Windows XP unable to work with a FAT32 hard drive

[shassouneh 0]

Dear folks,

this is weird. Its driving me nutts. I have a FAT32 formatted Quantum Fireball LM30 (27GB formatted) hard drive. Recently I upgraded to Windows XP only to find to my surprise that Windows XP thinks the hard drive failed and requires a format. It doesn't even assign it a drive letter. In the COmputer Managemenbt Console the only thing it would allow me to do is either delete the partition or format the drive.

 

I have just booted into Linux and mounted the drive and the drive works PERFECTLY. It reads/writes without a hitch. I am convinced this is a Windows XP problem. Can anybody please help?

[tHêGhð§tÔfT¡mé 0]

check windows xp compatibilty list see if ur HD is supported

[Chuckmeter 0]

This drive should work correctly under XP. There must be something XP doesn't like about your partition. Have you tried backing up the data then reformatting ?

[shassouneh 0]

Well the weird thing is the partition WAS working just fine in Linux. I backed up my data and reformatted and it works now. I just don't understand why it didn't work before since Linux had no problem reading/writing to it

[CrazyKillerMan 0]

I recently had a 'similar' problem with one of my HDD's. Although it was ntfs, it operated flawlessly and was useable in xp. Then I did a chkdsk /f on it and chkdsk reported that the drive had problems with it. By backing up the HDD it went through almost the entire disc, only 2 GB outta 30 were free. And after a format, the chkdsk /f reported no errors. Even tried again after data was restored and its still working fine.

[shassouneh 0]

LOL ntfs can be a B**** some times. It is waaaaay better than FAT32 mind you. The ONLY reason I use FAT32 is I want to have read/write capability in Linux. If Linux would fully support read/write to NTFS without risking ruining the drive (and files) I would definately use NTFS.

 

Anyways, thanx for all the replies and suggestiions everyone. They are indeed much appreciated