Forum: Disk Drives
September 29th 07, 07:42 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance,microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.win98.disks.general
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Views: 2,391
Hard drive larger then 120GB question
I loaded Win 2000 Pro, so that i could buy h/w and s/w that works.(not as
bad as XP)
kept the old computer 98 SE.
it was an interesting tech challenge trying to force things to work in...
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Forum: General
September 29th 07, 07:42 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance,microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.win98.disks.general
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Replies: 1
Views: 2,249
Hard drive larger then 120GB question
I loaded Win 2000 Pro, so that i could buy h/w and s/w that works.(not as
bad as XP)
kept the old computer 98 SE.
it was an interesting tech challenge trying to force things to work in...
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Forum: Improving Performance
September 29th 07, 07:42 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance,microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.win98.disks.general
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Replies: 109
Views: 19,643
Hard drive larger then 120GB question
I loaded Win 2000 Pro, so that i could buy h/w and s/w that works.(not as
bad as XP)
kept the old computer 98 SE.
it was an interesting tech challenge trying to force things to work in...
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Forum: Improving Performance
September 29th 07, 07:42 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance,microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.win98.disks.general
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Replies: 109
Views: 19,643
Hard drive larger then 120GB question
I loaded Win 2000 Pro, so that i could buy h/w and s/w that works.(not as
bad as XP)
kept the old computer 98 SE.
it was an interesting tech challenge trying to force things to work in...
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Forum: Improving Performance
August 28th 07, 07:01 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
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Replies: 38
Views: 7,958
RAM upgrade
if memory was right, i was quoting F Langa poll among his readers
30% still held onto win 98, all vers maybe 2-3 yrs ago.
my point being that if cleaned up, updated and sans MSoft spying, SE...
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Forum: Improving Performance
August 26th 07, 11:41 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
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Replies: 38
Views: 7,958
RAM upgrade
Yea, we know, but...
maybe a world wide petition. looks like 30% of users still use win 98
FAT32 is plenty and many of my friends still use DOS apps, i use one dbase
for my books.
we are not all...
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Forum: Improving Performance
August 26th 07, 11:41 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
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Replies: 38
Views: 7,958
RAM upgrade
Yea, we know, but...
maybe a world wide petition. looks like 30% of users still use win 98
FAT32 is plenty and many of my friends still use DOS apps, i use one dbase
for my books.
we are not all...
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Forum: Improving Performance
August 26th 07, 07:18 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
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Replies: 38
Views: 7,958
RAM upgrade
2 GB RAM
"ssome" wrote in message
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What util would show that all 1 mb of RAM is actually being used?
Is it worth the effort...
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Forum: Improving Performance
August 26th 07, 07:18 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
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Replies: 38
Views: 7,958
RAM upgrade
2 GB RAM
"ssome" wrote in message
...
What util would show that all 1 mb of RAM is actually being used?
Is it worth the effort...
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Forum: Improving Performance
August 26th 07, 06:27 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
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Replies: 38
Views: 7,958
RAM upgrade
What util would show that all 1 mb of RAM is actually being used?
Is it worth the effort to create a grass roots petition to get MSoft to
modernize Win 98 SE leaving out the phone-home, spy,...
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Forum: Improving Performance
August 26th 07, 06:27 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
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Replies: 38
Views: 7,958
RAM upgrade
What util would show that all 1 mb of RAM is actually being used?
Is it worth the effort to create a grass roots petition to get MSoft to
modernize Win 98 SE leaving out the phone-home, spy,...
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Forum: Improving Performance
July 24th 07, 05:08 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance,microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.win98.disks.general
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Replies: 109
Views: 19,643
Hard drive larger then 120GB question
The next logical step was to see if the WD s/w for 137GB will work on
other mfgrs HDs. i tried it on a Maxtor 30 GB HD by partitioning it into 2
parts. It worked. It did give a disclaimer about...
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Forum: Improving Performance
July 21st 07, 12:14 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance,microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.win98.disks.general
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Replies: 109
Views: 19,643
Hard drive larger then 120GB question
short of getting the 48bit LBA to handle the space above 137GB, win 2000
and up.
WD site has a DOS and Win98 free s/w for their 137GB win 98 customers.
get dlgsetup11_win.zip
it handles fdisk,...
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Forum: Improving Performance
July 13th 07, 03:10 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance,microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.win98.disks.general
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Replies: 109
Views: 19,643
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Forum: Improving Performance
June 29th 07, 09:14 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
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Replies: 109
Views: 19,643
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Forum: Improving Performance
June 29th 07, 09:14 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
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Replies: 109
Views: 19,643
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Forum: Improving Performance
June 28th 07, 11:35 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
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Replies: 109
Views: 19,643
Hard drive larger then 120GB question
Mine is dated 5-18-00, but i'm fairly sure i tried that ver to partition the
250 and it wouldn't work.
The fdisk on the boot disk, at least the top one on a stack of them was the
old ver.
and the WD...
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Forum: Improving Performance
June 28th 07, 11:35 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
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Replies: 109
Views: 19,643
Hard drive larger then 120GB question
Mine is dated 5-18-00, but i'm fairly sure i tried that ver to partition the
250 and it wouldn't work.
The fdisk on the boot disk, at least the top one on a stack of them was the
old ver.
and the WD...
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Forum: Improving Performance
June 27th 07, 02:45 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
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Replies: 109
Views: 19,643
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Forum: Improving Performance
June 27th 07, 02:45 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
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Replies: 109
Views: 19,643
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Forum: Improving Performance
June 19th 07, 07:03 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
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Replies: 109
Views: 19,643
Hard drive larger then 120GB question
it was IDE
and i do have problems
i did uninstall a couple of free trials of video editing s/w
i have the win Me defrag and it doesn't work with the 250, Western Digital
i did use their s/w to format...
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Forum: Improving Performance
June 19th 07, 07:03 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
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Replies: 109
Views: 19,643
Hard drive larger then 120GB question
it was IDE
and i do have problems
i did uninstall a couple of free trials of video editing s/w
i have the win Me defrag and it doesn't work with the 250, Western Digital
i did use their s/w to format...
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Forum: Improving Performance
June 18th 07, 11:52 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
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Replies: 109
Views: 19,643
Hard drive larger then 120GB question
OK, here it is
it can't be done w/o MSoft updating 98 SE
98 simply does not 'see' beyond 120 GB, non addressable.
when i arranged to format in win 98 SE a 250 GB HD, i ran into scandisk and
defrag...
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Forum: Improving Performance
June 18th 07, 11:52 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
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Replies: 109
Views: 19,643
Hard drive larger then 120GB question
OK, here it is
it can't be done w/o MSoft updating 98 SE
98 simply does not 'see' beyond 120 GB, non addressable.
when i arranged to format in win 98 SE a 250 GB HD, i ran into scandisk and
defrag...
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Forum: Improving Performance
May 14th 07, 08:19 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
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Replies: 109
Views: 19,643
Hard drive larger then 120GB question
To recap:
win98SE will only see 120GB max, but you can get a 250 to work if you get
the PCI HD cntrlr card, $20. But, you can't use ScanDisk or win 98Me Defrag
on it. What to do?
i'm thinking,...
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