Hi everyone,

I'd like to find out from those win98se users who are using HDDs of
over 120gb capacity. I have a Seagate Barracuda 160gb HDD which I've
been using fairly happily until the last few weeks when FAT corruption
occurs a bit too frequently for my liking. Firstly I've tried the
following to prepare my 160gb HDD:-

Method 1: Install HDD, use Partition Magic 7 to partition the HDD into
120gb and 40gb partitions. This was what I did originally. It was okay
for the past 4 mths until recently. It could be that I was beginning to
hit the 100gb capacity that problems occurred (one possible reason
anyway).

Method 2: Install HDD, used fdisk in command prompt (updated fdisk),
fdisk it and then format it. Win98se recognises it as a 160gb HDD but
was unable to scandisk (low memory error). I then use Partition Magic 7
to partition into 80gb and 80gb this time round. Again, errors occurred
after transferring my backed up data back onto the HDD (one partition
was used).

Is there something I'm doing wrong with a 120+gb HDD?

The odd thing is this. The latest corruption occurred on the partition
that I NEVER used. The 2 partitions are F: and G:. F: is used most
frequently - no errors there so far. But today, G: became corrupt (for
no reason), with over 35mb of file****.chk files found, and 4
directories reinstated after a command prompt scandisk. I have never
used G: at all. One of the chk files contained a CLSID which I tracked
it to Norton Protection Recycle Bin. (But prior to this, I disabled
Norton PRB for these 2 drives.)

I'm beginning to wonder if Norton Protection Recycle Bin might have
problems with running on win98se with a 120+ gb hdd.

My specs: P4 2.ghz Intel CPU, 512mb Ram, Nvidia 5900fx card, Gigabyte
8IEXP mobo, 2xWestern Digital 60gb RAID HDDs, 1x Seagate 80gb HDD, 1x
Seagate 160gb HDD. Windows 98SE (fully updated), Running Norton
Systemworks Premier 2005 (NAV and Recycle Bin running), Blackice
Defender, ZoneAlarm in memory.

If anyone can help me that'd be great. Am I partitioning my 120+gb
harddisk wrong? Should I instead get a 120gb harddisk? Is Norton
Recycle Bin the cause of the problems - does it have issues with large
HDDs on win98se? Is the mobo/cpu now incompatible with the newer HDDs?

Any help appreciated!