help all!
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[div class="dcquote"][strong]Quote[/strong]WinXP will not 'just run' it loads specific device (hardware) drivers. I mean you can't swap hard drives from let's say a Dell into a HP won't work. If you have a spare drive install the OS cleanly (use NTFS please), after the second reboot AND everything works then install your 'old' drive as a slave. Because it is FAT323 you will be able to read your data. I strongly recommend converting to NTFS (faster, and better security) - 64Bit means nothing other then you may install a 64 bit OS but this requires 64Bit applications to see the boost... if you plan on running 32 Bit applications on your 64Bit system expect poor performance compared to a 32Bit OS, just all the overhead slows 'er down. cigar5198 LSC 60K98 Sienna 77K85 F-150 120K80 CJ7 alot[/div]Yup, you need the proper drivers for the hardware.
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Found the problem...the OS was residing on my slave drive. Windows still wouldn't load when I made it the master, but I could then at least reinstall it.
Thanks for the help all!
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You are not using Serial ATA?
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No, that part of my system is still in the dark ages. I've got a 5400 rpm 20 GB drive and my "newer" 80 GB 7800 rpm drive. Both are a few years old.
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You are not using Serial ATA?
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No, that part of my system is still in the dark ages. I've got a 5400 rpm 20 GB drive and my "newer" 80 GB 7800 rpm drive. Both are a few years old.