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"spangler" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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> Hello guys... thanks for all the support and i dont think there's a
> built in password but anyway thanks for your suggestion... it seems i
> found what went wrong... well anyway here's my conclusion from what i've
> experienced..
>
> The HDD is not defected (so far yes, its not)... but the problem lies
> within the OS in this case... the vista itself... i've tried it on 4
> four computer. 2 vista (home premiums and ultimate) and windows xp sp3.
>
> Symptoms
> - when i operate the HDD on vista, i can't format beyond around
> 300-400gb... if i format above that , it will failed. (using the disk
> management in-built)
> - When i copy a loads of file at once regardless the size, it will
> stuck and freeze. I could still use my computer its just that i can't
> delete the process, i can't use explorer when that thing happened.
>
> So i was curious and tested it on xp... yep it work great, no error at
> all. So the conclusion that i got is :
> - Vista is not supported by the HDD or the other way around that vista
> doesn't support this.
>
> if this is an error from my Vista please tell me how to fix it.. Thanks
> before and as a note... the file type that i am using is NTFS... gonna
> try what happen if i am using FAT32 .. though its the pain in the ass
> that i've got to reformat it on xp
>
>
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> spangler