-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Question re older Windows versions and hardware...
- From: "Mike" <mikebike@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 21:17:04 -0700
Hi Drummer,
with Win 98 on that old a computer you will have to partition the hard=
drive to make it able to be seen.
http://www.bootdisk.com/txtfiles/hdd.txt
YOUR COMPUTER'S BIOS DATE PROBLEMS YOU WILL LIKELY HAVE
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Leading up to August 1994. You may not be able to properly access hard
drives larger than 528 MB in size.
Leading up to February 1996. You may not be able to properly access hard
drives larger than 2.1 GB.
Leading up to January 1998. You may not be able to properly access hard
drives larger than 8.4 GB.
YOUR OPERATING SYSTEM LIMITATIONS
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Windows 95 or 95A Your system will be unable to access disk
(v 4.00.950 or 4.00.950a) partitions larger than 2.1 GB. You can divide=
larger hard drives into multiple partitions,
each 2.1 GB or smaller. If you have an older
BIOS, you may also be limited as to the
maximum size of your hard drive.
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http://partition.radified.com/
http://www.newlogic.co.uk/kbase/fdisk/page1.htm
http://www.thefreecountry.com/utilities/partitioneditors.shtml
Or install a drive overlay program.
http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/disc/howto/use_dwse_maint.html
I use Partition Magic
Mike the mod
I Freecycle http://freecycle.org/
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On 10/17/2005 at 11:45 PM Drumwoulf wrote:
It looks to me like Win98 and Win98SE are enough alike so that some
addl hardware/software that requires SE should also work with Win98,
no? Specifically I'm thinking about the Maxtor 100GB external hard
drive (USB2.0 and USB1.1) that says on its box it requires Win98SE...
If I have Win98 with USB 1.1 support, will the Maxtor then work okay
for me on my old Quantex PC?
thanks,
drummer
"He not busy being born is busy dying..." -Bob Dylan-
music from the closing scene of Easy Rider
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