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Slave drive file system error

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Ok here's my situation:
I have a 7GB hard drive that I just upgraded from Windows ME to Windows XP. I also have a 40GB hard drive running Win98. I have the XP drive set to the master and the 98 drive set to the slave, and the jumpers are set correctly on both. After I booted it detected the hard drive and everything, and it shows up in my computer. I can explore the Win98 hard drive to some extent, but if I try to open most files it says "The parameter is incorrect." I can however open a few .jpg files, but anything else I try, movies, mp3's, programs, don't work. A lot of folders also have a size of "0 bytes" when I know they have stuff in them. When I looked at the file systems on each, the Win98 is FAT32 (like it's supposed to be) but the WinXP is also FAT32 (isn't it supposed to be NFTS or something like that?) Well thanks in advance!
 
It is only NTFS if you take that option when you upgraded.

You should just leave it at FAT32 for better performance (since NTFS is slower).

On the data reading,,,,,,, try this:
Hook the 40 GIG hard drive up where the CD-ROM is,
and then see what you can see.
Unhook the CD-ROM (using the secondary PCI channel) and take the ribbon cable off of the CD-ROM, and then hook it onto the 40 GIG.

Also, from what I know, you should NOT have 2 different OS's hooked up like that,,,,,,,,, it's all screwy.
Are you trying to make a dual boot system ?

Also,,,,,, I would not use the 7 GIG Hard drive for the primary drive,,,,,,,, but you probably know that, and just don't want to go to all the problem of changing it all over to the 40 GIG,,,,,,,,
and installing ANY OS - upgrade, over the top of another existing OS (like going to XP over the top of ME) is BAD news. It's bound, absolutely, bound to cause you grief.

I would transfer data you want to save off of the 7 GIG hard drive to the 40 GIG, then wipe the 7 GIG hard drive clean.
Then, transfer all the data you want to save onto the empty 7 GIG hard drive,,,,,,,,, and start fresh on the 40 GIG hard drive,,,,
I really recommend that you split the 40 Gig into partitions, so that if you have to wipe it clean again your job is much easier next time,,,,,, say a 50% / 50% split.
Then, if you want to have a DUAL BOOT SYSTEM, you can do it the recommend way:
That is, Windows 98 on C: DRIVE,,,,,,, and XP on D: drive.
That is the recommended method,,,,,,,,, and I know for a fact it works flawlessly.
Install Win98 1st, on C:, then XP on D:.

 
No I don't want a dual boot system. I just want the XP interface and compatability (more memory, faster running, etc etc etc). I've got too much on the 40gig to transfer over to the 7gig, but I am going to format the 7gig and do a fresh install of XP on it and see if it helps. I asked a tech at my school about it and he said he's never seen a problem where you could only go in 1 or 2 directories deep and only open a select few files. Hopefully the clean install of XP will fix the problem.
 
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