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The real size of the sector can be checked on W2000 & on XP with Eassos Disk Genius. All my hard drives +2TB have a phisical size 4096 bytes sector. I have also verified this from Windows 10 with Fsutil Fsinfo Ntfsinfo X: When in the past I did backup copies on a hard drive 3 TB and on a 4TB hard drive I studied the limits of Fat32 partitions. Unfortunately I "do not" remember that and I do not find real information on the Internet right now. What are the limits of FAT32 partitions? There is a limit, that's true. But, I don't know if this is a limit on the cluster number or in the number of files. I think I remember that cluster size must be increased as partition size increases. My current situation is the following with the problematic partition, copying 759 GiB of the old Fat 32 cluster 8 kib partition to a new partition with 1208 GiB. I copy with R-Drive Image an image in another partition. I restore the image data in the problematic partition formatting this way: -NTFS 4 kib: No problem. -FAT32 8KiB: Windows reports an incorrect partition size and many files are not accessible. -FAT32 16 KIB: The data is correctly restored in appearance but these are the problems: 1-Windows 2000 correctly informs the size of the partition on my PC but gives an incorrect size in the number of files and folders on properties after selecting all folders. This happens both in the old partition (cluster 8 KiB) and in the new partition (cluster 16 KiB). Windows XP does report the number of files and folders correctly 2-Windows 2000 It is blocked after executing the Chkdsk order without parameters. In the new partition. When I restart the Windows 2000 system, it is not able to check if the file system is correct, in the new partition (16 kib) and Windows 2000 does not start. The old partition (8kib) is correctly proven. But both partitions cannot be proven in verifying errors on tools of My PC. In Windows XP the system starts without problems, but on this new computer and another that I have tried Windows XP does not check the USB hard drives file system when starting the system. On the old computer that I had before the old hard drive the partitions were checked when the Windows XP system started. Why are they now not checked on new computer? Windows XP is also not able to check partition errors with the tool that is on my PC. In summary, after copying 758 GiB of a FAT32 partition with cluster 8 KiB in a 1208 GiB partition with 16 KiB cluster there are problems, less than if the new partition had cluster 8 KiB but exist. What is the origin of the problems? What are the real limits of FAT32 partitions? According to Wikipedia, FAT32 partions have a 2 TB limit with a 32 kib cluster size. If this is true, then what is the limit of a 1 TB partition? In addition, Wikipedia says that the maximum number of files in a FAT32 partition is 268,173,300 files with cluster 32 kib. I have 278,275 files in old partition of 759 Gib with cluster 8 Kib, working so far without problems. But with the same files in the new partition of 1208 GiB with cluster size 16 kib there are problems. Old partition 759 GiB on Disk Genius New partition 1208 GiB on Disk Genius . . .

What brand is the USB box? You should keep in mind that some modern boxes like the ones from Seagate are not compatible with Windows XP when the drives are larger than 2TB even if you use GPT. Also, most external boxes are limited to 2TB using MBR since these do not have LBA48 support. You would have to remove the hard drive from the original box and connect it with a compatible USB adapter. https//msfn.org/board/topic/183934-seagate-external-hard-drive-is-xp-incompatible/

When can there be a problem when using the Windows NT6 Disk Manager or higher if the partitions are created from Windows XP Disk Manager? Thanks

How to edit GPT partitions from Windows XP In 2016 I tested the partition programs that work correctly with MBR disks larger than 2TB in Windows XP, ruling out the others. The ones that worked were the following: -Windows XP Disk Manager (partitions on AF hard disks are misaligned to sector 63). -Acronis Disk Director (partitions on AF hard disks are misaligned to sector 63). -EaseUS Partition Master. -Eassos DiskGenius -Macrorit Disk Partition Expert -MiniTool Partition Wizard (for partitions to be aligned on AF hard disks to sector 2048 they must be created with the align to MB option, not cylinder aligned) -Guiformat aka "Fat 32 Format" only for format large FAT32 partitions. In 2022 I have tested which of the above work correctly with GPT disks in Windows XP. In Windows 10 they all work but in Windows XP they don't. It only works correctly: -Windows XP Disk Manager* (partitions on AF hard disks are created misaligned to sector 63) -Acronis Disk Director 12.5.0.163 (year 2019) (partitions on AF hard disks are created misaligned to sector 63) -Guiformat aka "Fat 32 Format" with the same version number 1.0.1.0 as the previous version 1.0.1.0 but it measures 77,824 bytes instead of 73,728 bytes. http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/guiformat.htm The following programs detect the GPT disk and its capacity but neither read the partitions nor allow them to work with the disk: -EaseUS Partition Master 16.8 (year 2022) -MiniTool Partition Wizard 12.5 (year 2021) In addition, the following program does not read the partitions but it does let you work with the disk, although it is possibly unable to complete the operations and leaves the disk defective: -Macrorit Disk Partition Expert 6.1.2 Pro (year 2022) The following program does detect the partitions, but when performing a disk operation it is unable to complete it and leaves the disk defective: -Eassos DiskGenius 5.4.6.1432 (year 2022) Therefore, only the following programs allow working with GPT partitions in Windows XP: -Windows XP Disk Manager. *Update: Before make a partition table copy because in certain circumstances partitions disappear just by opening Windows XP Disk Manager without performing any additional operations. -Acronis Disk Director 12.5.0.163 (year 2019) The problem with both is that you will get misaligned partitions on AF disks. Being able to work alternatively with any of the programs mentioned in this post in its WinPE boot disk version (I have not tried it). Regarding Paragon Partition Manager 15, contained in the installer that gives us GPT capability, I didn't have the best experience with MBR + 2 TiB on v.14 and earlier. I have done some small tests with v.15 on GPT and I didn't have the best experience either. For example, after creating the second partition without taking up all the disk space the rest of the disk space has disappeared. In case of problems you can reset the disk with Acronis Disk Director with the "Clean up disk" option which will leave the disk uninitialized. We can use Paragon Partition manager 15 without any apparent problems for simple operations such as changing the drive letter. PROCEDURE TO CONVERT MBR DISK TO GPT 1- With Acronis Disk Director 12.5.0.163 right click on the disk and press "Convert to GPT". The procedure is not reversible if there are more than 4 partitions. Note: If the hard disk is AF, it is best not to attempt the following operations from Windows XP as these will be misaligned. Use Windows Vista or higher or use a WinPE boot disk with one of the programs mentioned above. 2- To create the partitions you must also use Acronis Disk Director 12.5.0.163 or alternatively the Windows XP Disk Manager. Both programs give the same result, these set the first partition to sector 63 (misaligned on AF disks). You can try Paragon Partition Manager 15 to see if it works. The partitions should be aligned. 3- Format partitions with Acronis Disk Director 12.5.0.163 or with Paragon Partition Manager 15 or FAT32 with Guiformat aka "Fat 32 Format". 4- I don't know of any program with which you could align GPT partitions directly from Windows XP, so you would have to align them from another operating system or with a boot disk from one of the programs mentioned earlier in this post. PROCEDURE TO CONVERT GPT DISK TO MBR It requires disk erasing, although it could work without data loss if there are a maximum of 4 primary partitions and no extended ones. The best procedure to convert GPT to MBR and partition the disk is: 1- With Acronis Disk Director 12.5.0.163 convert the disk to MBR or use the "Clean up disk" option which will leave the disk uninitialized. The options are seen with a right click on the disk (not on the partitions). 2- Create MBR partitions with MiniTool Partition Wizard 10.3 with MB aligned partitions (not cylinder aligned) or use Eassos DiskGenius 5.4. 3- Format large NTFS partitions with MiniTool Partition Wizard 10.3 or Eassos DiskGenius 5.4 or if these are created in FAT32 with "guiformat.exe" aka Fat 32 Format. http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/guiformat.htm 4- Align partitions with MiniTool Partition Wizard 10.3 (versions higher than 10.3 produce various problems when formatting partitions) Note: After aligning the partitions, I understand that there is no problem of losing extended partitions when using the Disk Manager of higher versions of Windows, even though they have been created from the Windows XP Disk Manager. If it could happen the other way around, that after aligning the partitions there are problems with the Windows XP Disk Manager.

I have tried the following 2 methods with external USB drives and have had no problems if these steps are followed and the indicated errors are avoided. WORKING WITH GTP HARD DISKS ON WINDOWS XP Update 2025-02-06: It can be done with any of the following methods depending on the hard disk connection mode. A - With the "Paragon GPT Loader" driver v. 8.0.1.0 on SATA ports. B - With the "Windows 2003" drivers on USB ports until 16 Tb. A - With Paragon GPT Loader driver v.8.0.1.0 on SATA ports. ¡¡¡CAUTION!!! +2TiB hard disks connected to the SATA port only work with Paragon GPT Loader driver version 8.0.1.0. -Higher versions of the driver cause data corruption when writing to sectors above 2^32 (4,294,967,296) this is 2TiB. -With PAE enabled to work with +4GiB RAM cause data corruption when writing to sectors above 2^32 (4,294,967,296) this is 2TiB. -The driver usually only works with the BIOS/UEFI set to IDE mode. With AHCI/RAID drivers generally cause data corruption when writing to sectors above 2^32 (4,294,967,296) this is 2TiB. If you have other hard disks connected in AHCI/RAID mode or you don't have IDE mode, the solution is to install a PCI Express SATA card with a switch that enables "IDE mode" or "No-boot mode". -This driver does not work via USB. -Most software tools for editing hard disk partitions do not work on Windows XP with GPT hard disks. -Make a partition table copy because in certain circumstances partitions disappear just by opening Windows XP Disk Manager without performing any additional operations.* -Chkdsk does not work until Windows XP is booted. In case of a file system error the boot will say that FAT32 and exFAT partitions are RAW. On NTFS partitions it will proceed to perform CHKDSK, but it will be invalid. Once Windows boots you have to run chkdsk manually. Most versions of Paragon GPT Loader do not work well with hard disks larger than 2TiB. If the first partition is larger than 2TiB, file system corruption will occur. If the second partition is larger than 2TB, the same will occur. If there are partitions larger than +2TB, then Windows XP will not recognize them. I have found that there is a version that does work well with +2TiB hard drives and also fixes the blue screen problem with FAT32 boot partitions. This version is included in Paragon Partition Manager 15 (aka 2015) Professional x86 v10.1.25.779 (2015-09-18) It contains the 8.0.1.0 driver, it is a downgrade driver but makes several registry changes that other versions containing the same driver or higher versions do not. Use only this version to install the Paragon driver on Windows XP. You do not use forks or other versions. Driver version 10.5.0.95 is limired at 4,294,967,296 sector (this is 2TiB). Also do not use the Paragon HFS v11.0.0.175 fork with a higher driver version as it contains the same problems. The issue is explained here https://msfn.org/board/topic/181911-read-gpt-hard-disk-on-windows-xp/page/23/#findComment-1276273 To get GPT working on Windows XP via SATA port simply install Paragon Partition Manager 15 Professional x86 v10.1.25.779 with Paragon GPT Loader 8.0.1.0 option enabled and connect the hard disks to the SATA port with IDE mode enabled in the BIOS/UEFI or install a PCIExpress card with SATA ports that has a switch to enable "IDE mode" or "No boot". You can install two mod updates for Paragon GPT Loader 8.0.1.0 later but do not install the base mod as it will most likely cause BSOD. http://hardwarefetish.com/777-paragon-gpt-loader-3 http://hardwarefetish.com/612-gpt_loader-sys-revisited-file-read-problem http://hardwarefetish.com/524-paragon-gpt_loadersys-bsod-analysis-and-fix (on this website there are only patches, there is no full version) You don't use the fork version 8.0.1.2 this can cause BSOD. *Update: -In some circumstances when I open the Windows XP Disk Manager the partition disappears immediately, without performing any additional operation. To prevent losing the partitions I suggest making a partition table copy with Eassos DiskGenius from Windows Seven or higher in the menu Disk>Backup Partition Table. If you do not have a partition table copy, you can recover it from Windows Seven with this same program from the menu Tools>Search for Partitions , choosing the Whole Disk option and in the search, clicking on "Reserve" when the appropriate partitions appear. The pity is that we need Windows Vista or higher or use a bootable disc with a program, since once the partitions are lost in XP the hard disk only shows a capacity of 1493 Gb, so we need to boot an operating system that recognizes the real disk capacity. B - With the 2003 Windows drivers on USB ports until 16 Tb ¡¡¡CAUTION!!! This driver should only be installed for use with +2TB hard drives connected to a USB port using a SATA to USB adapter that translates logical sectors from 512 bytes to 4096 bytes. This allows 2^32 (4,294,967,296) sectors to hold 16 TiB of data as each one measures 4096 bytes instead of 512 bytes. +2TiB hard disks connected to the SATA port with Windows 2003 drivers cause data corruption when writing to sectors above 2^32 (4,294,967,296) this is 2TiB. -See the particularities of Paragon GPT Loader driver if you finally install the hard disks in the SATA port. Both drivers can coexist at the same time. Windows 2003 for USB and Paragon for SATA. -No problems have been reported with PAE and Windows 2003 drivers. Step 1 - From another operating system copy the Windows 2003 drivers replacing the current XP. "Partmgr.sys" copy in the folder: Windows \ System32 \ dllcache "Disk.sys" and "Partmgr.sys" copy in the folder: Windows \ System32 \ drivers Any version of Windows 2003 drivers works both v. 5.2.3790.3959 (W2003 SP2) as v. 5.2.3790.1830 (W2003 SP1). Both files have = number of bytes, only change version number. The files are valid for all languages (at least work with XP English & XP Spanish). Check that there are no more old versions in other folders such as \ Windows \ Lastgoods If these files are sought with the Windows XP search engine these do not appear, since these are special system files. Use an alternative search engine like "File Finder." Note: To copy them from the operating system itself, both files would have to be glued very quickly in both folders and then update the folder view checking that version 5.2 has been fixed Ideally, paste the files on the hard drive from another operating system, since we will not be able to perform step 2 from Windows XP itself. You can also try to deactivate Windows file protection: -To disable the Windows files protection, activate SFCdisable in the registry: HKLM \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ Winlogon SFCDisable = 1 Restart Windows and copy the files. -Then activate the protection again: SFCdisable = 0 And restart Windows. Step 2 - Copy the "disk.sys" file of Windows 2003 inside the "sp3.cab" file that is in \ windows \ driver cache \ i386 with the Windows CAB file packaging" tool called "iexpress.exe" (Windows Cabinet) that is in \ Windows \ System32 Extract sp3.CAB: - Extract the files that sp3.CAB contains with Winrar or with 7zip or with IExpress (slower) in a folder whose name does not match "SP3" the name of the file to be created, since if it does not let it create it when packaging. - Paste the "Disk.Sys" file of Windows 2003 replacing the XP file. Packing sp3.CAB: - Go to start+run and write "iexpress". - In the menu choose «Create New Self Extraction Directive File» and press next. - In the menu choose «Create Compressed Files Only (Active X Installs)» and press next. - Add the files contained in the "ADD" folder. - To record the file to choose the location to examine, but the file.CAB is created in C: \ Documents and Settings \ User - Choose a name of 8 characters. Note: If the same file name is chosen as the folder enters the folder instead of saving it. - Mark allow compressed files to have a long name in "Store Files Using Long File Name Inside Package", leaving the other white box (Create Fixed Sice Cab File (s)). - Optionally save compilation. Note: If the same name as the folder has been chosen, the .CAB file is created in C:\Documents and Settings\user because the location is automatically blanked. Note: If step 2 is not done, then Windows XP stops booting when a new USB stick is installed. Since to install its drivers the original version of "disk.sys" of Windows XP is restored. There is no problem if you install the pen with the Windows XP drivers from before step 1 and then recopy the Windows 2003 drivers. At least until you reinsert a new pen. https://msfn.org/board/topic/183225-windows-xp-does-not-start-after-entering-kingston-usb-pencil/#comment-1210203 Step 3 - Star Windows XP The first time Windows XP starts with the new files takes several minutes. Be patient and wait. Note: Tested in Windows 2000, this gives blue screenshot with MBR discs, you can't access the Boot Device. Previous Post 2023-07-22 Edit: This is no longer necessary. This bug is present in previous versions of the Paragon GPT Loader driver 8.0.1.0. If you have the previous version of this same driver you should apply this fix only if your boot drive is FAT32. Remember that you should not use a version of Paragon other than 8.0.1.0 Error correction: Any version of the Paragon GPT Loader driver that we install, be it the original, the HFS or the modified fork, contains an error that will cause us to suffer a blue screen when rebooting the system, at least if we have FAT32 on the Windows XP boot partition . This is because the driver file name "gpt_loader.sys" contains 10 characters instead of 8. It is installed in the \WINDOWS\system32\drivers directory. To solve it, we will modify the Windows registry as soon as we install it and before restarting the system. Go to start + run, type "regedit" and search HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\gpt_loader Here change the value of ImagePath which says: system32\DRIVERS\gpt_loader.sys by system32\DRIVERS\GPT_LO~1.SYS and then reboot. Problem solved. Fork version In addition to the official version there is a fork that fixes the bugs of Paragon GPT 8.0.1.0. The current fork version is 8.0.1.2 On their website they do not give the full version 8.0.1.2 (despite the fact that it exists on other websites). And they do legally give the patches to correct the official version 8.0.1.0 http://hardwarefetish.com/777-paragon-gpt-loader-3 (on this website there are only patches, there is no full version) How to install the fork 1 - Unzip 2 - Right click on the .inf file 3 - Install To uninstall the fork we need to install some official version and then uninstall it. But, as far as I've checked, currently it's better to install Paragon HFS for Win v.10.5.0.95 which contains the 10.5.0.95 driver.

-I prefer to use MBR disks for compatibility with Windows 2000. -I don't have any additional software that affects the file system. -The old disk partitions start at sector 63 and are misaligned. But it does not affect the copies on the new disk, since I have previously aligned it and when making the copies partition by partition the alignment of the new disk is maintained So, what is the problem that the partition is not accessible and why by software changing the FAT32 cluster size to 64 KiB the data is now accessible? Do you think that if I copy the data in this partition instead of in FAT32 in NTFS with size 4 KiB cluster the data will be accessible? I'm going to check it out. Thanks

There are things that don't add up for the problem to be due to a cluster size limitation. 1-So, why is the data physically there and after converting the partition to a cluster size of 64 KiB now the data is accessible from My PC? 2-I have made the copy again to check if other systems are capable of accessing the data with an 8 KiB cluster. And no, it's the same for everyone. I have tried: -Total Commander -Windows 2000 -Windows Xp -Windows 10 Another FAT32 partition with 923 GiB and 32 KiB cluster size is perfectly accessible. And partition with 87 GiB and cluster 8 KiB also accessible. I have right now: Primary partition 1: 1.32 TiB NTFS cluster 4KiB Primary partition 2: 1.17 TiB FAT32 cluster 8KiB Primary partition 3: 87 GiB FAT32 cluster 8KiB Extended partition 1: 683 GiB FAT32 cluster 32KiB Extended partition 2: 389 GiB FAT32 cluster 32KiB Extended partition 3: 923 GiB FAT32 cluster 32KiB What cluster size limit are we talking about? I have pointed out that with a cluster size of 512 bytes the total limit of the sum of all MBR partitions is 2 TiB, but if the virtual size of the cluster is increased, the partitions can be larger. I know @jaclaz sees it differently. Then there is the maximum number of files a FAT32 partition can have. But it is that I am copying the same files that right now are working on My PC with a cluster size of 8 KiB. The only thing that changes is the size of the partition, which is now bigger. The number of files is the same. In total I have 281,584 files in 29,792 folders. I read that the maximum number of FAT32 files with 8 KiB cluster is 67,043,325

I have installed on a hard drive with 4 primary partitions: 1-Bootloader only 2-Windows Seven 3-Windows 10 4-data Both Windows 7 and Windows 10 install pointing to their drive letter as C:\ I want the drive letter to be in the order of the partitions: 1-Bootloader = C:\ 2-Windows Seven = D:\ 3-Windows 10 = E:\ 4-Data = F:\

I will continue testing. I'll try to copy the old drive to the new drive by creating an image of the old one and then restoring it to the new one. Both disks have the sector size at 4096. At the moment, what I can confirm is that Windows Disk Manager does not work with 5TB hard drives, whether the partition starts at sector 63 or sector 256. It is not capable of creating partitions. Edit: I am testing with a 300 GB disk and the box does not let me change the size of the partitions either. I do not know what is happening, I have already tried on several computers. However, I can create partitions if I manually type the size figure in megabytes.

I am forced to install Windows Seven and 10 on my computer to be able to send documents to the Spanish administration. I currently have a hard drive with 4 primary partitions: 1-Only bootloader 2-Windows 2000 3-Windows XP 4-data The best way I can think of to install Seven-10 is with another parallel hard drive, which I'll remove when I boot 2000-XP. The same as when Seven-10 boots I will remove the 2000-XP hard drive. 1-Only bootloader 2-Windows Seven 3-Windows 10 4-data I don't like the original bootloader of NT6 & 10. On NT5 it's very easy to edit boot.ini with notepad and fix problems with fixMBR and other commands. While in NT6 all are very difficult problems to solve. For example, on NT5 I copy and paste boot.ini to any hard drive along with the boot files, select the active partition, and that's it. So is there a way to replace Windows NT6 booting with such a technically friendly version as boot.ini to allow dual booting of both hard drives? I read about Lilo and GRUB, but at first glance it seems complicated. They talk about the need for Linux to make modifications. Is there a bootloader that can be copied and pasted to the active partition as boot.ini? these loaders replace the cumbersome booting of Windows NT6? It is mainly what I want to eliminate. Can I install an alternative loader before installing Windows Seven? I remember that in the old days there were bootloaders that were installed from a floppy disk.

It seems to be a cluster size issue. The physical cluster is 4 KiB. I have converted the partition inaccessible from My PC from 8 KiB cluster to 64 KiB cluster and now it is accessible from My PC and the files are displayed correctly. From what it seems it is a cluster size problem. Unfortunately MiniTool Partition Wizard only gave me the option to convert the cluster size to 2 KiB or 64 KiB, not 16 or 32 KiB. However, it does allow me to format it with 16 KiB. I want to clone my old 4TB MBR HDD to my new 5TB HDD by expanding partitions and cluster size. Does any version of R-Drive allow this operation? Does any other program allow you to perform this operation? Because otherwise it is not possible to clone disks with copies of incremental size. That is, in the case of the problematic partition, the original one measures 759 MiB with FAT32 and a cluster size of 8 KiB. I want to copy this partition to the new disk with a size of 1.17 TIB FAT32 and a cluster size of 16 KiB. But when cloning it with R-Drive Image, it formats the new partition with the cluster size of the original partition, finally making the data inaccessible. Maybe I am wrong, but I think I have read that in NTFS with a cluster size of more than 4 KiB it is not possible to encrypt the drive. I don't want a virus to enter to encrypt my data. That's why I want to put in NTFS a cluster size of 8 KiB. In any case, won't this partition go faster with an 8 KiB cluster?

I had discussed several problems with this 5 TiB Seagate hard drive in this post. https://msfn.org/board/topic/183934-seagate-external-hard-drive-is-xp-incompatible/ I have kept this 5 TB harddisk unused until now. I have proceeded to copy my 4 TB hard drive to this 5 TB hard drive by expanding the partitions. I have connected to the computer with the only Logilink USB adapter model that allows working with hard drives larger than 4 TiB. Oldest USB Logilink AU0028 (without letter "A") work with MBR hard drive with 5 TB, newer Logilink adapters are limited to 2 or 4 TB depending on the installed firmware. I HAVE SEVERAL PROBLEMS: 1-I have proceeded to create partitions with the Windows Disk Manager and it does not work correctly. It only allows me to create full disks with no partitions or partitions up to 63 MiB. When I move the box to expand size it gets stuck at 63 MiB. If I decrease the size it starts to show negative -100 MiB, -400 Mib, etc. 2-OK, I correctly partitioned the disk with MiniTool Partition Wizard 10.3 (higher versions don't work well with any disk). So I have 3 primary and 3 extended partitions. I proceed to copy the old disk partition by partition to the new disk with R-Drive Image. Partition 1 original 1.03 TiB on NTFS cluster 4 KiB I want to paste in new partition 1.32 TiB NTFS 8 KiB. This seems to work without problems. Partition 2 original 759 GiB on FAT32 cluster 8 KiB I want to paste in new partition 1.17 TiB on FAT32 cluster 16 KiB. The operation says to finish without problems, but when I go to My PC the file explorer says that instead of 1.17 TiB the partition measures 182 GiB. When entering the content the folders are visible but when trying to access the files these are faulty. When I go to Windows Disk Manager it says that the partition is correct and that it measures 1.17 TiB. When I examine the disk with any partitioning program it says everything is ok and the partition is 1.17 TiB, however My PC still says the partition is 182 GiB. what is the problem, why my computer doesn't show the partition correctly after copying with R-Drive Image? The old 4TB drive has the first partition in sector 63 and according to Minitools it is misaligned. I have aligned the new 5 TiB disk with MiniTool before starting the copy and it has put the first partition in sector 256. Is it correct for a partition to start at sector 256? I am checking the size of the clusters and I see that after proceeding with the copy the original cluster size has been respected, both in the NTFS partition and in the FAT32 partition. That is, R-Drive Image has not copied the partitions with the new assigned cluster size. I have tried to solve the problem with larger cluster sizes but when making the copy the original cluster size is assigned. 3-OK, I proceed to make more copies of FAT32 partitions with large sizes (600-800 GiB) without problems. The problem seems to be when I exceed 1 TiB in size in FAT32. How do I get My PC to correctly recognize the partition? Is it a size limit problem on 1TiB FAT32 or is the problem in the R-Drive Image software?

Sorry for the confusion. I should have mentioned this post. As I mentioned in my first post, the latest version of Spybot for Windows XP is 2.4.40. This does allow updating the database. On the web they also offer version 1.6.2 but this does not allow updating the database. The versions that allow updating the database is from v.2 onwards.

I just tested Spybot - Search & Destroy version 1.6.2 @AstroSkipper Unfortunately up to version 2 it is not possible to update the database. Until 1.6.2 you had to update the entire program. Sorry.

Safer-Networking "Spybot - Search & Destroy" It is officially offered for Windows XP in legacy version 2.4.40.0 (2014-10-22). https://download.spybot.info/Spybot2/ It is a free anti-spyware program that offers the possibility of working as an antivirus in a paid version. I downloaded this version 2.4.40 in 2014 and it seemed more complicated than version 1.6.2, so I have since discarded the program. Now I see that it was the last version for XP and that the database is updated to the current date. Definitions can be downloaded in sideload for v. 2.x Version 1.6.2 is also officially offered https://www.safer-networking.org/spybot-1-6-2-mirror-1/

SUPERAntiSpyware v. 5.7.0.1026 (2014-06-08) trial version is working on Windows 2000 with update database, although it gives error in GDI32.dll Real -time protection does not work, this gives an obsolete version error, but the scanner works well. https://www.filepuma.com/download/superantispyware_5.7.1026-5960/

Can you confirm that the last XP version PRO is 10.0.1250? I have tried the trial version and the last one that works completely is version 10.0.0.1238. https://www.filepuma.com/download/superantispyware_10.0.1238-29661/ In higher versions when I go to the System Tools - System Investigator option, it happens that explorer.exe is blocked and I must force the computer's restart. I would like to emphasize that version 10.0.0.1208 is the last one that has 50 MiB of size, then become 100-200 MiB.

I am sure that when the web with Windows XP cannot be accessed I will abandon the computer science. I am not satisfied with the pretensions of user control that intends the new world order. I want to be free and that my computer does what I order, not what orders a great corporation that intends to guide me on the way.

The advantage of using this extensions store is that it allows direct download, including the Old Version

360 Extreme Explorer v.13.5.2036 with User Agent Swittcher Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; Win32; x32) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/108.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Basilisk 52.9.0 without user agent says Firefox 102 Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Goanna/4.8 Firefox/102.0 Basilisk/52.9.0 (I don't know if I change it in some way or come by default) The problem of changing the user agent with Loader.ini is that all pages will take the new user agent. I like to tell the pages that Windows XP use. How are they going to continue doing programs considering Windows XP if we tell them that we use Windows 10 and current browsers?

IObit Malware Fighter is offered for Windows XP. I verify that works. Unfortunately it consumes many resources and insists on installing software additionally. Advanced Systemcare. https://www.iobit.com/malware-fighter.php

Good idea, but I have tried it with User Agent Switcher indicating Chrome 110 and it has not worked. I think this is the best extension for User Agent https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/user-agent-switcher-and-m/bhchdcejhohfmigjafbampogmaanbfkg?hl=en

Regarding the words that have the first letter in capital letters, it looks good in current browsers. https://liverdad.org you are correct, the web has this additional CSS: .mg-blog-post-box, .mg-posts-sec, .mg-content p { text-transform: math-auto !important; }

This extension works to translate https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/translator/condlopdddofpgcdjfnoepbdkcgckmgb

I confirm that right-click option "Translate to English" hasn't worked for a few days. I have tried on several computers. I do not know if there is a solution. On the other hand, I wanted to comment that many fonts are not visible in 360 mods, for example on this website. I also don't see the bold text either. https://liverdad.org/wp In addition, the text of the summaries appears with the first letter of each word in capital letters. This latter also happens to me with other browsers in XP, like @roytam1browsers, and also from the mobile phone Android with Chromium browsers of the year 2022. But on computers with Windows Seven, Eight and 10 it does not happen.