The large drive problem
In my personal opinion you do not need to partition
your hard drive so you can put your databases in a partition smaller than 2
Gig.
First, Q&A DOS really has a problem with large drives. In fact, the
likelihood of a problem is quite high. Symptoms can range from mild to
severe. I say this based on my own experience and from the experience of
many others.
I have seen situations where for some period of time there appeared to be
no problem, then it suddenly materialized and the databases could not be
accessed until a solution was provided. If Q&A DOS does not have a problem
and you wait for one to arise, you run the risk of severe database
corruption. I strongly advise against doing that with Q&A DOS. On my own
computer, Q&A DOS has in the past caused problems on a large drive. At the
moment, it seems ok, but I'm not going to chance it.
On the other hand, I and many others have not found any problem running
QAWin on large drives. I think the risk of a problem is exceedingly low. I
tell people that if they do good backups on a daily basis, they probably
don't have to be concerned about running QAWin with databases on a large
drive. Of course, it's always their decision, not mine.
I personally have a large drive and use 2GBFIX to protect Q&A DOS but
nothing for Q&A for Windows. (2GBFIX is similar to lesspace but it's
available at no charge and is not crippled if not registered. You can
download it from my site by clicking
here. Remember that 2GBFIX is only for Q&A DOS, not Q&A for Windows.)
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