Hard Drive and Memory Limitations of Win98
On Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:52:18 -0500, Igor put
finger to keyboard and composed: It's my understanding that Windows 98 has limitations as to the size of hard drive that it will recognize. I believe that limit is 120 GB. Now, does that mean that if I put in a hard drive that is, say, 320 GB, Windows 98 won't accept the drive at all, or just that it will refuse to see a partition larger than 120 GB? This topic has often been discussed at great length in microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion. Try searching the Google Groups archives: http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search?hl=en Look for posts by "98 Guy". I've also heard that installing over a certain amount of RAM can make Windows 98 unstable. Is this true? If so, what is the limit? The following links are posted frequently in microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion. 512 MB or mo "Out of Memory" Errors with Large Amounts of RAM Installed [Q253912] http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;Q253912 1 GB or mo Error Message: Insufficient Memory to Initialize Windows [Q184447] http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;Q184447 1.5 GB or mo Computer May Reboot Continuously with More Than 1.5 GB of RAM [Q304943] http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;Q304943 The specific version I'm using is Windows 98SE, if that makes a difference. Even though I'm using an old operating system, my hardware is fairly new (purchased in 2004), so I don't think the motherboard will have a problem supporting large drives. - Franc Zabkar -- Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email. |
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