Speed Disk problem

[socalgal]

Well, on the new hdd, WD Caviar 13G, FAT32, Win98, when attempting to run Norton Speed Disk to defrag, it does the scan, then this message comes up:

"Drive C may not be configured correctly. Norton Speed Disk cannot be run on this drive."

I found a link that had Norton patches. One was called 'nolbachk.reg' and it turns LBA checking off in Speed Disk.

I hesitate to put anything (esp. Norton's) into my registry of which I am not sure. I would like to continue using Speed Disk as I prefer to order my files and set the swap.

Does anyone have any experience with this?

Thanks in advance for the help.

[Bleeding Edge]

I don't use these utilities, so I wont be of uch help here.

If the fix is 'nolbachk.reg' and your concerned about the link that provides the patch, get the file from Symantec's site. http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/files/nu/norton_utilities_version_3x_for_windows_95.html

My apologies if I misunderstood your post.

[socalgal]

Thanks Edge. That's the same file, but I'm still at a loss as to if this is what will make Speed Disk work without compromising my hdd somehow.

Guess I'll be using MS Defrag.

[kwai]

did you check in the device manager and performance tab to make sure the hd is recognized correctly with no problems?

[socalgal]

Thanks for the suggestion, kwai. I realized last night that I don't have the UDMA/33 controller installed from the mobo disk. I am going to install that and then see what happens! I should get a little performance increase, at least!