Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by PB.
I was going to re-install Win98se today but was shocked during the
setup by a message stating my NTFS drive wouldn't be recognized.
I finished the install anyway and sure enough my NTFS drive wasn't
shown in My Computer.
I find it very hard to believe that Win98se can't see NTFS drives...
Is that really true? Is there a way around it? Thanks for any tips.
BTW, I just found this product...
http://www.winternals.com/products/fct/ntfswin98.asp
...but is there a better/free/native way to access NTFS drives?
Win98se and NTFS drives
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Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by Danilo.
> I find it very hard to believe that Win98se can't see NTFS drives...
> Is that really true?
Yes, its true.
Please remember that Win98 is very old and crappy.
> Is there a way around it?
I also know NTFSdos/NTFSwin98 for this only.
A free version that can _read_ only is available:
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freew ... in98.shtml
If reading is not enough and it must be free,
convert your partition to FAT32.
cya,
...Danilo
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> I find it very hard to believe that Win98se can't see NTFS drives...
> Is that really true?
Yes, its true.
Please remember that Win98 is very old and crappy.
> Is there a way around it?
I also know NTFSdos/NTFSwin98 for this only.
A free version that can _read_ only is available:
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freew ... in98.shtml
If reading is not enough and it must be free,
convert your partition to FAT32.
cya,
...Danilo
(registered PureBasic user)
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Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by PB.
> Yes, its true.
> Please remember that Win98 is very old and crappy.
True, but it's extremely light-weight compared to Win2K and XP.
I only have a 667mhz PC and W2K/XP are too slow, and I can't
afford to upgrade for the next 2 years or so.
> If reading is not enough and it must be free, convert your partition
> to FAT32.
Unfortunately I need NTFS because I do a lot of video capture, and
using FAT32 means you can only capture up to 4 GB in a single file.
Yes, I know there are capture apps that split the capture into many
files, but I don't want that either.
Looks like Win2K is my only option, because I like to play games too
and I understand that WinNT doesn't support DirectX. Dammit.
(And for those wondering if I really own all these OSes: yes, I have
a friend who works for Unisys and gets me OEM versions cheaply).
> Yes, its true.
> Please remember that Win98 is very old and crappy.
True, but it's extremely light-weight compared to Win2K and XP.
I only have a 667mhz PC and W2K/XP are too slow, and I can't
afford to upgrade for the next 2 years or so.
> If reading is not enough and it must be free, convert your partition
> to FAT32.
Unfortunately I need NTFS because I do a lot of video capture, and
using FAT32 means you can only capture up to 4 GB in a single file.
Yes, I know there are capture apps that split the capture into many
files, but I don't want that either.
Looks like Win2K is my only option, because I like to play games too
and I understand that WinNT doesn't support DirectX.
Dammit.(And for those wondering if I really own all these OSes: yes, I have
a friend who works for Unisys and gets me OEM versions cheaply).
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Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by Danilo.
I have a PIII-600 /512MB running Win2k and its fast enough.
Is your processor a "light" CPU like Celeron only ??
Do you have enough memory (_at least_ 256MB) ??
Do you use software video capturing ?? *wondering*
With a video capture card that does compression in hardware
and maybe SCSI HDD´s, it shouldnt be a problem at all.
cya,
...Danilo
(registered PureBasic user)
I have a PIII-600 /512MB running Win2k and its fast enough.
Is your processor a "light" CPU like Celeron only ??
Do you have enough memory (_at least_ 256MB) ??
Do you use software video capturing ?? *wondering*
With a video capture card that does compression in hardware
and maybe SCSI HDD´s, it shouldnt be a problem at all.
cya,
...Danilo
(registered PureBasic user)
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Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by PB.
> Is your processor a "light" CPU like Celeron only ??
No, it's like yours: Pentium III @ 667 mhz.
> Do you have enough memory (_at least_ 256MB) ??
Yes, I also have 512 MB.
> Do you use software video capturing ?? *wondering*
No, I capture from a MiniDV camcorder to a hardware capture card,
via the card's DV-IN socket.
I have settled for Win2K again, but it still feels a bit slower than
a Win98se install. Then again, I suppose the benefit of being a much
stronger OS is more important than the speed...
> Is your processor a "light" CPU like Celeron only ??
No, it's like yours: Pentium III @ 667 mhz.
> Do you have enough memory (_at least_ 256MB) ??
Yes, I also have 512 MB.
> Do you use software video capturing ?? *wondering*
No, I capture from a MiniDV camcorder to a hardware capture card,
via the card's DV-IN socket.
I have settled for Win2K again, but it still feels a bit slower than
a Win98se install. Then again, I suppose the benefit of being a much
stronger OS is more important than the speed...
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Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by MrVainSCL.
Hi PB,
i have just only an PIII450 here... with Win2000 and i am contently with it... Before i used Win98SE too... Sure Win2000 need more space due fact it has more funtions and is much more stable... But for my reason i dont have any speed problems here... works very fine for my works and sometimes for 3D games too..
PIII450, 256MB Ram, 80GB HD + 6,4 GB, RivaTNT, DirectX8.1, SB AWE64, Win2000 + all Updates...
greetz
MrVainSCL! aka Thorsten
Hi PB,
i have just only an PIII450 here... with Win2000 and i am contently with it... Before i used Win98SE too... Sure Win2000 need more space due fact it has more funtions and is much more stable... But for my reason i dont have any speed problems here... works very fine for my works and sometimes for 3D games too..
PIII450, 256MB Ram, 80GB HD + 6,4 GB, RivaTNT, DirectX8.1, SB AWE64, Win2000 + all Updates...
greetz
MrVainSCL! aka Thorsten